Akaji Maro
Acting1943Sakurai, 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 History
2024
2023
Love Will Tear Us Apart
as Ryûjin Maro
Hayabusa Fire Brigade
TVas Tasuku Enishi
2022
Tonbi
as Kaiun
Ox-Head Village
as Kanon's Grandfather
2021
Dreams on Fire
as Grandfather
Under the Turquoise Sky
as Saburo
Lupin's Daughter: The Movie
as Iwao Mikumo
2020
Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita
TVas Yamashita Tarosuke
2019
Hell Girl
as Wanyudo
SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3
as Narration (voice)
Ghost Master
as Tetsuhiko Todoroki
Birdsong
as Akira
Fly Me to the Saitama
as Sojyuro Saionji
Daughter of Lupin
TVas Iwao Mikumo
2018
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
as On (segment "Kuu")
Way Too Kawaii!
TVas Shinjiro Tatsumi
2017
2016
2015
Kakekomi
as Seisetsu
The Emperor in August
as Admiral Hisanori Fujita
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
TVas Fujita Denzaburo
2014
2012
SPEC: Heaven
as Akira Nitanai
Hanezu
as Yo-Chan
The Pod of Good Fortune
as Yonosuke Matsudaira
Crazy Camel
Director
2011
Yakuza Weapon
as Kenzo Iwaki
Tada's Do-It-All House
as Oka
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Boss Ozawah
Goldfish Club
TVas Mizuki Yozo
2008
2006
Damejin
as Shinjuku-San
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night
as Makai Priest Amon
GARO
TVas Amon• 1 eps
2005
Into a Dream
as Sato's Father
The Whispering of the Gods
as Shopkeeper
Affectionate Time
TVas Amano Rokusuke
2004
2003
Akame 48 Waterfalls
as Triangular Eyes
9 Souls
as Owner of Candy Shop
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
as Boss Ozawah
Ginji the Slasher
as Ōmuta
Samurai Resurrection
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
2002
Shangri-La
as Ookura Nagashima
Drive
as Lord Kobari
Toy Reanimator
as Mr Iwai
KT
as Susumu Kawahara
Pandora Hong Kong Leg
as Young Man
2001
Suicide Club
as Detective Murata
2000
Swing Man
as Oda
The City of Lost Souls
as Okijima Gang Member
Utsushimi
as Self
Persona
as Daimon
Making of Gemini
as Self
Monday
as Homeless Man / Demon
1998
1997
Moonlight Serenade
as Circus performer
Cat's Eye
as Umehara
Postman Blues
as Boss of Minato Gang
Lie Lie Lie
as Den
1996
The Trap
as Lt. Nakayama
Dangan Runner
as Kibo Boss
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
TVas Goryu Tachibana• 1 eps
1995
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
as Kanji, Nobuko's father
The Stairway to the Distant Past
as Lt. Nakayama
1994
Uneasy Encounters
as Man of dry river bed
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
as Lt. Nakayama
1993
All Under the Moon
as Senba
Death of the Lion Kings
as Sakurai
1992
The Room
as The Hitman
1990
Ready to Shoot
as Sakurada
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
as Himself
1989
Knockout
as Daisuke Kamoi
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
as Mikio Yamashita
Circus Boys
as Tattoo Master
1984
Mitsugetsu
as Brokerage Firm President
Sexual Beast Sacrifice
Director
1982
The Dropout
as Painter
1981
Kagero-za
as Homeless
1980
1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
as Hirose Kinzō
1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
as Actor