Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro

Known for
Acting
Born
February 23, 1943 (age 83)
Birthplace
Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Akaji Maro (麿 赤児 Maro Akaji, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese actor, butoh performer, and theater director. He is the founder of Dairakudakan. One of his sons is the film director Tatsushi Ōmori; another is the actor Nao Ōmori.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Kaiju Guy! poster

Kaiju Guy!

Movie

2025
Just a bit Espers poster

Just a bit Espers

TV · 1 ep

2024
Or Utopia poster

Or Utopia

Movie · as Ken Hirayama

2024
We Are Aliens poster

We Are Aliens

Movie

2024
A Day Begins poster

A Day Begins

Movie

2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts poster

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

Movie · as Himself

2023
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams poster

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

Movie

2023
Love Will Tear Us Apart poster

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Movie · as Ryûjin Maro

2023
Hayabusa Fire Brigade poster

Hayabusa Fire Brigade

TV · as Tasuku Enishi · 9 eps

2022
Doomsday Detective poster

Doomsday Detective

Movie

2022
Ox-Head Village poster

Ox-Head Village

Movie · as Kanon's Grandfather

2022
Tonbi poster

Tonbi

Movie · as Kaiun

2022
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama poster

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

TV · as 老人 · 2 eps

2021
Dreams on Fire poster

Dreams on Fire

Movie · as Grandfather

2021
Under the Turquoise Sky poster

Under the Turquoise Sky

Movie · as Saburo

2021
Lupin's Daughter: The Movie poster

Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

Movie · as Iwao Mikumo

2020
Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita poster

Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita

TV · as Yamashita Tarosuke · 8 eps

2019
Katsu Fūtarō! ! poster

Katsu Fūtarō! !

Movie

2019
Fly Me to the Saitama poster

Fly Me to the Saitama

Movie · as Sojyuro Saionji

2019
Hell Girl poster

Hell Girl

Movie · as Wanyudo

2019
Birdsong poster

Birdsong

Movie · as Akira

2019
Ghost Master poster

Ghost Master

Movie · as Tetsuhiko Todoroki

2019
SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3 poster

SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3

Movie · as Narration (voice)

2019
Daughter of Lupin poster

Daughter of Lupin

TV · as Mikumo Iwao · 20 eps

2019
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi poster

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

TV · 50 eps

2019
The Naked Director poster

The Naked Director

TV · 1 ep

2018
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project poster

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

Movie · as On (segment "Kuu")

2018
Way Too Kawaii! poster

Way Too Kawaii!

