Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki

Known for
Acting
Born
December 21, 1965 (age 60)

Biography

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
The Samurai and the Prisoner poster

The Samurai and the Prisoner

Movie · as Araki Murashige

2025
The Man Who Carries the Voice of August poster

The Man Who Carries the Voice of August

Movie

2025
Asura poster

Asura

TV · as Takao Satomi · 7 eps

2024
Touch poster

Touch

Movie · as Takahashi

2024
Silence of the Sea poster

Silence of the Sea

Movie · as Ryuji Tsuyama

2024
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor poster

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor

Movie · as Archive Footage

2023
友情 ~平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』~

友情 ~平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』~

Movie

2022
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) poster

The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

Movie · as Neighbour

2022
小泉今日子40周年スペシャル poster

小泉今日子40周年スペシャル

Movie

2021
Ryuukou Kanbou poster

Ryuukou Kanbou

Movie

2020
Awaiting Kirin poster

Awaiting Kirin

TV · as Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"] · 44 eps

2019
Giri/Haji poster

Giri/Haji

TV · as Fukuhara · 8 eps

2016
The Long Excuse poster

The Long Excuse

Movie · as Sachio Kinugasa

2015
The Emperor in August poster

The Emperor in August

Movie · as Emperor Showa

2015
The Big Bee poster

The Big Bee

Movie · as Mishima

2012
Man of Destiny poster

Man of Destiny

TV · as Ryota Yuminari · 10 eps

2010
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming poster

MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming

Movie

2009
Making of "Departures" poster

Making of "Departures"

Movie · as Himself

2009
Clouds Over the Hill poster

Clouds Over the Hill

TV · as 秋山真之 · 13 eps

2008
Departures poster

Departures

Movie · as Daigo Kobayashi

2007
The Longest Night in Shanghai poster

The Longest Night in Shanghai

Movie · as Naoki Mizushima

2006
Tekkonkinkreet poster

Tekkonkinkreet

Movie · as Snake (voice)

2005
Natsumeke no Shokutaku poster

Natsumeke no Shokutaku

TV · 1 ep

2005
On the Single Bed Tonight poster

On the Single Bed Tonight

TV · as Tomonaga Akiyuki · 10 eps

2003
Spy Sorge poster

Spy Sorge

Movie · as Hidemi Ozaki

2003
Ganryujima poster

Ganryujima

Movie · as Musashi Miyamoto

2003
Prince of Happiness poster

Prince of Happiness

TV · as Narukawa Shuhei · 11 eps

2001
Prince Shōtoku poster

Prince Shōtoku

Movie · as Prince Shōtoku

2001
A Wednesday Love Affair poster

A Wednesday Love Affair

TV · as Eiichiro Sakura · 11 eps

2001
Prince Shotoku poster

Prince Shotoku

TV · as Umayado no ouji · 2 eps

2000
Making of Gemini

Making of Gemini

Movie · as Self

2000
Black Jack poster

Black Jack

Movie · as Black Jack

1999
Gemini poster

Gemini

Movie · as Yukio Daitokuji

1999
The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing poster

The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing

TV · as Takagi Koichi · 10 eps

1998
The Bird People in China poster

The Bird People in China

Movie · as Wada

1996
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment poster

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

Movie · as Hiroo Terada

1996
Shall We Dance? poster

Shall We Dance?

Movie · as Hiromasa Kimoto

1996
Kimi to Deatte kara poster

Kimi to Deatte kara

TV · 13 eps

1995
Gonin poster

Gonin

Movie · as Junichi Mitsuya

1995
White Love Story poster

White Love Story

TV · as Aoki Kosuke · 11 eps

1994
Last Song poster

Last Song

Movie · as Shukichi Yasumi

1994
The Mystery of Rampo poster

The Mystery of Rampo

Movie · as Kogoro Akechi

1994
Anata Dake Mienai

Anata Dake Mienai

TV · 11 eps

1993
Saiyūki poster

Saiyūki

Movie · as 孙悟空

1992
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't poster

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Movie · as Shuhei Yamamoto

1992
My Santa Boy poster

My Santa Boy

Movie

1992
Dioxin from Fish! poster

Dioxin from Fish!

Movie · as Kenji

1992
The Only One I Can't See poster

The Only One I Can't See

TV · as 山根光彦 · 11 eps

1991
Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave

Movie · as Ichitaro Kosugi

1991
Playtime Never Ends poster

Playtime Never Ends

Movie · as Hirata

1991
Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2 poster

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2

Movie

1991
Nowhere Man poster

Nowhere Man

Movie

1991
Mamatte Kirei!?

Mamatte Kirei!?

TV · 10 eps

1990
Balloon poster

Balloon

Movie

1990
世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 poster

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

Movie

1990
Koi no Paradise

Koi no Paradise

TV · 12 eps

1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen poster

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

TV · 5 eps

1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood poster

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Movie · as Hisashi Kono

1989
Fancy Dance poster

Fancy Dance

Movie · as Shiono Yohei

1989
Raffles Hotel poster

Raffles Hotel

Movie · as Takeo Youki

1989
Beppin Town poster

Beppin Town

Movie · as Shuji Sayama

1988
Dakishimetai! poster

Dakishimetai!

TV · 12 eps

1985
Barrow Gang BC poster

Barrow Gang BC

Movie

1983
Headphone Lullaby poster

Headphone Lullaby

Movie · as Rei Kazama

1982
Come On Girls! poster

Come On Girls!

Movie · as Daisuke

1982
Highschool Scramble poster

Highschool Scramble

Movie