Miki Odagiri
Born: 1930-06-29 in Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2006-11-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
Miki Odagiri (小田切美喜) was known primarily for her important and timeless role as the upbeat office girl in Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru opposite Takashi Shimura, whose character is dying of cancer, and Miki, as Toyo Odagiri, inspires him to live... just by being herself: bubbly, spontaneous, and optimistic. Her character is also filled with blunt sarcasm that was extremely rare in movies of the early-1950's. Perhaps Miki and Takashi's most memorable scene is when she's telling him the nicknames she created for their fellow workmates... including his! Sadly, beyond Ikiru, finding the handful of other Japanese movies she appeared in, especially on DVD or Blu Ray, is extremely difficult. But she left an impression in what's considered not only one of the legendary Kurosawa's greatest achievements, but one of the best movies ever made, worldwide.
Filmography
2002
1971
1962
1960
- When a Woman Loves as Ohana
- The Last Trump Card as Toyo
1956
- Nikoyon monogatari
- Pure Emotions of the Sea as Yumiko
1955
- Burden of Love as Teru
- The Moon Has Risen as Fumiya
- Policeman's Diary, Part 2
- Policeman's Diary as Momoyo
- The Motherless as Miyoko
- Striving to Live
- Duel at Sundown as Okatsu
1954
- お月様には悪いけど as 芸妓小きん
- The Street Without Sun as Fusa-chan
- Student Double Suicide
- A Certain Woman as Tsuya
- The Valley Between Love and Death
- Women's House
1953
- Tower of Lilies
- The Wild Geese as Oume
- Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
- Zoku jūdai no seiten as Misae Numakura
- Jūdai no seiten
1952
- Ikiru as Toyo