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Jun Ōtomo

Actor

Jun Ōtomo

Born November 21, 1899 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, JapanDied December 28, 197839 films

Originally a music teacher, Jun joined the Toho Mobile Culture Corps during WWII. He ultimately became active as a character actor in Toho and Shintoho productions in the '50s and '60s. Noted for his menacing onscreen countenance, he was remembered for his mild-mannered and affable nature in private life.

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Yojimbo posterFirst watchYojimbo19618.1as Seibei FollowerA nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Throne of Blood poster7.9Throne of Blood1957The Human Condition I: No Greater Love poster8.1The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Jigoku poster6.3Jigoku1960Ghost Story of Yotsuya poster6.5Ghost Story of Yotsuya1959

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 1972Rika: The Mixed-Blood GirlTabucho
  2. 1969Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai
  3. 1965The Witness' Chair
  4. 1964Ghost Story: Cruel PhantomÔsa Gondô
  5. 1963男の嵐
  6. 1962Black and Red Flower Petals
  7. 1961Fire LineNaganuma
  8. 1961YojimboSeibei Follower
  9. 1960Five Violent Girls
  10. 1960Roar of the Bullets
  11. 1960Cave QueensJun Kinryu
  12. 1960トップ屋を殺せ
  13. 1960Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu
  14. 1960JigokuEnsai Taniguchi
  15. 1960Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzokuWar Minister Anami
  16. 1960Yellow LineAgawa
  17. 1960Women of Whirlpool Island
  18. 1960Black LineYukichi Tachibana
  19. 1960Female Slave ShipFox
  20. 1959Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead
  21. 1959Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman
  22. 1959Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's RoseFake Nogemura
  23. 1959Ghost Story of YotsuyaTakuetsu
  24. 1959Fight to the Death in a Blizzard
  25. 1959Broken Blossoms
  26. 1959The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki
  27. 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love(uncredited)
  28. 1959The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
  29. 1958Secret White Line Zone
  30. 1958StakeoutConstruction camp master
  31. 1957Black RiverPimp
  32. 1957剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り
  33. 1957Throne of BloodCommander
  34. 1956The Band in Paradise: Acharaka's Big Hit
  35. 1956Jigoku no hatoba
  36. 1955The History of Love
  37. 1954The Street Without Sun
  38. 1938NightingalePolice Officer
  39. 1935Three Sisters with Maiden HeartsBad boy at Rokku