butoh
is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founder ...
performer,
theater director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
and film actor.
Early life
In 1943, Maro was born in
Sakurai, Nara
file:Sakurai city-office.jpg, 270px, Sakurai City Hall
is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 54,384 in 25678 households, and a population density of 550 persons per km2. The total area of the city i ...
, Japan.
Career
In 1972, Maro founded the , a large-scale
butoh
is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founder ...
company which has gained an enduring international reputation.
Maro's film career began in 1980. As an actor, he has appeared in over 42 films.
Personal life
Maro's sons are film director
Tatsushi Ōmori
is a Japanese film director and actor.
Career
Ōmori was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Akaji Maro, an actor and butoh dancer. His younger brother, Nao Ōmori, is an actor.
While in college, he began making 8 mm films, but started working ...
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
''aka'' ''Dutch Wife of the Wasteland'' ''and'' ''The Dutch Wives of the Wild'', originally released as , is a 1967 Japanese ''pink film'' written and directed by cult filmmaker Atsushi Yamatoya, starring the first "Queen" of ''pink film'', Norik ...
'' (1967)
*''Ke no haeta kenjû'' (1968) as Taka
*'' Diary of a Shinjuku Thief'' (1969)
*''Yami no naka no chimimoryo'' (1971) as Kinzo
*''Kuroki Taro no ai to bôken'' (1977)
*'' Zigeunerweisen'' (1980)
*'' Kagero-za'' (1981) as Homeless
*'' Burst City'' (1982)
*'' Yaju-deka'' (1982) as Painter
*''Mitsugetsu'' (1984)
*'' Shinran: Path to Purity'' (1987) as Nanzame
*''Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon'' (1989) as Tattoo Master
*'' Dotsuitarunen'' (1989) as Daisuke Kamoi
*''Ware ni utsu yoi ari'' (1990) as Sakurada
*'' Yumeji'' (1991)
*''Waga jinsei saiaku no toki'' (1993) as Lt. Nakayama
*''Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru'' (1993) as Senba
*''Heya'' (1993)
*''Shishioh-tachi no saigo'' (1993) as Sakurai
*''Kowagaru hitobito'' (1994) as Man of dry river bed
*''Aozora ni ichiban chikai basho'' (1994)
*'' Yamato Takeru'' (1994)
*''Heisei musekinin-ikka: Tokyo de luxe'' (1995) as Kanji, Nobuko's father
*''Harukana jidai no kaidan o'' (1995) as Detective
*''Gogo no Yuigon-jo'' (1995)
*''That's Cunning! Shijo saidai no sakusen'' (1996)
*''
Dangan Runner
is a 1996 Japanese comedy film directed by Sabu about a salaryman, a drug addict and a yakuza member go on a breathless three man chase through the streets of Tokyo, each for their own different reason and fighting own demons.
Plot
Beginning ...
'' (1996)
*''Wana'' (1996) as Detective
*''
Moonlight Serenade
"Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and perfo ...
'' (1997)
*''Kizu darake no tenshi'' (1997) as Owner of the firm
*'' Postman Blues'' (1997) as Boss of Minato gang
*'' Cat's Eye'' (1997)
*''Lie lie Lie'' (1997) as Den
*''Pieta'' (1997) as Cop
*''Anrakkî monkî'' (1998) as Hobo
*''Shinsei toire no Hanako-san'' (1998)
*''Kunoichi ninpô-chô: Yagyû gaiden'' (1998) as Tenkai
*'' Pornostar'' (1998) as Yakuza Boss
*''Gedo'' (1998) as Kuwata
*''Shin karajishi kabushiki kaisha'' (1999)
*'' Kikujiro'' (1999) as Crazy Man
*''Tenshi ni misuterareta yoru'' (1999) as Aota
*'' Gemini'' (1999) as Kakubê
*'' The City of Lost Souls'' (2000)
*''Swing Man'' (2000) as Oda
*''Kamen gakuen'' (2001) as Daimon
*''
Monday
Monday is the day of the week that takes place between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 8601 standard, it is the first day of the week.
Names
The names of the day of the week were co ...
'' (2000)
*''Utsushimi'' (2000) as Himself
*'' Suicide Club'' (2001) as Detective Murata
*''Gin no otoko'' (2001, part 1, 2)
*'' KT'' (2002) as Susumu Kawahara
*''
Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...
'' (2002) as Ookura Nagashima
*''Drive'' (2002) as Lord Kobari, ghost warrior
*''
Jam Films
''Jam Films'' and its sequels are collections of short films, each by a different Japanese director.
