was a Japanese actor. His notable film appearances were ''

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'' films, ''

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'', and ''Not Forgotten''. Ōki started working as a shooting assistant at the

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Tamagawa studio at the age of 16. In 1951, he made his film debut with ''Aa　Seishun'' at

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and Michiyo Kogure's recommendation. In the same year, he officially signed his contract with

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film company and became an actor. In 1963, he left Shochiku and transferred to Toei. In Toei, he mainly appeared in yakuza films. In 2000, he won the best actor award at the

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for his role in ''Not Forgotten''. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.

Selected filmography

Films

* ''The Inposter'' (1952) * ''Somewhere Beneath The Sky'' (1954) * ''Lady and Rowdies'' (1955) * ''I Will Buy You'' aka ''Anata Kaimasu'' (1956) as Goro Kurita * ''The Gion Tempest'' (1958) * ''

'' (1958) * ''The Guitarist and the Rancher'' (1960) * '' Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'' (1962) as Toda * '' Fukurō no Shiro'' (1963) as Gohei * ''Tokyo-Hong Kong,Gangsters'' (1964) * ''The Great Duel'' (1964) * '' Kunoichi ninpō'' (1964) as Hayato * '' Kaze no Bushi'' (1964) * '' Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon'' (1966) as Kitazawa * ''

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'' (1966) as Ōishi Kuranosuke * ''The Chivalrous Life'' (1967) as Koike * '' The Valiant Red Peony'' (1968) as Gōzō Kakui * '' Horrors of Malformed Men'' (1969) * '' Yakuza's Law: Yakuza Keibatsushi: Rinchi'' (1969) * '' Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) * '' Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell'' (1974) as Yagyū Retsudō * '' Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons'' (1973) as Yagyū Retsudō * ''The Originator of Kamikaze'' (1974) * ''Gokuaku Kenpō'' (1974) as Kuroda * ''Fossilized Wilderness'' (1982) * ''Not Forgotten'' aka ''Wasurerarenu Hitobito'' (2000) * ''Gokudō no Tsumatachi Jōen'' (2005)

Television

* ''

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'' (1973-74) (ep.12, 25 and 26) * '' Ronin of the Wilderness'' (1974) (2nd season ep.1) * '' Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō'' (1975) (ep.11) as Saheiji * '' Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin'' (1977) (ep.12 and 28) * ''

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'' (1978) (ep.35) as Sagimiya Rihei * '' The Yagyu Conspiracy'' (1979) (ep.25) as Araki Mataemon * '' Hissatsu Shigotonin'' (1980) (ep.65) as Deikichi * '' Sanga Moyu'' (1984) as Imoto Torazō * ''

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'' (1987) as

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* '' Choshichiro Edo Nikki'' (1988) (ep.18) as Matsudaira Morichika * '' Onihei Hankachō'' (1997) (4th season ep.4) as Sōhachi * ''Hōjō Tlokimune'' (2000) as Saionji Saneuji

References

External links

* Japanese male film actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 1923 births 2009 deaths {{Japan-film-actor-stub