Masahiro Motoki

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Masahiro Motoki

Acting 60 December 21, 1965

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 Ac…

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Departures

Departures

7.9 2008 Movie
Tekkonkinkreet

Tekkonkinkreet

7.4 2006 Movie
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

9.5 1990 TV Show
Giri/Haji

Giri/Haji

7.4 2019 TV Show
Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

7.5 1996 Movie
Touch

Touch

7.3 2024 Movie
Gemini

Gemini

6.5 1999 Movie
The Bird People in China

The Bird People in China

7.2 1998 Movie
Gonin

Gonin

6.6 1995 Movie
Asura

Asura

7.9 2025 TV Show
Clouds Over the Hill

Clouds Over the Hill

7.7 2009 TV Show
Awaiting Kirin

Awaiting Kirin

8.4 2020 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Samurai and the Prisoner

    Movie Araki Murashige

  2. 2025
    The Man Who Carries the Voice of August

    Movie

  3. 2025
    Asura

    TV show Takao Satomi

  4. 2024
    Silence of the Sea

    Movie Ryuji Tsuyama

  5. 2024
    Touch

    Movie Takahashi

  6. 2024
    Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor

    Movie Archive Footage

  7. 2023
    友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～

    Movie

  8. 2022
    The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

    Movie Neighbour

  9. 2022
    小泉今日子４０周年スペシャル

    Movie

  10. 2021
    Ryuukou Kanbou

    Movie

  11. 2020
    Awaiting Kirin

    TV show Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"]

  12. 2019
    Giri/Haji

    TV show Fukuhara

  13. 2016
    The Long Excuse

    Movie Sachio Kinugasa

  14. 2015
    The Big Bee

    Movie Mishima

  15. 2015
    The Emperor in August

    Movie Emperor Showa

  16. 2012
    Man of Destiny

    TV show Ryota Yuminari

More credits
  1. 2010
    MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming

    Movie

  2. 2009
    Making of "Departures"

    Movie Himself

  3. 2009
    Clouds Over the Hill

    TV show 秋山真之

  4. 2008
    Departures

    Movie Daigo Kobayashi

  5. 2007
    The Longest Night in Shanghai

    Movie Naoki Mizushima

  6. 2006
    Tekkonkinkreet

    Movie Snake (voice)

  7. 2005
    On the Single Bed Tonight

    TV show Tomonaga Akiyuki

  8. 2005
    Natsumeke no Shokutaku

    TV show

  9. 2003
    Prince of Happiness

    TV show Narukawa Shuhei

  10. 2003
    Spy Sorge

    Movie Hidemi Ozaki

  11. 2003
    Ganryujima

    Movie Musashi Miyamoto

  12. 2001
    Prince Shotoku

    TV show Umayado no ouji

  13. 2001
    Prince Shōtoku

    Movie Prince Shōtoku

  14. 2001
    A Wednesday Love Affair

    TV show Eiichiro Sakura

  15. 2000
    Making of Gemini

    Movie Self

  16. 2000
    Black Jack

    Movie Black Jack

  17. 1999
    The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing

    TV show Takagi Koichi

  18. 1999
    Gemini

    Movie Yukio Daitokuji

  19. 1998
    The Bird People in China

    Movie Wada

  20. 1996
    Kimi to Deatte kara

    TV show

  21. 1996
    Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

    Movie Hiroo Terada

  22. 1996
    Shall We Dance?

    Movie Hiromasa Kimoto

  23. 1995
    Gonin

    Movie Junichi Mitsuya

  24. 1995
    White Love Story

    TV show Aoki Kosuke