Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro | |
|---|---|
| 麿 赤児 | |
Akaji at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024 | |
| Born | February 23, 1943 Kanazawa, Japan |
| Occupations | Butoh artist, theater director and actor. |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Children | Tatsushi Ōmori Nao Ōmori |
Akaji Maro (麿 赤児, Maro Akaji; born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese butoh performer, theater director, and film actor.[1][2]
Early life
In 1943, Maro was born in Sakurai, Nara, Japan.[3]
Career
In 1972, Maro founded the Dairakudakan Temputenshiki (大駱駝艦・天賦典式, The Great Camel Battleship), a large-scale butoh company which has gained an enduring international reputation.[1]
Maro's film career began in 1980. As an actor, he has appeared in over 42 films.[4][3]
Personal life
Maro's sons are film director Tatsushi Ōmori, a film director, and Nao Ōmori, an actor.
Filmography
Film
- Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967)
- Ke no haeta kenjû (1968), Taka
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
- Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971), Kinzo
- Kuroki Taro no ai to bôken (1977)
- Zigeunerweisen (1980)
- Kagero-za (1981), Homeless
- Burst City (1982)
- Yaju-deka (1982), Painter
- Mitsugetsu (1984)
- Shinran: Path to Purity (1987), Nanzame
- Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon (1989), Tattoo Master
- Dotsuitarunen (1989), Daisuke Kamoi
- Ware ni utsu yoi ari (1990), Sakurada
- Yumeji (1991)
- Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1993), Lt. Nakayama
- Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru (1993), Senba
- Heya (1993)
- Shishioh-tachi no saigo (1993), Sakurai
- Kowagaru hitobito (1994), Man of dry river bed
- Aozora ni ichiban chikai basho (1994)
- Yamato Takeru (1994)
- Heisei musekinin-ikka: Tokyo de luxe (1995), Kanji, Nobuko's father
- Harukana jidai no kaidan o (1995), Detective
- Gogo no Yuigon-jo (1995)
- That's Cunning! Shijo saidai no sakusen (1996)
- Dangan Runner (1996)
- Wana (1996), Detective
- Moonlight Serenade (1997)
- Kizu darake no tenshi (1997), Owner of the firm
- Postman Blues (1997), Boss of Minato gang
- Cat's Eye (1997)
- Lie lie Lie (1997), Den[5]
- Pieta (1997), Cop
- Anrakkî monkî (1998), Hobo
- Shinsei toire no Hanako-san (1998)
- Kunoichi ninpô-chô: Yagyû gaiden (1998), Tenkai
- Pornostar (1998), Yakuza Boss
- Gedo (1998), Kuwata
- Shin karajishi kabushiki kaisha (1999)
- Kikujiro (1999), Crazy Man
- Tenshi ni misuterareta yoru (1999), Aota
- Gemini (1999), Kakubê
- The City of Lost Souls (2000)
- Swing Man (2000), Oda
- Kamen gakuen (2001), Daimon
- Monday (2000)
- Utsushimi (2000), Himself
- Suicide Club (2001), Detective Murata
- Gin no otoko (2001, part 1, 2)
- KT (2002), Susumu Kawahara
- Shangri-La (2002), Ookura Nagashima
- Drive (2002), Lord Kobari, ghost warrior
- Jam Films (2002) (segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg")
- Gangu shuriya (2002), Mr. Iwai
- Samurai Resurrection (2003), Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 9 Souls (2003), Owner of Candy Shop
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Boss Ozawah[6]
- Akame shijuya taki shinju misui (2003)
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Boss Ozawah
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2004), Boss Ozawah[7]
- Wairudo furawazu (2004)
- The Reason (2004), A-san
- Yume no naka e (2005)
- The Whispering of the Gods (2005), Shopkeeper
- Damejin (2006)
- Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007)
- Hadaka no natsu (2008)
- Shôrin shôjo (2008), Rin's Master
- Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu (2008)
- Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2008), Heihachi Edajima
- Futoko (2009)
- Mogera wogura (2009)
- Kazura (2010)
- Meon (2010)
- Postcard (2010), Monk
- Yakuza Weapon (2011)
- Tada's Do-It-All House (2011), Oka
- Hanezu (2011), Yo-chan archeologist
- Gokudô meshi (2011)
- Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume (2011)
- Kôun no tsubo (2012), Yonosuke
- SPEC: Ten (2012), Akira Nitanai
- TAP: Kanzennaru shiiku (2013)
- A no dentou (2014)
- Zipang Punk (2014), Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku (2014)
- Kakekomi (2015), Seisetsu
- The Emperor in August (2015), Hisanori Fujita
- The Projects (2016), Gondo[8]
- Nekonin (2017), Katsuragi
- Sekigahara (2017), Shimazu Yoshihiro
- Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project (2018), On (segment "Kuu")
- Turquoise no Sora no Shita de (2018)
- Fly Me to the Saitama (2019), Sojuro Saionji
- Birdsong (2019), Akira
- Ghost Master (2019)
- Katsu Fūtarō!! (2019)
- Hell Girl (2019), Wanyūdō
- Dreams on Fire (2021)[9]
- Under the Turquoise Sky (2021)
- Daughter of Lupin the Movie (2021)
- Tombi: Father and Son (2022)[10]
- Ox-Head Village (2022)[11]
- Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)[12]
- Old School (2022)[13]
- We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023)[14]
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023), Ogata[15]
- A Day Begins (2024)[16]
- We Are Aliens (2024)[17]
- Kaiju Guy! (2025)[18]
- Or Utopia (2025)[19]
Television
- Kindaichi Case Files (1996)
- Psychometrer Eiji (1997)
- Aoi (2000), Shimazu Yoshihiro[20]
- Yasashii Jikan (2005)
- GARO (2006)
- Yamada Tarō Monogatari (2007)
- Atsuhime (2008)
- Gunshi Kanbei (2014), Enman
- Smoking (2018), Sunaji
- Manpuku (2018)
- Daughter of Lupin (2019–20)
- Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023), Tasuku Enishi[21]
- Brothers in Arms (2026), Saitō Dōsan[22]
References
- ^ a b Aihara Tomoe (2018). "'Open Butoh': Dairakudakan and Maro Akaji". In Baird, Bruce; Candelario, Rosemary (eds.). The Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance. Translated by Ono, Robert. Oxford: Taylor & Francis. pp. 181–191. doi:10.4324/9781315536132-21. ISBN 9781315536118.
- ^ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1988-03-07. pp. 104–. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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- ^ "Kill Bill: Vol 1 (2003)". IMDb. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2025.
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- ^ "ドリームズ・オン・ファイア". eiga.com. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
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- ^ "嘘八百 なにわ夢の陣". eiga.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
- ^ "Love Will Tear Us Apart". eiga.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "はじまりの日". eiga.com. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ "みーんな、宇宙人。". allcinema. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "怪獣ヤロウ！". eiga.com. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "あるいは、ユートピア". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "葵 徳川三代". TV drama database. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "ハヤブサ消防団". TV drama database. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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