Masahiro Motoki

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Career

Motoki started his entertainment career as a member of boy band Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (the name of the band contains a portmanteau of Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., a homonym of Script error: No such module "Nihongo".). The band made its debut in 1982 under the management of Johnny & Associates and was popular for a good part of the 1980s.

After the band broke up Motoki turned to acting. His first main role in a film was as a Zen monk in the comedy Script error: No such module "Nihongo". directed by Masayuki Suo. Motoki also starred in Suo's next film, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., which practically introduced him to audiences outside Japan. He then worked with directors such as Takashi Miike (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".) and Shinya Tsukamoto (Script error: No such module "Nihongo".).

Motoki's breakthrough to international fame came with the 2008 film Script error: No such module "Nihongo". directed by Yōjirō Takita, in which he plays a cellist turned mortician. The film received the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 81st Academy Awards, as well as six acting awards for Motoki. The film project started from an idea of Motoki's after he read a book written by a professional mortician.

Family

He married essayist and musician Yayako Uchida, the daughter of actress Kirin Kiki and rock'n roll singer Yuya Uchida, in 1995. As a mukoyōshi, he took his wife's surname, which is thus his legal surname.[2] The couple have three children.


Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1989 Fancy Dance Yōhei Shiono Lead role [3]
Four Days of Snow and Blood Hisashi Kōno [4]
1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Shuhei Yamamoto Lead role [5]
1994 Rampo Kogoro Akechi Lead role [6]
1995 Gonin Junichi Mitsuya [7]
1996 Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment Hiroo Terada Lead role [8]
Shall We Dance? Hiromasa Kimoto [9]
1998 The Bird People in China Wada Lead role [10]
1999 Gemini Yukio Daitokuji / Sutekichi Lead role [11]
2003 Spy Sorge Hotsumi Ozaki [12]
2006 Tekkonkinkreet Snake (voice) [13]
2007 The Longest Night in Shanghai Naoki Mizushima Lead role; Chinese-Japanese film [14]
2008 Departures Daigo Kobayashi Lead role [5]
2015 The Big Bee Kōichi Mishima [5]
The Emperor in August Emperor Hirohito [5]
2016 The Long Excuse Sachio Kinugasa Lead role [15]
2020 The Works and Days NPC USA/Sweden/Japan/UK film [16]
2024 Touch British-Icelandic film [17]
Silence of the Sea Ryūji Tsuyama Lead role [18]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1981 Sempachi Sensei Subaru Morita [19]
1991 Taiheiki Chigusa Tadaaki Taiga drama [20]
1998 Tokugawa Yoshinobu Tokugawa Yoshinobu Lead role; Taiga drama [21]
2009–11 Clouds Over the Hill Akiyama Saneyuki Lead role [22]
2012 Man of Destiny Ryōta Yuminari Lead role [23]
2019 Giri/Haji Fukuhara British television series [24]
2020 Awaiting Kirin Saitō Dōsan Taiga drama [20]
2021 Ryūkō Kanbō Naoya Shiga Lead role; television film [25]
2023 Friendship: Seiji Hirao and Shinya Yamanaka Seiji Hirao Lead role; television film [26]
2025 Asura Takao Satomi [27]

References

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Awards and achievements
Asian Film Awards
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