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Masahiro Motoki
ActorBorn December 21, 1965 (60 years)
Masahiro Motoki (本木雅弘 Motoki Masahiro, born December 21, 1965 in Okegawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. His performance earned him the Award for Best Actor at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.
Known For
Filmography
| 2026 | The Samurai and the Prisoner · as Araki Murashige |
| 2025 | Asura (TV Series) · as Takao Satomi |
| 2024 | Silence of the Sea · as Ryuji Tsuyama |
| 2024 | Touch · as Takahashi |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Awaiting Kirin (TV Series) · as Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "viper Of Mino"] |
| 2019 | Giri/Haji (TV Series) · as Fukuhara |
| 2016 | The Long Excuse · as Sachio Kinugasa |
| 2015 | The Big Bee · as Mishima |
| 2015 | The Emperor in August · as Emperor Showa |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Clouds Over the Hill (TV Series) · as 秋山真之 |
| 2008 | Departures · as Daigo Kobayashi |
| 2007 | The Longest Night in Shanghai · as Naoki Mizushima |
| 2006 | Tekkonkinkreet · as Snake (voice) |
| 2005 | On the Single Bed Tonight (TV Series) · as Akiyuki Tomonaga |
| 2003 | Spy Sorge · as Hidemi Ozaki |
| 2001 | Black Jack III · as Black Jack |
| 2001 | A Wednesday Love Affair (TV Series) · as Eiichiro Sakura |
| 2000 | Black Jack II · as Black Jack |
| 2000 | Black Jack · as Black Jack |
| 1999 | Gemini · as Yukio Daitokuji |
| 1998 | The Bird People in China · as Wada |
| 1998 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu (TV Series) · as Yoshinobu Tokugawa |
| 1996 | Tokiwa-so no seishun · as Hiroo Terada |
| 1996 | Shall We Dance? · as Hiromasa Kimoto |
| 1995 | The Five · as Junichi Mitsuya |
| 1995 | Kimi to deatte kara (TV Series) · as Seiji Togawa |
| 1994 | Rampo · as Kogoro Akechi |
| 1992 | Dioxin from Fish! · as Kenji |
| 1992 | Sumo Do, Sumo Don't · as Shuhei Yamamoto |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Bang! · as Hirata |
| 1991 | Heat Wave · as Ichitaro Kosugi |
| 1991 | Taiheiki (TV Series) · as Tadaaki Chigusa |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Fancy Dance · as Shiono Yohei |
| 1989 | Raffles Hotel · as Takeo Youki |
| 1989 | Four Days of Snow and Blood · as Hisashi Kono |
| 1988 | Dakishimetai (TV Series) |