Masahiro Motoki (MOTOKI Masahiro / 本木雅弘 / もとき まさひろ) is a Japanese actor, born on Sunday, December 12, 1965, in Okegawa, Saitama, Japan.
Real Name:
Uchida Masahiro (内田雅弘)
Profession:
Actor and singer
Height:
174cm
Weight:
63kg
Bloodtype:
A
Star sign:
Sagittarius
Family:
Wife Uchida Yayako, mother-in-law/actress Kiki Kirin, father-in-law/singer Uchida Yuya
Winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Best Leading Actor for his work in “Departures,” Motoki made his film debut as the unlikely sumo wrestler in “Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t”, which won him the Japan Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992. American audiences may also remember him from the original Japanese version of “Shall We Dance?” Since then, he has worked with Japan’s top directors, starring in “Gemini” (1999), “Spy Sorge” (2003) and voicing a lead role in “Tekkon Kinkreet”.
Trivia
Posed nude for a photo book "white room", by Kishin Shinyoma, published in 1991 by Asahi Shuppansha. which was reproduced and republished as "Accidents Series 7" in 1999.
Filmography
As an actor:
Saka no ue no kumo
2008 Okuribito
2007 Yoru no shanghai
2006 Tekkon kinkurîto
2005 Konya hitori no bed de
2005 Natsumeke no shokutaku
2003 Ganryujima as Musashi Miyamoto
2003 Kôfuku no ôji
2003 Spy Sorge
2001 Suiyobi no joji
2001 Shotoku taishi
2001 Black Jack III
2000 Black Jack II
2000 Black Jack
1999 Rinjin wa hisoka ni warau
1999 Sôseiji
1998 Chûgoku no chôjin
1998 Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1997 Bagu
1996 Tokiwa-so no seishun
1996 Shall we dansu?
1995 Gonin
1995 Namida tataete bishô seyo: Meiji no musuko, Shimada Seijiro
1995 Kimi to deatte kara
1995 Râkî
1994 Rampo
1993 Saiyûki as Sun Wu-Kong (Monkey)
1993 Last Song
1992 Sakana kara daiokishin!!
1992 Shiko funjatta
1991 Asobi no jikan wa owaranai
1991 Kagerô
1991 Taiheiki
1990 Fûsen
1989 Fanshî dansu
1989 Raffles Hotel
1989 Beppin no machi
1989 226
1985 Barrow Gang BC
1983 Headphone Lullaby
1982 Santô kôkôsei
1982 Shibugakitai: Boys and Girls
2010 The 33rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
2008 Bokura no jidai
2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
1987 Shimura ken no daijôbudâ
1969 8 ji dayo! zen'in shûgô
Self:
2010 The 33rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
2008 Bokura no jidai
2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
1987 Shimura ken no daijôbudâ
1969 8 ji dayo! zen'in shûgô
Videos
External links
Dorama.info
link to: http://over-time.idv.tw/cast/castshow_common.php?num=111
Official site
link to: http://www.from1-pro.jp/talent/MotokiMasahiro.html
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