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Eiji Okuda

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Eiji Okuda

Born March 18, 1950 in Kasugai, Aichi, Japan106 films

Eiji Okuda (奥田瑛二 Okuda Eiji, born 18 March 1950) is a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in Sen no Rikyu. He won the award for best actor at the 37th Blue Ribbon Awards for Like a Rolling Stone.

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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterFirst watchRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins20127.5as Aritomo YamagataIn 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.View film

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If Cats Disappeared from the World poster6.8If Cats Disappeared from the World2016Detective Chinatown 3 poster5.6Detective Chinatown 32021

Filmography

106 films as actor
  1. TBAChameleonShimamura
  2. TBAThe Morning Sea
  3. 2026The Secret Battlefield
  4. 2026Euthanasia Special Zone
  5. 2024Black Jack
  6. 2024Stay MumKozo Satoya
  7. 2024The Sound of VietnamHideo Iwasawa
  8. 2023A Spoiling RainSeiji Sawai
  9. 2023Wheels and AxleYoshio
  10. 2023Kumo to Saru no Kazoku
  11. 2022Akira and AkiraKazuo Haneda
  12. 2022Chicken Phoenix
  13. 202199.9 Criminal Lawyer: The MovieShuichi Otomo
  14. 2021Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly BattleMoroku Shukichi = The Fixer
  15. 2021Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen
  16. 20211921
  17. 2021Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa DoubtKashima Kentaro
  18. 2021Detective Chinatown 3Watanabe Masaru's father
  19. 2020One in a Hundred ThousandHaruo Sakuragi
  20. 2020Peaceful Death
  21. 2019DinerCoffie
  22. 2019An Artist of the Floating WorldMatsuda
  23. 2019Les Misérables
  24. 2019The Mother Returns? AI's WillNoda Seiji
  25. 2018Dare to Stop UsKinshiro Kuzui
  26. 2018Falling Camellia
  27. 2018Born Bone BornNobutsuna
  28. 2018a e i o u
  29. 2018必殺仕事人2018
  30. 2017Issa
  31. 2017巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的羽瀬喜一 東京地検特捜部・副部長
  32. 2016The Old Capital
  33. 2016Death on Gokumon IslandRyouzen
  34. 2016Prison Gate IslandPriest Ryonen
  35. 2016Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutorKiichi Haze
  36. 201664: Part 2Arakida
  37. 2016If Cats Disappeared from the WorldPostman's Father
  38. 201664: Part 1Arakida
  39. 2015Blowing in the Winds of VietnamTamio Koizumi
  40. 2015Red BallShuji Tokita
  41. 2015This Country's Sky
  42. 2013Yokohama StoryYoshinori Tanabe
  43. 2013Before the Vigil
  44. 2012Villain
  45. 2012Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsAritomo Yamagata
  46. 2012Dirty HeartsCoronel Watanabe
  47. 2012修羅の花道2
  48. 2012修羅の花道
  49. 2011Majutsu wa Sasayaku
  50. 2011Milocrorze: A Love StoryNakyamura
  51. 2010Lost Paradise in TokyoSoichi Komada
  52. 2010300 Million
  53. 2009Be Sure to ShareTetsuji Kita
  54. 2006A Long WalkDetective Iwai
  55. 2005Yamato
  56. 2005Wet Red Thread
  57. 2004DéracineJouji
  58. 2004Revival BluesYosuke
  59. 2004Runin: Banished
  60. 2004Black KissInspector Minezaki
  61. 2004KamachiShuichi Yamada
  62. 2003Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History
  63. 2002Through the Night
  64. 2002The Sea Is WatchingGinji
  65. 2002Bastoni: The Stick HandlersAV company president
  66. 2002Snowland RevisitedKunio Shibano
  67. 2001An AdolescentTomokawa
  68. 2001Jesus is My BossToshio Shima
  69. 1999MinazukiNorio Suwa
  70. 1998PrideIchirou Kiyose
  71. 1997Body and SoulRyosuke/Aya's husband-Reiko's ex
  72. 1997A Story of Modern ChivalryKatsumi Koba
  73. 1997A Yakuza in LoveKenichi Tasaka
  74. 1997Onibi: The Fire WithinMyojin
  75. 1996Arigatou
  76. 1996The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
  77. 1996Apron Stage
  78. 1995Bad Guy BeachFather
  79. 1995See You at the Campground
  80. 1995The Dirty One
  81. 1995Last Friends
  82. 1995Deep RiverOtsu
  83. 1994The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace BettingMatsuzaki
  84. 1994Like a Rolling Stone
  85. 1993The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku SharkKaname Kizu
  86. 1993The Wicked Reporter
  87. 1992さらわれたい女
  88. 1992Luminous MossIshikawa
  89. 1992Investigation of a Typical LoveDetective
  90. 1991The Pianist
  91. 1991Goaisatsu
  92. 1990Shikibu monogatariToyoichi Otomo
  93. 1989Death of a Tea MasterHonkakubo
  94. 1987Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
  95. 1987Bedtime Eyes
  96. 1986The Sea and PoisonSuguro
  97. 1986Beyond the Shining SeaAro Imaizumi
  98. 1986Surgical Designs in Flames
  99. 1985Penguin's Memory: A Tale of HappinessJack (voice)
  100. 1984The Cold-Hearted Sea
  101. 1984Oshin
  102. 1982The Last HeroMuneyuki Ogata
  103. 1981Auto Town
  104. 1980May Love Be RestoredSeijun Kunugida
  105. 1979No More Easy LifeHashimoto
  106. 1979Love Me Tenderly, Love Me WildlyYuichi Takagi