Akaji Maro
Born: 1943-02-23 in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Akaji Maro (麿 赤児 Maro Akaji, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese actor, butoh performer, and theater director. He is the founder of Dairakudakan. One of his sons is the film director Tatsushi Ōmori; another is the actor Nao Ōmori.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Or Utopia as Ken Hirayama
- We Are Aliens
- A Day Begins
2023
- We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
- Love Will Tear Us Apart as Ryûjin Maro
- Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts as Himself
- Hayabusa Fire Brigade as Tasuku Enishi
2022
- Ox-Head Village as Kanon's Grandfather
- Tonbi as Kaiun
- Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama as 老人
- Doomsday Detective
2021
- Under the Turquoise Sky as Saburo
- Dreams on Fire as Grandfather
- Lupin's Daughter: The Movie as Iwao Mikumo
2020
- Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita as Yamashita Tarosuke
2019
- The Naked Director
- Birdsong as Akira
- Ghost Master as Tetsuhiko Todoroki
- Fly me to the Saitama as Sojyuro Saionji
- Hell Girl as Wanyudo
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
- Daughter of Lupin as Iwao Mikumo
- SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3 as Narration (voice)
- Katsu Fūtarō! !
2018
- Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project as On (segment "Kuu")
- dele
- Way Too Kawaii! as Shinjiro Tatsumi
2017
- Neko Ninja as Katsuragi
- Sekigahara as Ishin Shimazu
2016
- The Projects as Gondo
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
- Kamogawa Shokudo
- En moi as Man on Duty
2015
- Kakekomi as Seisetsu
- The Emperor in August as Admiral Hisanori Fujita
- Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
- A Light in the Distance
- Keisei Saimin no Otoko as Fujita Denzaburo
- 永久就職試験 as 모리오카 아버지
2014
- Disconcerto as Oka
- Osoroshi
- Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2012
- SPEC: Heaven as Akira Nitanai
- Hanezu as Yo-Chan
- Crazy Camel
- The Pod of Good Fortune as Yonosuke Matsudaira
2011
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Boss Ozawah
- Tada's Do-It-All House as Oka
- Sukiyaki
- Yakuza Weapon as Kenzo Iwaki
- Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume
- Goldfish Club as Mizuki Yozo
2009
2008
- Shaolin Girl as Rin's Master
- Be a Man!! Samurai School as Heihachi Edajima
- The Naked Summer
2006
- GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night as Makai Priest Amon
- Damejin as Shinjuku-San
2005
- GARO as Amon
- The Whispering of the Gods as Shopkeeper
- Into a Dream as Sato's Father
- Affectionate Time as Amano Rokusuke
2004
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Boss Ozawah
- The Motive as A-san
- Wild Flowers
- 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ as Hōan Tatara
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Boss Ozawah
- Akame 48 Waterfalls as Triangular Eyes
- Samurai Resurrection as Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Ginji - The Slasher as Ōmuta
- 9 Souls as Owner of Candy Shop
2002
- KT as Susumu Kawahara
- Jam Films
- Madness in Bloom
- Drive as Lord Kobari
- Toy Reanimator as Mr Iwai
- Shangri-La as Ookura Nagashima
- Pandora Hong Kong Leg as Young Man
2001
- Suicide Club as Detective Murata
2000
- Swing Man as Oda
- Utsushimi as Self
- Persona as Daimon
- Monday as Homeless Man / Demon
- Making of Gemini as Self
- The City of Lost Souls as Okijima Gang Member
- Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
- The Password is Courage
1999
- Gemini as Kakubê
- Kikujiro as Crazy Man
- 新・痴漢日記2
- The Night the Angel Turned Away as Aota
- Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
- Will to Live
1998
- The Haunted Lantern
- Pornostar as Yakuza Boss
- The Outer Way
- Hanako of the Toilet as Monk
- Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 as Tenkai
- Unlucky Monkey as Hobo
1997
- Cat's Eye as Umehara
- Postman Blues as Boss of Minato Gang
- Moonlight Serenade as Circus performer
- An Angel with Many Scars
- Guard Dog
- Born to Be Baby
- Lie Lie Lie as Den
1996
- The Trap as Lt. Nakayama
- That's Cunning! Shijo Saidai no Sakusen?
- Dangan Runner as Kibo Boss
- Known As! Pissken
1995
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi as Goryu Tachibana
- Boxer Joe
- The Stairway to the Distant Past as Lt. Nakayama
- A Last Note
- Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe as Kanji, Nobuko's father
- Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground as Himself
1994
- The Most Terrible Time in My Life as Lt. Nakayama
- The Nearest Place to the Sky
- Uneasy Encounters as Man of dry river bed
- This Is Shinogi
1993
- All Under the Moon as Senba
- Death of the Lion Kings as Sakurai
- Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian as Otori-sama
1992
- The Room as The Hitman
1990
- Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis as Himself
- Ready to Shoot as Sakurada
1989
- Knockout as Daisuke Kamoi
- 幸福な市民～勤勉とは？ ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇 as Mikio Yamashita
- Circus Boys as Tattoo Master
1984
- Mitsugetsu as Brokerage Firm President
- Sexual Beast Sacrifice ... (Director)
1982
1981
- Kagero-za as Homeless
1980
1971
- Evil Spirits in the Darkness as Hirose Kinzō
1969
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Actor