Miki Odagiri
Date of birth: 1930-06-29
Place of birth: Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 富士山君子
Biography
Miki Odagiri (小田切美喜) was known primarily for her important and timeless role as the upbeat office girl in Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru opposite Takashi Shimura, whose character is dying of cancer, and Miki, as Toyo Odagiri, inspires him to live... just by being herself: bubbly, spontaneous, and optimistic. Her character is also filled with blunt sarcasm that was extremely rare in movies of the early-1950's. Perhaps Miki and Takashi's most memorable scene is when she's telling him the nicknames she created for their fellow workmates... including his! Sadly, beyond Ikiru, finding the handful of other Japanese movies she appeared in, especially on DVD or Blu Ray, is extremely difficult. But she left an impression in what's considered not only one of the legendary Kurosawa's greatest achievements, but one of the best movies ever made, worldwide.
Movie Credits
Ikiru
1952-10-09
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for
Striving to Live
1955-02-25
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953-05-15
Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
Shiosai
1971-09-24
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But S
The Wild Geese
1953-09-15
A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in
When a Woman Loves
1960-01-03
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
Boku chin hōrō-ki
1962-08-26
1962 Japanese movie
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987-06-02
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school
Pastoral Symphony
1938-06-11
A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in lov
Jūdai no seiten
1953-02-05
Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako
A Certain Woman
1954-03-13
Policeman's Diary
1955-02-03
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on
The Motherless
1955-12-04
Japanese drama film.
Stakeout
1958-01-15
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect wi
The Moon Has Risen
1955-01-08
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple sin
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963-04-28
A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his ser
Pure Emotions of the Sea
1956-06-28
A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a chi
The Street Without Sun
1954-06-24
Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002-10-25
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses
Tower of Lilies
1953-01-09
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the isla
Duel at Sundown
1955-05-24
A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.
Burden of Love
1955-03-18
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a prog
Nikoyon monogatari
1956-09-11
Japanese drama film.
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953-09-22
Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955-11-16
From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
Women's House
1954-11-23
After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shu
Student Double Suicide
1954-07-27
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
1958-03-11
Set in a rubber company in Tokyo, this comedy depicts the sorrows of salarymen in a humorous way, ce
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954-09-21
A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that i
お月様には悪いけど
1954-12-29