TV · as Shinjiro Tatsumi · 10 eps

2018
dele poster

dele

TV · 1 ep

2018
Mampuku poster

Mampuku

TV · as Konosuke Jingu · 151 eps

2017
Neko Ninja poster

Neko Ninja

Movie · as Katsuragi

2017
Sekigahara poster

Sekigahara

Movie · as Ishin Shimazu

2016
En moi poster

En moi

Movie · as Man on Duty

2016
The Projects poster

The Projects

Movie · as Gondo

2016
Kamogawa Shokudo poster

Kamogawa Shokudo

TV · 8 eps

2016
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit poster

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

TV · 1 ep

2015
A Light in the Distance poster

A Light in the Distance

Movie

2015
The Emperor in August poster

The Emperor in August

Movie · as Admiral Hisanori Fujita

2015
Kakekomi poster

Kakekomi

Movie · as Seisetsu

2015
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition poster

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

Movie

2015
Keisei Saimin no Otoko poster

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

TV · as Denzaburo Fujita · 5 eps

2015
永久就職試験 poster

永久就職試験

TV · as 모리오카 아버지 · 4 eps

2014
Disconcerto poster

Disconcerto

Movie · as Oka

2014
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III poster

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

Movie · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

2014
Osoroshi poster

Osoroshi

TV · 5 eps

2013
TAP: Perfect Education poster

TAP: Perfect Education

Movie

2013
Why Don't You Play in Hell? poster

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Movie

2013
Tada's Do-It-All House poster

Tada's Do-It-All House

TV · 1 ep

2012
Crazy Camel poster

Crazy Camel

Movie

2012
SPEC: Heaven poster

SPEC: Heaven

Movie · as Akira Nitanai

2012
Hanezu poster

Hanezu

Movie · as Yo-Chan

2012
The Pod of Good Fortune

The Pod of Good Fortune

Movie · as Yonosuke Matsudaira

2011
Yakuza Weapon poster

Yakuza Weapon

Movie · as Kenzo Iwaki

2011
Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume

Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume

Movie

2011
Tada's Do-It-All House poster

Tada's Do-It-All House

Movie · as Oka

2011
Sukiyaki poster

Sukiyaki

Movie

2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair poster

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Movie · as Boss Ozawah

2011
Goldfish Club poster

Goldfish Club

TV · as Mizuki Yozo · 10 eps

2010
Postcard poster

Postcard

Movie · as Monk

2010
Kazura poster

Kazura

Movie

2009
Dark Harbour poster

Dark Harbour

Movie

2009
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly poster

Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly

Movie

2009
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky poster

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

Movie

2008
Be a Man!! Samurai School poster

Be a Man!! Samurai School

Movie · as Heihachi Edajima

2008
The Naked Summer poster

The Naked Summer

Movie

2008
Shaolin Girl poster

Shaolin Girl

Movie · as Rin's Master

2007
Awakening poster

Awakening

Movie

2007
Piledriver poster

Piledriver

Movie

2007
Pacchigi! Love & Peace poster

Pacchigi! Love & Peace

Movie

2007
The Story of Yamada Taro poster

The Story of Yamada Taro

TV · as Mimura Hijirichi · 10 eps

2006
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night poster

GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night

Movie · as Makai Priest Amon

2006
Damejin poster

Damejin

Movie · as Shinjuku-San

2006
美しい罠‎ poster

美しい罠‎

TV · 66 eps

2005
Into a Dream poster

Into a Dream

Movie · as Sato's Father

2005
The Whispering of the Gods poster

The Whispering of the Gods

Movie · as Shopkeeper

2005
GARO poster

GARO

TV · as Amon · 1 ep

2005
Affectionate Time poster

Affectionate Time

TV · as Amano Rokusuke · 11 eps

2005
GARO poster

GARO

TV · as Makai Priest Amon · 25 eps

2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Movie · as Boss Ozawah

2004
Wild Flowers poster

Wild Flowers

Movie

2004
The Motive poster

The Motive

Movie · as A-san

2004
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ poster

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

TV · as Hōan Tatara · 1 ep

2003
Ginji the Slasher poster

Ginji the Slasher

Movie · as Ōmuta

2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Movie · as Boss Ozawah

2003
9 Souls poster

9 Souls

Movie · as Owner of Candy Shop

2003
Akame 48 Waterfalls poster

Akame 48 Waterfalls

Movie · as Triangular Eyes

2003
Samurai Resurrection poster

Samurai Resurrection

Movie · as Ieyasu Tokugawa

2002
Shangri-La poster

Shangri-La

Movie · as Ookura Nagashima

2002
Toy Reanimator poster

Toy Reanimator

Movie · as Mr Iwai

2002
Jam Films poster

Jam Films

Movie

2002
KT poster

KT

Movie · as Susumu Kawahara

2002
Drive poster

Drive

Movie · as Lord Kobari

2002
Madness in Bloom poster

Madness in Bloom

Movie

2002
Pandora Hong Kong Leg poster

Pandora Hong Kong Leg

Movie · as Young Man

2001
Suicide Club poster

Suicide Club

Movie · as Detective Murata

2000
The City of Lost Souls poster

The City of Lost Souls

Movie · as Okijima Gang Member

2000
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War poster

Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War

Movie

2000
Utsushimi poster

Utsushimi

Movie · as Self

2000
Making of Gemini

Making of Gemini

Movie · as Self

2000
