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Masahiro Motoki

Date of birth: 1965-12-21

Place of birth:

Known for: Acting

Also known as: 本木 雅弘, Motoki Masahiro, 모토키 마사히로

Masahiro Motoki

Biography

Masahiro Motoki (本木雅弘 Motoki Masahiro, born December 21, 1965 in Okegawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. His performance earned him the Award for Best Actor at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.

Movie Credits

MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2.3

MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming

2010-04-29

Musical band "Yajima Biyoshitsu" comes to Japan from Nevada, USA to debut their CD.

Gemini
3.2

Gemini

1999-09-15

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer m

Gonin
3.3

Gonin

1995-09-23

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as pla

The Bird People in China
3.6

The Bird People in China

1998-06-10

Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After

Departures
3.9

Departures

2008-09-13

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown

Last Song
0

Last Song

1994-02-05

A drama that depicts the trajectory of four years in the life of two young musicians and one woman w

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
3.4

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

1992-01-15

A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is a

The Longest Night in Shanghai
3.1

The Longest Night in Shanghai

2007-06-26

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this roma

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
3

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

1996-03-23

There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, S

Heat Wave
2.8

Heat Wave

1991-02-09

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi househo

Four Days of Snow and Blood
3.4

Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989-06-17

Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nati

Making of Gemini
0

Making of Gemini

2000-05-12

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".

Black Jack
3.3

Black Jack

2000-03-30

Matsuzaki, who gets critically injured after a sketchy deal, is taken by his girlfriend to a church

The Mystery of Rampo
3.5

The Mystery of Rampo

1995-05-27

Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and

The Emperor in August
3.2

The Emperor in August

2015-08-08

In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A c

Shall We Dance?
3.7

Shall We Dance?

1996-01-27

A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly sta

Touch
3.7

Touch

2024-05-29

Soon after the break of the pandemic and realizing that his clock is ticking, Kristofer gets the urg

Spy Sorge
3.3

Spy Sorge

2003-06-14

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outb

Fancy Dance
3.4

Fancy Dance

1989-12-23

Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initiall

My Santa Boy
0

My Santa Boy

1992-11-20

This suave lad triple books himself for christmas dates.

The Big Bee
2.9

The Big Bee

2015-09-12

Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The

The Long Excuse
3.3

The Long Excuse

2016-10-14

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it

Silence of the Sea
4.3

Silence of the Sea

2024-11-22

The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a

Raffles Hotel
2.3

Raffles Hotel

1989-10-29

Actress Moeko comes to Singapore to look for Kariya, the man she loves. She checks in at Raffles Hot

Come On Girls!
3

Come On Girls!

1982-07-10

Three high school boys leave their dormitory and go to a resort and fall in love.

Balloon
0

Balloon

1990-05-12

Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.

Dioxin from Fish!
0

Dioxin from Fish!

1992-02-22

A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo.

Headphone Lullaby
2

Headphone Lullaby

1983-07-10

The story of friendship, love and sportsmanship among high-school students.

Ganryujima
2.5

Ganryujima

2003-03-18

The legendary duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island is brought to life in

Barrow Gang BC
0

Barrow Gang BC

1985-04-27

Film about a pirate radio station.

Playtime Never Ends
3.5

Playtime Never Ends

1991-10-05

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robb

Tekkonkinkreet
3.7

Tekkonkinkreet

2006-10-21

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. Wh

Highschool Scramble
0

Highschool Scramble

1982-12-18

Beppin Town
0

Beppin Town

1989-10-18

An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2
0

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2

1991-08-07

Ryuukou Kanbou
3.6

Ryuukou Kanbou

2021-04-10

The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paran

The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
4

The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

2022-06-22

An eight-hour fiction shot for a total of twenty-seven weeks, over a period of fourteen months, in a

小泉今日子40周年スペシャル
0

小泉今日子40周年スペシャル

2022-03-31

Making of "Departures"
0

Making of "Departures"

2009-12-11

A documentary about the making and shooting of Yojiro Takita’s ‘Departures’ (2008)

Nowhere Man
2.6

Nowhere Man

1991-11-02

Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed b

Saiyūki
0

Saiyūki

1993-03-28

Prince Shōtoku
0

Prince Shōtoku

2001-11-10

In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a u

The Man Who Carries the Voice of August
0

The Man Who Carries the Voice of August

2025-08-13

This is the story of a strange encounter brought about by the atomic bomb, based on the true story o

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
0

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor

2024-01-12

Takashi Miike is a cinema monster. Let's return to his filmography, his main themes, the framework o