Masahiro Motoki
Biography
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
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026
as Araki Murashige
The Man Who Carries the Voice of August
2025
Silence of the Sea
2024
as Ryuji Tsuyama
Touch
2024
as Takahashi
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
2024
as Archive Footage
- No poster
友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～
2023
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
2022
as Neighbour
小泉今日子４０周年スペシャル
2022
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021
The Long Excuse
2016
as Sachio Kinugasa
The Big Bee
2015
as Mishima
The Emperor in August
2015
as Emperor Showa
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2010
Making of "Departures"
2009
as Himself
Departures
2008
as Daigo Kobayashi
The Longest Night in Shanghai
2007
as Naoki Mizushima
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
as Snake (voice)
Spy Sorge
2003
as Hidemi Ozaki
Ganryujima
2003
as Musashi Miyamoto
Prince Shōtoku
2001
as Prince Shōtoku
- No poster
Making of Gemini
2000
as Self
Black Jack
2000
as Black Jack
Gemini
1999
as Yukio Daitokuji
The Bird People in China
1998
as Wada