''Jam Films''
''Jam Films'' is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/ Amuse (various production companies participated in the production of th ...
'' (2002) (segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg")
*''Gangu shuriya'' (2002) as Mr. Iwai
*''
Makai Tensho
is a historical fantasy novel by Futaro Yamada. It was serialized in Osaka Shimbun newspaper between December 1964 and February 1965 under the title ''Oboro Ninpōchō''.
It is a tale in which Mori Sōiken resurrects other dead historical figu ...
'' (2003) as Ieyasu Tokugawa
*''
9 Souls
is a 2003 Japanese crime drama film directed by Toshiaki Toyoda. It was released on July 19, 2003.
Cast
*Yoshio Harada as Torakichi
* Ryuhei Matsuda as Michiru
*Genta Dairaku as Ushiyama
* Itsuji Itao as Fujio
*Kazuki Kitamura
* Kiyohiko Shibuk ...
'' (2003) as Owner of Candy Shop
*'' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' (2003) as Boss Ozawah
*''Akame shijuya taki shinju misui'' (2003)
*'' Kill Bill: Volume 2'' (2004) as Boss Ozawah
*''Wairudo furawazu'' (2004)
*''The Reason'' (2004) as A-san
*''Yume no naka e'' (2005)
*'' The Whispering of the Gods'' (2005) as Shopkeeper
*''Damejin'' (2006)
*''Pacchigi! Love & Peace'' (2007)
*''Hadaka no natsu'' (2008)
*''Shôrin shôjo'' (2008) as Rin's Master
*''Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu'' (2008)
*'' Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (2008) as Heihachi Edajima
*''Futoko'' (2009)
*''Mogera wogura'' (2009)
*''Kazura'' (2010)
*''Meon'' (2010)
*''Ichimai no hagaki'' (2010) as Monk
*'' Yakuza Weapon'' (2011)
*'' Tada's Do-It-All House'' (2011) as Oka
*'' Hanezu'' (2011) as Yo-chan archeologist
*''Gokudô meshi'' (2011)
*''Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume'' (2011)
*''Kôun no tsubo'' (2012) as Yonosuke
*'' SPEC: Ten'' (2012) as Akira Nitanai
*''TAP: Kanzennaru shiiku'' (2013)
*''A no dentou'' (2014)
*''Zipang Punk'' (2014) as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
*''Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku'' (2014)
*'' Kakekomi'' (2015) as Seisetsu
*''
The Emperor in August
is a 2015 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masato Harada. It was released on August 8, 2015.
A remake of ''Japan's Longest Day'' (1967), the film depicts the chain of command of Imperial Japan's government, military, and War Council u ...
'' (2015) as Hisanori Fujita
*''The Projects'' (2016) as Gondo
*''Nekonin'' (2017) as Katsuragi
*'' Sekigahara'' (2017) as Shimazu Yoshihiro
*''Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project'' (2018) as On (segment "Kuu")
*''Turquoise no Sora no Shita de'' (2018)
*'' Fly Me to the Saitama'' (2019) as Sojuro Saionji
*''Birdsong'' (2019) as Akira
*''Ghost Master'' (2019)
*''Katsu Fūtarō!!'' (2019)
*'' Hell Girl'' (2019) as Wanyūdō
*''Dreams on Fire'' (2021)
*''Under the Turquoise Sky'' (2021)
*''Daughter of Lupin the Movie'' (2021)
*''Tombi: Father and Son'' (2022)
*''Ox-Head Village'' (2022)
*''Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar'' (2022)
*''Old School'' (2022)
*''We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams'' (2023)
*''Love Will Tear Us Apart'' (2023) as Ogata
*''A Day Begins'' (2024)
*''We Are Aliens'' (2024)
*''Kaiju Guy!'' (2025)
*''Or Utopia'' (2025)
Television
*''
Kindaichi Case Files
is a Japanese mystery manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. ...
'' (1996)
*''
Psychometrer Eiji
is a Japanese manga series written by Yuma Ando and illustrated by Masashi Asaki. It was serialized by Kodansha in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1996 to 2000, with its chapters collected in 25 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A sequel, titled '' ...
Gunshi Kanbei
is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junich ...
'' (2014) as Enman
*''Smoking'' (2018) as Sunaji
*'' Manpuku'' (2018)
*''Daughter of Lupin'' (2019–20)
*''Hayabusa Fire Brigade'' (2023) as Tasuku Enishi