Miki Odagiri
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 29, 1930
- Died
- November 28, 2006 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Miki Odagiri (小田切美喜) was known primarily for her important and timeless role as the upbeat office girl in Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru opposite Takashi Shimura, whose character is dying of cancer, and Miki, as Toyo Odagiri, inspires him to live... just by being herself: bubbly, spontaneous, and optimistic. Her character is also filled with blunt sarcasm that was extremely rare in movies of the early-1950's. Perhaps Miki and Takashi's most memorable scene is when she's telling him the nicknames she created for their fellow workmates... including his! Sadly, beyond Ikiru, finding the handful of other Japanese movies she appeared in, especially on DVD or Blu Ray, is extremely difficult. But she left an impression in what's considered not only one of the legendary Kurosawa's greatest achievements, but one of the best movies ever made, worldwide.
Known For
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Movie · as Self
Shinran: Path to Purity
Movie
Shiosai
Movie
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Movie
Boku chin hōrō-ki
Movie
When a Woman Loves
Movie · as Ohana
The Last Trump Card
Movie · as Toyo
Stakeout
Movie
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Movie
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Movie · as Yumiko
Nikoyon monogatari
Movie
Striving to Live
Movie
Policeman's Diary
Movie · as Momoyo
The Motherless
Movie · as Miyoko
The Moon Has Risen
Movie · as Fumiya
Duel at Sundown
Movie · as Okatsu
Burden of Love
Movie · as Teru
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Movie
A Certain Woman
Movie · as Tsuya
The Street Without Sun
Movie · as Fusa-chan
Women's House
Movie
Student Double Suicide
Movie
The Valley Between Love and Death
Movie
お月様には悪いけど
Movie · as 芸妓小きん
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Movie · as Misae Numakura
The Wild Geese
Movie · as Oume
Jūdai no seiten
Movie
Tower of Lilies
Movie
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
Movie
Ikiru
Movie · as Toyo
Pastoral Symphony
Movie