Masahiro Motoki

Actor Dec 21 (age 60) 1982–2026 (44 year career)

6.8 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

Departures

Daigo Kobayashi

Film

Tekkonkinkreet

Snake (voice)

Film

Shall We Dance?

Hiromasa Kimoto

Film

Giri/Haji

Fukuhara

Film

Touch

Takahashi

Film

The Bird People in China

Wada

Film

Gemini

Yukio Daitokuji

Film

Gonin

Junichi Mitsuya

Filmography

Acting (66)

Movies (46)

The Samurai and the Prisoner

2026 Upcoming

as Araki Murashige

Jun 19

The Man Who Carries the Voice of August

Silence of the Sea

as Ryuji Tsuyama

Touch

as Takahashi

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor

2024

as Archive Footage

小泉今日子４０周年スペシャル

2022

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

as Neighbour

Ryuukou Kanbou

The Long Excuse

as Sachio Kinugasa

The Emperor in August

as Emperor Showa

The Big Bee

as Mishima

MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming

2010

4.5

Making of "Departures"

2009

as Himself

Departures

2008

as Daigo Kobayashi

7.9

The Longest Night in Shanghai

as Naoki Mizushima

Tekkonkinkreet

as Snake (voice)

Spy Sorge

as Hidemi Ozaki

Ganryujima

as Musashi Miyamoto

Prince Shōtoku

as Prince Shōtoku

Making of Gemini

2000

as Self

Black Jack

as Black Jack

Gemini

as Yukio Daitokuji

The Bird People in China

as Wada

Shall We Dance?

as Hiromasa Kimoto

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

as Hiroo Terada

Gonin

as Junichi Mitsuya

The Mystery of Rampo

as Kogoro Akechi

Last Song

as Shukichi Yasumi

Saiyūki

1993

as 孙悟空

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

1992

as Shuhei Yamamoto

6.8

Dioxin from Fish!

1992

as Kenji

My Santa Boy

Heat Wave

as Ichitaro Kosugi

Nowhere Man

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2

Playtime Never Ends

as Hirata

Balloon

Raffles Hotel

as Takeo Youki

Four Days of Snow and Blood

as Hisashi Kono

Fancy Dance

as Shiono Yohei

Beppin Town

as Shuji Sayama

Barrow Gang BC

Headphone Lullaby

as Rei Kazama

Highschool Scramble

Come On Girls!

as Daisuke

Kokurojo

as Araki Murashige

Television (20)

Asura

2025

as Takao Satomi

8.0

Awaiting Kirin

2020

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

Giri/Haji

as Fukuhara

Man of Destiny

as Ryota Yuminari

Clouds Over the Hill

2009

as 秋山真之

8.2

On the Single Bed Tonight

2005

as Tomonaga Akiyuki

Natsumeke no Shokutaku

2005

Prince of Happiness

2003

as Narukawa Shuhei

A Wednesday Love Affair

as Eiichiro Sakura

Prince Shotoku

as Umayado no ouji

The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing

1999

as Takagi Koichi

Kimi to Deatte kara

1996

White Love Story

1995

as Aoki Kosuke

Anata Dake Mienai

1994

The Only One I Can't See

as 山根光彦

Mamatte Kirei!?

Tales of the Bizarre

as Segawa (segment "Midnight Call")

7.8

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Koi no Paradise

Dakishimetai!