Akaji Maro

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1943-02-23

Place of Birth

Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan
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Akaji Maro

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.

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Acting History

2025
Just a bit Espers
2025
Kaiju Guy!
2024
Or Utopia as Ken Hirayama
2024
A Day Begins
2024
We Are Aliens
2023
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts as Himself
2023
Love Will Tear Us Apart as Ryûjin Maro
2023
Hayabusa Fire Brigade as Tasuku Enishi
2023
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
2022
Doomsday Detective
2022
Tonbi as Kaiun
2022
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama as 老人
2022
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
2022
Ox-Head Village as Kanon's Grandfather
2021
Lupin's Daughter: The Movie as Iwao Mikumo
2021
Dreams on Fire as Grandfather
2021
Under the Turquoise Sky as Saburo
2020
Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita as Yamashita Tarosuke
2019
Ghost Master as Tetsuhiko Todoroki
2019
SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3 as Narration (voice)
2019
Hell Girl as Wanyudo
2019
Katsu Fūtarō! !
2019
The Naked Director
2019
Daughter of Lupin as Iwao Mikumo
2019
Birdsong as Akira
2019
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Fly me to the Saitama as Sojyuro Saionji
2018
Way Too Kawaii! as Shinjiro Tatsumi
2018
dele
2018
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project as On (segment "Kuu")
2017
Sekigahara as Ishin Shimazu
2017
Neko Ninja as Katsuragi
2016
The Projects as Gondo
2016
En moi as Man on Duty
2016
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016
Kamogawa Shokudo
2015
永久就職試験 as 모리오카 아버지
2015
Keisei Saimin no Otoko as Fujita Denzaburo
2015
The Emperor in August as Admiral Hisanori Fujita
2015
Kakekomi as Seisetsu
2015
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
2015
A Light in the Distance
2014
Disconcerto as Oka
2014
Osoroshi
2014
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2013
TAP: Perfect Education
2013
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013
Tada's Do-It-All House
2012
SPEC: Heaven as Akira Nitanai
2012
The Pod of Good Fortune as Yonosuke Matsudaira
2012
Hanezu as Yo-Chan
2012
Crazy Camel
2011
Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume
2011
Sukiyaki
2011
Goldfish Club as Mizuki Yozo
2011
Tada's Do-It-All House as Oka
2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Boss Ozawah
2011
Yakuza Weapon as Kenzo Iwaki
2010
Postcard as Monk
2010
Kazura
2009
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
2009
Dark Harbour
2009
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2008
Shaolin Girl as Rin's Master
2008
Be a Man!! Samurai School as Heihachi Edajima
2008
The Naked Summer
2007
Pacchigi! Love & Peace
2007
Awakening
2007
Piledriver
2006
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night as Makai Priest Amon
2006
美しい罠‎
2006
Damejin as Shinjuku-San
2005
The Whispering of the Gods as Shopkeeper
2005
GARO as Amon
2005
Into a Dream as Sato's Father
2005
Affectionate Time as Amano Rokusuke
2004
The Motive as A-san
2004
Wild Flowers
2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Boss Ozawah
2004
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ as Hōan Tatara
2003
Akame 48 Waterfalls as Triangular Eyes
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Boss Ozawah
2003
9 Souls as Owner of Candy Shop
2003
Samurai Resurrection as Ieyasu Tokugawa
2003
Ginji - The Slasher as Ōmuta
2002
Pandora Hong Kong Leg as Young Man
2002
Jam Films
2002
Madness in Bloom
2002
Drive as Lord Kobari
2002
Shangri-La as Ookura Nagashima
2002
KT as Susumu Kawahara
2002
Toy Reanimator as Mr Iwai
2001
Suicide Club as Detective Murata
2000
Utsushimi as Self
2000
Swing Man as Oda
2000
The City of Lost Souls as Okijima Gang Member
2000
Persona as Daimon
2000
The Password is Courage
2000
Making of Gemini as Self
2000
Monday as Homeless Man / Demon
2000
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
1999
Gemini as Kakubê
1999
新・痴漢日記2
1999
The Night the Angel Turned Away as Aota
1999
Kikujiro as Crazy Man
1999
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
1999
Will to Live
1998
Pornostar as Yakuza Boss
1998
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 as Tenkai
1998
Unlucky Monkey as Hobo
1998
The Outer Way
1998
Hanako of the Toilet as Monk
1998
The Haunted Lantern
1997
Guard Dog
1997
Lie Lie Lie as Den
1997
Cat's Eye as Umehara
1997
Postman Blues as Boss of Minato Gang
1997
An Angel with Many Scars
1997
Moonlight Serenade as Circus performer
1997
Born to Be Baby
1996
Dangan Runner as Kibo Boss
1996
That's Cunning! Shijo Saidai no Sakusen?
1996
The Trap as Lt. Nakayama
1996
Known As! Pissken
1995
Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground as Himself
1995
The Files of the Young Kindaichi as Goryu Tachibana
1995
A Last Note
1995
Boxer Joe
1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past as Lt. Nakayama
1995
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe as Kanji, Nobuko's father
1994
The Nearest Place to the Sky
1994
Uneasy Encounters as Man of dry river bed
1994
The Most Terrible Time in My Life as Lt. Nakayama
1994
This Is Shinogi
1993
All Under the Moon as Senba
1993
Death of the Lion Kings as Sakurai
1993
Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian as Otori-sama
1992
The Room as The Hitman
1991
Check as Hakugin
1991
Yumeji as Criminal
1990
Ready to Shoot as Sakurada
1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis as Himself
1989
Circus Boys as Tattoo Master
1989
Knockout as Daisuke Kamoi
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 as Mikio Yamashita
1987
Shinran: Path to Purity
1984
Mitsugetsu as Brokerage Firm President
1982
The Dropout
1981
Kagero-za as Homeless
1980
Zigeunerweisen
1979
Kami no ochite kita hi
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness as Hirose Kinzō
1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Actor
1968
The Notorious Concubines
1968
Crazy Love
1968
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair as Taka
1967
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands