Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki (本木 雅弘 Motoki Masahiro, born December 21, 1965) 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.[1]

Masahiro Motoki
Born
Masahiro Motoki (本木雅弘)

(1965-12-21) 21 December 1965
Okegawa, Saitama, Japan
Years active1981–present
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Spouse
Yayako Uchida
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(m. 1995)​
Children3
AwardsAsian Film Award for Best Actor
2009 Departures
Japanese Academy Award for Best Newcomer
1990 226
Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor
1993 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
2009 Departures
Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor
1993 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
2009 Departures
Hochi Film Award for Best Actor
1992 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Japanese Professional Movie Award for Best Actor
1992 Bang!
Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actor
2009 Departures
Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor
1999 The Bird People in China
Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actor
1999 The Bird People in China
Tokyo International Film Festival (Best Actor)
1993 Last Song
Yokohama Film Festival (Best Actor)
1993 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Career

Motoki started his entertainment career as a member of boy band Shibugakitai (シブがき隊) (the name of the band contains a portmanteau of tough (渋い, Shibui) and kids (ガキ, gaki), a homonym of astringent persimmon (渋柿, Shibugaki)). 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 Fancy Dance (ファンシイダンス, Fanshii Dansu) directed by Masayuki Suo. Motoki also starred in Suo's next film, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (シコふんじゃった。, Shiko Funjatta.), which practically introduced him to audiences outside Japan. He then worked with directors such as Takashi Miike (The Bird People in China (中国の鳥人, Chūgoku no Chōjin)) and Shinya Tsukamoto (Gemini (双生児, Sōseiji)).

Motoki's breakthrough to international fame came with the 2008 film Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) 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 The Silence of the Sea Ryūji Tsuyama Lead role [17]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1981 Sempachi Sensei Subaru Morita TBS [18]
1991 Taiheiki Chigusa Tadaaki NHK Taiga drama [19]
1998 Tokugawa Yoshinobu Tokugawa Yoshinobu NHK Lead role; Taiga drama [19]
2009–11 Saka no Ue no Kumo Akiyama Saneyuki NHK Lead role [20]
2012 Man of Destiny Ryōta Yuminari TBS Lead role [21]
2019 Giri/Haji Fukuhara BBC Two / Netflix British television series [22]
2020 Awaiting Kirin Saitō Dōsan NHK Taiga drama [19]
2021 Ryūkō Kanbō Naoya Shiga NHK Lead role; television film [23]
2023 Friendship: Seiji Hirao and Shinya Yamanaka Seiji Hirao TV Asahi Lead role; television film [24]

References
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  10. "中国の鳥人". eiga.com. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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  17. "本木雅弘と小泉今日子が31年ぶり共演 倉本聰氏35年ぶり映画脚本手がけた「海の沈黙」で". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  18. "２年Ｂ組仙八先生". TV drama database. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  19. "大河ドラマ 麒麟がくる". Nagoya Touken World. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  20. "坂の上の雲:足かけ3年ついに完結 最終回視聴率11．4％". Mantan-web. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  21. "運命の人". The Television. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  22. "平岳大・窪塚洋介・本木雅弘ら出演、英国ドラマ『Giri / Haji』Netflixで1・10配信". Oricon. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  23. "本木雅弘主演、スペイン風邪の流行を描いた志賀直哉「流行感冒」ドラマ化". Oricon. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  24. "本木雅弘、"約10年ぶり"民放ドラマ出演 "ミスター・ラグビー"平尾誠二さん役で撮影中に10キロ減量". Oricon. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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