is a
Japanese actor
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and
film director
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. Born in
Kasugai, Aichi
is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 306,764, and a population density of 3,306 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city is sometimes called Owarikasugai to avoid confusion with other mu ...
, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the
1990
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Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in ''
Sen no Rikyu''. He won the award for best actor at the 37th
Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1950 by , established under the name of the "Association of Tokyo Film Journalists Award", which was formed mainly by film reporters from th ...
for ''
Like a Rolling Stone
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''.
He made his directing debut in
2001
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, and has taken leading roles in front of the camera in the three films he has directed as of
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
.
He appeared in the Brazilian soap opera ''
Morde & Assopra'', of 2011, as a scientist in the first chapter. He also appeared in the film ''
Dirty Hearts'', also released in 2011, this time as the character Colonel Watanabe, officer of the
Japanese Imperial Army
The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...
, leader of
Shindo Renmei and the great villain of the film.
Selected filmography
Actor
Films
*1986 ''
The Sea and Poison'', Suguro
*1989 ''
Death of a Tea Master''
*1991 ''
The Pianist''
*1992 ''
Luminous Moss''
*1994 ''
Like a Rolling Stone
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''
*1998 ''
Pride
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'', Ichirō Kiyose
*1999 ''Minazuki''
*2001 ''An Adolescent''
*2004 ''
Runin: Banished''
*2005 ''
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a Names of Japan, name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial ...
'',
Captain
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Kōsaku Aruga
*2006 ''
A Long Walk''
*2009 ''
Goemon'',
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: ...
*2009 ''
Be Sure to Share''
*2011 ''
Dirty Hearts''
*2012 ''
Rurouni Kenshin
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against ...
'',
Yamagata Aritomo
Prince was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1889 to 1891, and from 1898 to 1900. He was also a leading member of the '' genrō'', a group of senior courtiers and statesmen who dominated the politics ...
*2015 ''Blood Bead''
*2016 ''
64: Part I'', Arakida
*2016 ''
64: Part II'', Arakida
*2016 ''
If Cats Disappeared from the World''
*2016 ''
The Old Capital''
*2018 ''Smokin' on the Moon''
*2018 ''Samurai's Promise''
*2019 ''According To Our Butler'', Ōtori
*2019 ''
Diner
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''
*2019 ''Born Bone Born''
*2019 ''Iwane: Sword of Serenity''
*2020 ''One in a Hundred Thousand''
*2020 ''Independence of Japan''
*2021 ''Peaceful Death''
*2021 ''Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen''
*2021 ''
Detective Chinatown 3''
*2021 ''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'', Shūichi Ōtomo
*2021 ''
1921
Events
January
* January 2
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''
*2022 ''Niwatori Phoenix''
*2022 ''Akira and Akira'', Kazuo Haneda
*2022 ''Goodbye Cruel World'', Yakuza boss
*2023 ''Kumo to Saru no Kazoku''
*2023 ''A Spoiling Rain''
*2023 ''Wheels and Axle''
*2024 ''Stay Mum'', Kōzō
Television
*1976 ''
Enban Sensō Bankid'' - Noboru Tenma/Bankid Pegasus
*1983 ''
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
'' – Matsudaira Katsutaka
*1984–85 ''Miyamoto Musashi'' – Hon'iden Matahachi
*1987 ''
Dokuganryū Masamune
is a 1987 Japanese historical television series. It is the 25th NHK ''taiga'' drama. The broadcast received an average viewer rating of 39.7 percent in the Kanto area with the highest viewing rating of 47.8%.
The drama was adapted from the novel ...
'' –
Ishida Mitsunari
was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi–Momoyama period of the 16th century. He ...
*1994 ''
Hana no Ran
was the 33rd Taiga drama to be broadcast on the NHK network in Japan. It premiered on 3 April 1994 and its finale aired on 25 December of the same year.
Plot
The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin ...
'' –
Ikkyū
was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals.Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, entry "Ikkyū" by James H. Sanford He is p ...
*2001 ''Hojo Tokimune'' - Nichiren
*2013 ''
Yae's Sakura'' –
Sakuma Shōzan
*2015 ''
Burning Flower'' – Tamaki Bun'noshin
*2015 ''Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 2'' – Kiyochika Iwashita
*2016 ''Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai'' – Kiichi Hase
*2017 ''Black Leather Notebook'' – Kenji Narabayashi
*2019 ''An Artist of the Floating World''
*2019 ''
Manpuku''
*2023 ''
Ranman'' – Ōhata Gihei
Director
*2001 ''
Shōjo'' a.k.a. ''An Adolescent''
*2004 ''
Runin: Banished''
*2006 ''
A Long Walk''
*2008 ''
Kaze no sotogawa'' a.k.a. ''Out of the Wind''
*2013 ''
Kyoko to Shuichi no baai'' a.k.a. ''Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi''
Dubbing
*1980 ''
The Empire Strikes Back
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'' a.k.a. ''
Luke Skywalker
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'' (
Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill (; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Luke Skywalker in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, and the Joker (character), Joker in various animated DC Comics projects, starting with ''Batm ...
)
*1982 ''
A New Hope'' a.k.a. ''Luke Skywalker'' (Mark Hamill)
Video games
*2012 ''
Yakuza 5'' – det. Kazuhiko Serizawa/Tsubasa Kurosawa
Personal life
Okuda is married to writer
Kazu Andō and they have two daughters, film director
Momoko Ando and actress
Sakura Ando.
References
External links
*
1950 births
Living people
Japanese male actors
Japanese film directors
People from Kasugai, Aichi
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