Monday poster

Monday

Movie · as Homeless Man / Demon

2000
Persona poster

Persona

Movie · as Daimon

2000
Swing Man poster

Swing Man

Movie · as Oda

2000
Shin Mahjong Demon 4: Kabukicho, Gamblers' Alley poster

Shin Mahjong Demon 4: Kabukicho, Gamblers' Alley

Movie

2000
The Password is Courage poster

The Password is Courage

TV · 11 eps

1999
Kikujiro poster

Kikujiro

Movie · as Crazy Man

1999
Gemini poster

Gemini

Movie · as Kakubê

1999
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha poster

Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha

Movie

1999
The Night the Angel Turned Away poster

The Night the Angel Turned Away

Movie · as Aota

1999
Will to Live poster

Will to Live

Movie

1999
New Molester Diary 2 poster

New Molester Diary 2

Movie

1998
The Haunted Lantern poster

The Haunted Lantern

Movie

1998
Pornostar poster

Pornostar

Movie · as Yakuza Boss

1998
Hanako of the Toilet poster

Hanako of the Toilet

Movie · as Monk

1998
The Outer Way

The Outer Way

Movie

1998
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 poster

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1

Movie · as Tenkai

1998
Unlucky Monkey poster

Unlucky Monkey

Movie · as Hobo

1997
Postman Blues poster

Postman Blues

Movie · as Boss of Minato Gang

1997
Lie Lie Lie poster

Lie Lie Lie

Movie · as Den

1997
An Angel with Many Scars poster

An Angel with Many Scars

Movie

1997
Born to Be Baby poster

Born to Be Baby

Movie

1997
Moonlight Serenade poster

Moonlight Serenade

Movie · as Circus performer

1997
Guard Dog poster

Guard Dog

Movie

1997
Cat's Eye poster

Cat's Eye

Movie · as Umehara

1996
The Trap poster

The Trap

Movie · as Lt. Nakayama

1996
Known As! Pissken poster

Known As! Pissken

Movie

1996
Dangan Runner poster

Dangan Runner

Movie · as Kibo Boss

1996
That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History? poster

That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?

Movie

1995
Boxer Joe poster

Boxer Joe

Movie

1995
A Last Note poster

A Last Note

Movie

1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past poster

The Stairway to the Distant Past

Movie · as Lt. Nakayama

1995
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe poster

Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

Movie · as Kanji, Nobuko's father

1995
Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground poster

Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground

Movie · as Himself

1995
King of Bargain: Heaven-Reaching Horn poster

King of Bargain: Heaven-Reaching Horn

Movie

1995
The Files of the Young Kindaichi poster

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

TV · as Goryu Tachibana · 1 ep

1994
The Most Terrible Time in My Life poster

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

Movie · as Lt. Nakayama

1994
This Is Shinogi poster

This Is Shinogi

Movie

1994
The Nearest Place to the Sky poster

The Nearest Place to the Sky

Movie

1994
Uneasy Encounters poster

Uneasy Encounters

Movie · as Man of dry river bed

1993
The Room poster

The Room

Movie · as The Hitman

1993
All Under the Moon poster

All Under the Moon

Movie · as Senba

1993
Death of the Lion Kings poster

Death of the Lion Kings

Movie · as Sakurai

1993
Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian poster

Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian

TV · as Otori-sama · 42 eps

1991
Yumeji poster

Yumeji

Movie · as Criminal

1991
Check poster

Check

Movie · as Hakugin

1991
Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love poster

Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love

Movie · as Yukiko Miki's father, head of the Yamadaka-gumi

1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis poster

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Movie · as Himself

1990
Ready to Shoot poster

Ready to Shoot

Movie · as Sakurada

1989
幸福な市民~勤勉とは? ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇

幸福な市民~勤勉とは? ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇

Movie · as Mikio Yamashita

1989
Circus Boys poster

Circus Boys

Movie · as Tattoo Master

1989
Knockout poster

Knockout

Movie · as Daisuke Kamoi

1987
Shinran: Path to Purity poster

Shinran: Path to Purity

Movie

1984
Mitsugetsu poster

Mitsugetsu

Movie · as Brokerage Firm President

1982
The Dropout poster

The Dropout

Movie · as Painter

1981
Kagero-za poster

Kagero-za

Movie · as Homeless

1980
Zigeunerweisen poster

Zigeunerweisen

Movie

1979
Kami no ochite kita hi poster

Kami no ochite kita hi

Movie

1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro poster

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Movie

1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness poster

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

Movie · as Hirose Kinzō

1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief poster

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

Movie · as Actor

1968
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair poster

The Pistol That Sprouted Hair

Movie · as Taka

1968
The Notorious Concubines poster

The Notorious Concubines

Movie

1968
Crazy Love poster

Crazy Love

Movie

1967
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands poster

Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

Movie