Minoru Ōki
Minoru Ōki  | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 December 1923 Sakai, Osaka Prefecture Japan  | 
| Died | 30 March 2009 (aged 85) | 
| Occupation | Actor | 
| Years active | 1951–2006 | 
Minoru Ōki (大木 実, Ōki Minoru; 16 December 1927 – 30 March 2009) was a Japanese actor.[1][2] His notable film appearances were Lone Wolf and Cub films, Stakeout, and Not Forgotten.[3]
Ōki started working as a shooting assistant at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio at the age of 16.[3] In 1951, he made his film debut with Aa Seishun at Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure's recommendation.[3][4] In the same year, he officially signed his contract with Shochiku film company and became an actor.[3] In 1963, he left Shochiku and transferred to Toei.[3] In Toei, he mainly appeared in yakuza films.[3]
In 2000, he won the best actor award at the Three Continents Film Festival for his role in Not Forgotten.[3] He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.[5][6]
Selected filmography
Films
- The Inposter (1952)
 - Somewhere Beneath The Sky (1954)
 - Lady and Rowdies (1955)
 - I Will Buy You aka Anata Kaimasu (1956) as Goro Kurita
 - The Gion Tempest (1958)
 - Stakeout (1958)
 - The Guitarist and the Rancher (1960)
 - Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) as Toda
 - Fukurō no Shiro (1963) as Gohei
 - Tokyo-Hong Kong,Gangsters (1964)
 - The Great Duel (1964)
 - Kunoichi ninpō (1964) as Hayato
 - Kaze no Bushi (1964)
 - Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon (1966) as Kitazawa
 - Ninpō-chūshingura (1966) as Ōishi Kuranosuke
 - The Chivalrous Life (1967) as Koike
 - The Valiant Red Peony (1968) as Gōzō Kakui
 - Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
 - Yakuza's Law: Yakuza Keibatsushi: Rinchi (1969)
 - Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
 - Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) as Yagyū Retsudō
 - Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) as Yagyū Retsudō
 - The Originator of Kamikaze (1974)
 - Gokuaku Kenpō (1974) as Kuroda
 - Fossilized Wilderness (1982)
 - Not Forgotten aka Wasurerarenu Hitobito (2000)
 - Gokudō no Tsumatachi Jōen (2005)
 
Television
- Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973-74) (ep.12, 25 and 26)
 - Ronin of the Wilderness (1974) (2nd season ep.1)
 - Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) (ep.11) as Saheiji
 - Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) (ep.12 and 28)
 - The Unfettered Shogun (1978) (ep.35) as Sagimiya Rihei
 - The Yagyu Conspiracy (1979) (ep.25) as Araki Mataemon
 - Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.65) as Deikichi
 - Sanga Moyu (1984) as Imoto Torazō
 - Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Maeda Toshiie
 - Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1988) (ep.18) as Matsudaira Morichika
 - Onihei Hankachō (1997) (4th season ep.4) as Sōhachi
 - Hōjō Tlokimune (2000) as Saionji Saneuji
 
References
- ^ "大木 実". The TV. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
 - ^ "大木 実". NHK. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
 - ^ a b c d e f g "新撰 芸能人物事典 明治~平成「大木 実」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
 - ^ "大木実". 映画DB. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
 - ^ "俳優の大木実さん死去/50年代の二枚目スター". Shikoku Shimbun. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
 - ^ "俳優大木実さんがすい臓がんで死去". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
 
External links
- Minoru Ōki at IMDb