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
2024
- Or Utopia as Ken Hirayama
- We Are Aliens
- A Day Begins
2023
- Hayabusa Fire Brigade as Tasuku Enishi
- We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
- Love Will Tear Us Apart as Ryûjin Maro
- Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts as Himself
2022
- Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama as 老人
- Ox-Head Village as Kanon's Grandfather
- Tonbi as Kaiun
- Doomsday Detective
2021
- Lupin's Daughter: The Movie as Iwao Mikumo
- Under the Turquoise Sky as Saburo
- Dreams on Fire as Grandfather
2020
- Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita as Yamashita Tarosuke
2019
- The Naked Director
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
- Daughter of Lupin as Mikumo Iwao
- Ghost Master as Tetsuhiko Todoroki
- Fly Me to the Saitama as Sojyuro Saionji
- Hell Girl as Wanyudo
- SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3 as Narration (voice)
- Birdsong as Akira
- Katsu Fūtarō! !
2018
- dele
- Way Too Kawaii! as Shinjiro Tatsumi
- Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project as On (segment "Kuu")
2017
- Sekigahara as Ishin Shimazu
- Neko Ninja as Katsuragi
2016
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
- Kamogawa Shokudo
- The Projects as Gondo
- En moi as Man on Duty
2015
- Keisei Saimin no Otoko as Fujita Denzaburo
- The Emperor in August as Admiral Hisanori Fujita
- Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
- Kakekomi as Seisetsu
- 永久就職試験 as 모리오카 아버지
- A Light in the Distance
2014
- Osoroshi
- Disconcerto as Oka
- Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2012
- SPEC: Heaven as Akira Nitanai
- The Pod of Good Fortune as Yonosuke Matsudaira
- Hanezu as Yo-Chan
- Crazy Camel
2011
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Boss Ozawah
- Tada's Do-It-All House as Oka
- Yakuza Weapon as Kenzo Iwaki
- Sukiyaki
- Goldfish Club as Mizuki Yozo
- Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume
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
- 美しい罠
- Damejin as Shinjuku-San
2005
- GARO as Amon
- Affectionate Time as Amano Rokusuke
- Into a Dream as Sato's Father
- The Whispering of the Gods as Shopkeeper
2004
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Boss Ozawah
- 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ as Hōan Tatara
- The Motive as A-san
- Wild Flowers
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Boss Ozawah
- Samurai Resurrection as Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Akame 48 Waterfalls as Triangular Eyes
- 9 Souls as Owner of Candy Shop
- Ginji the Slasher as Ōmuta
2002
- Drive as Lord Kobari
- Jam Films
- KT as Susumu Kawahara
- Madness in Bloom
- Pandora Hong Kong Leg as Young Man
- Toy Reanimator as Mr Iwai
- Shangri-La as Ookura Nagashima
2001
- Suicide Club as Detective Murata
2000
- Persona as Daimon
- Monday as Homeless Man / Demon
- The City of Lost Souls as Okijima Gang Member
- Utsushimi as Self
- The Password is Courage
- Swing Man as Oda
- Making of Gemini as Self
- Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
- Shin Mahjong Demon 4: Kabukicho, Gamblers' Alley
1999
- Kikujiro as Crazy Man
- Gemini as Kakubê
- Will to Live
- The Night the Angel Turned Away as Aota
- Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
- New Molester Diary 2
1998
- Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 as Tenkai
- Pornostar as Yakuza Boss
- Hanako of the Toilet as Monk
- Unlucky Monkey as Hobo
- The Outer Way
- The Haunted Lantern
1997
- Cat's Eye as Umehara
- Postman Blues as Boss of Minato Gang
- Moonlight Serenade as Circus performer
- An Angel with Many Scars
- Lie Lie Lie as Den
- Guard Dog
- Born to Be Baby
1996
- That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?
- Dangan Runner as Kibo Boss
- The Trap as Lt. Nakayama
- Known As! Pissken
1995
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi as Goryu Tachibana
- A Last Note
- The Stairway to the Distant Past as Lt. Nakayama
- Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe as Kanji, Nobuko's father
- Boxer Joe
- King of Bargain: Heaven-Reaching Horn
- 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
- This Is Shinogi
- Uneasy Encounters as Man of dry river bed
1993
- Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian as Otori-sama
- All Under the Moon as Senba
- Death of the Lion Kings as Sakurai
1992
- The Room as The Hitman
1990
- Ready to Shoot as Sakurada
- Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis as Himself
1989
- Knockout as Daisuke Kamoi
- Circus Boys as Tattoo Master
- 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
1984
- Mitsugetsu as Brokerage Firm President
- Sexual Beast Sacrifice ... (Director)
1982
- The Dropout as Painter
1981
- Kagero-za as Homeless
1980
1971
- Evil Spirits in the Darkness as Hirose Kinzō
1969
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Actor