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Akaji Maro

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Akaji Maro

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 23, 1943 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2025Kaiju Guy!
2025Just a bit Espers
2024Or UtopiaKen Hirayama
2024We Are Aliens
2024A Day Begins
2023Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese GhostsHimself
2023We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2023Love Will Tear Us ApartRyûjin Maro
2023Hayabusa Fire BrigadeTasuku Enishi
2022Doomsday Detective
2022Ox-Head VillageKanon's Grandfather
2022TonbiKaiun
2022Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama老人
2022Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
2021Dreams on FireGrandfather
2021Under the Turquoise SkySaburo
2021Lupin's Daughter: The MovieIwao Mikumo
2020Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo ShitaYamashita Tarosuke
2019Katsu Fūtarō! !
2019Fly Me to the SaitamaSojyuro Saionji
2019Hell GirlWanyudo
2019BirdsongAkira
2019Ghost MasterTetsuhiko Todoroki
2019SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3Narration (voice)
2019Daughter of LupinMikumo Iwao
2019Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019The Naked Director
2018Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters ProjectOn (segment "Kuu")
2018Way Too Kawaii!Shinjiro Tatsumi
2018dele
2017Neko NinjaKatsuragi
2017SekigaharaIshin Shimazu
2016En moiMan on Duty
2016The ProjectsGondo
2016Kamogawa Shokudo
2016Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2015A Light in the Distance
2015The Emperor in AugustAdmiral Hisanori Fujita
2015KakekomiSeisetsu
2015Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
2015Keisei Saimin no OtokoFujita Denzaburo
2015永久就職試験모리오카 아버지
2014DisconcertoOka
2014Zipang Punk Goemon Rock IIIToyotomi Hideyoshi
2014Osoroshi
2013TAP: Perfect Education
2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013Tada's Do-It-All House
2012Crazy Camel
2012SPEC: HeavenAkira Nitanai
2012HanezuYo-Chan
2012The Pod of Good FortuneYonosuke Matsudaira
2011Yakuza WeaponKenzo Iwaki
2011Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume
2011Tada's Do-It-All HouseOka
2011Sukiyaki
2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairBoss Ozawah
2011Goldfish ClubMizuki Yozo
2010PostcardMonk
2010Kazura
2009Dark Harbour
2009Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
2009Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2008Be a Man!! Samurai SchoolHeihachi Edajima
2008The Naked Summer
2008Shaolin GirlRin's Master
2007Awakening
2007Piledriver
2007Pacchigi! Love & Peace
2006GARO Special: Beast of the Demon NightMakai Priest Amon
2006DamejinShinjuku-San
2006美しい罠‎
2005Into a DreamSato's Father
2005The Whispering of the GodsShopkeeper
2005GAROAmon
2005Affectionate TimeAmano Rokusuke
2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Boss Ozawah
2004Wild Flowers
2004The MotiveA-san
2004稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズHōan Tatara
2003Ginji the SlasherŌmuta
2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Boss Ozawah
20039 SoulsOwner of Candy Shop
2003Akame 48 WaterfallsTriangular Eyes
2003Samurai ResurrectionIeyasu Tokugawa
2002Shangri-LaOokura Nagashima
2002Toy ReanimatorMr Iwai
2002Jam Films
2002KTSusumu Kawahara
2002DriveLord Kobari
2002Madness in Bloom
2002Pandora Hong Kong LegYoung Man
2001Suicide ClubDetective Murata
2000The City of Lost SoulsOkijima Gang Member
2000Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
2000UtsushimiSelf
2000Making of GeminiSelf
2000MondayHomeless Man / Demon
2000PersonaDaimon
2000Swing ManOda
2000Shin Mahjong Demon 4: Kabukicho, Gamblers' Alley
2000The Password is Courage
1999KikujiroCrazy Man
1999GeminiKakubê
1999Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999The Night the Angel Turned AwayAota
1999Will to Live
1999New Molester Diary 2
1998The Haunted Lantern
1998PornostarYakuza Boss
1998Hanako of the ToiletMonk
1998The Outer Way
1998Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1Tenkai
1998Unlucky MonkeyHobo
1997Postman BluesBoss of Minato Gang
1997Lie Lie LieDen
1997An Angel with Many Scars
1997Born to Be Baby
1997Moonlight SerenadeCircus performer
1997Guard Dog
1997Cat's EyeUmehara
1996The TrapLt. Nakayama
1996Known As! Pissken
1996Dangan RunnerKibo Boss
1996That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?
1995Boxer Joe
1995A Last Note
1995The Stairway to the Distant PastLt. Nakayama
1995Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de LuxeKanji, Nobuko's father
1995Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese UndergroundHimself
1995King of Bargain: Heaven-Reaching Horn
1995The Files of the Young KindaichiGoryu Tachibana
1994The Most Terrible Time in My LifeLt. Nakayama
1994This Is Shinogi
1994The Nearest Place to the Sky
1994Uneasy EncountersMan of dry river bed
1993All Under the MoonSenba
1993Death of the Lion KingsSakurai
1993Keeping-Words Sisters ChouchoutrianOtori-sama
1992The RoomThe Hitman
1991YumejiCriminal
1991CheckHakugin
1990Butoh: Body on the Edge of CrisisHimself
1990Ready to ShootSakurada
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Mikio Yamashita
1989Circus BoysTattoo Master
1989KnockoutDaisuke Kamoi
1987Shinran: Path to Purity
1984MitsugetsuBrokerage Firm President
1982The DropoutPainter
1981Kagero-zaHomeless
1980Zigeunerweisen
1979Kami no ochite kita hi
1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1971Evil Spirits in the DarknessHirose Kinzō
1969Diary of a Shinjuku ThiefActor
1968The Pistol That Sprouted HairTaka
1968The Notorious Concubines
1968Crazy Love
1967Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands
Directing
2012Crazy CamelDirector
1984Sexual Beast SacrificeDirector