Akaji Maro

Known For: Acting
Born: February 23, 1943
Place of Birth: Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Akaji Maro

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.

Filmography

Just a bit Espers

2025

Kaiju Guy!

2025

Or Utopia

2024 · Ken Hirayama

A Day Begins

2024

We Are Aliens

2024

Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

2023 · Himself

Love Will Tear Us Apart

2023 · Ryûjin Maro

Hayabusa Fire Brigade

2023 · Tasuku Enishi

We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

2023

Doomsday Detective

2022

Tonbi

2022 · Kaiun

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

2022 · 老人

Ox-Head Village

2022 · Kanon's Grandfather

Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

2021 · Iwao Mikumo

Dreams on Fire

2021 · Grandfather

Under the Turquoise Sky

2021 · Saburo

Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita

2020 · Yamashita Tarosuke

Ghost Master

2019 · Tetsuhiko Todoroki

SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3

2019 · Narration (voice)

Hell Girl

2019 · Wanyudo

Katsu Fūtarō! !

2019

The Naked Director

2019

Daughter of Lupin

2019 · Mikumo Iwao

Birdsong

2019 · Akira

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019

Fly Me to the Saitama

2019 · Sojyuro Saionji

Way Too Kawaii!

2018 · Shinjiro Tatsumi

dele

2018

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

2018 · On (segment "Kuu")

Sekigahara

2017 · Ishin Shimazu

Neko Ninja

2017 · Katsuragi

The Projects

2016 · Gondo

En moi

2016 · Man on Duty

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

2016

Kamogawa Shokudo

2016

永久就職試験

2015 · 모리오카 아버지

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

2015 · Denzaburo Fujita

The Emperor in August

2015 · Admiral Hisanori Fujita

Kakekomi

2015 · Seisetsu

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

2015

A Light in the Distance

2015

Disconcerto

2014 · Oka

Osoroshi

2014

Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

2014 · Toyotomi Hideyoshi

TAP: Perfect Education

2013

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013

Tada's Do-It-All House

2013

SPEC: Heaven

2012 · Akira Nitanai

The Pod of Good Fortune

The Pod of Good Fortune

2012 · Yonosuke Matsudaira

Hanezu

2012 · Yo-Chan

Crazy Camel

2012 · , Director

Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume

Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume

2011

Sukiyaki

2011

Goldfish Club

2011 · Mizuki Yozo

Tada's Do-It-All House

2011 · Oka

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2011 · Boss Ozawah

Yakuza Weapon

2011 · Kenzo Iwaki

Postcard

2010 · Monk

Kazura

2010

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

2009

Shaolin Girl

2008 · Rin's Master

Be a Man!! Samurai School

2008 · Heihachi Edajima

The Naked Summer

2008

Pacchigi! Love & Peace

2007

Awakening

2007

Piledriver

2007

GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night

2006 · Makai Priest Amon

美しい罠‎

2006

Damejin

2006 · Shinjuku-San

The Whispering of the Gods

2005 · Shopkeeper

GARO

2005 · Amon

GARO

2005 · Makai Priest Amon

Into a Dream

2005 · Sato's Father

Affectionate Time

2005 · Amano Rokusuke

The Motive

2004 · A-san

Wild Flowers

2004

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004 · Boss Ozawah

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

2004 · Hōan Tatara

Akame 48 Waterfalls

2003 · Triangular Eyes

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003 · Boss Ozawah

9 Souls

2003 · Owner of Candy Shop

Samurai Resurrection

2003 · Ieyasu Tokugawa

Ginji the Slasher

2003 · Ōmuta

Jam Films

2002

Pandora Hong Kong Leg

2002 · Young Man

Madness in Bloom

2002

Drive

2002 · Lord Kobari

Shangri-La

2002 · Ookura Nagashima

KT

2002 · Susumu Kawahara

Toy Reanimator

2002 · Mr Iwai

Suicide Club

2001 · Detective Murata

Utsushimi

2000 · Self

Swing Man

2000 · Oda

The City of Lost Souls

2000 · Okijima Gang Member

Persona

2000 · Daimon

The Password is Courage

2000

Making of Gemini

Making of Gemini

2000 · Self

Monday

2000 · Homeless Man / Demon

Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War

2000

Shin Mahjong Demon 4: Kabukicho, Gamblers' Alley

2000

Gemini

1999 · Kakubê

New Molester Diary 2

1999

The Night the Angel Turned Away

1999 · Aota

Kikujiro

1999 · Crazy Man

Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha

1999

Will to Live

1999

Pornostar

1998 · Yakuza Boss

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1

1998 · Tenkai

Unlucky Monkey

1998 · Hobo

The Outer Way

1998

Hanako of the Toilet

1998 · Monk

The Haunted Lantern

1998

Guard Dog

1997

Lie Lie Lie

1997 · Den

Cat's Eye

1997 · Umehara

Postman Blues

1997 · Boss of Minato Gang

An Angel with Many Scars

1997

Moonlight Serenade

1997 · Circus performer

Born to Be Baby

1997

Dangan Runner

1996 · Kibo Boss

That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?

1996

The Trap

1996 · Lt. Nakayama

Known As! Pissken

1996

Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground

1995 · Himself

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

1995 · Goryu Tachibana

A Last Note

1995

Boxer Joe

1995

The Stairway to the Distant Past

1995 · Lt. Nakayama

Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

1995 · Kanji, Nobuko's father

King of Bargain: Heaven-Reaching Horn

1995

The Nearest Place to the Sky

1994

Uneasy Encounters

1994 · Man of dry river bed

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

1994 · Lt. Nakayama

This Is Shinogi

1994

All Under the Moon

1993 · Senba

The Room

1993 · The Hitman

Death of the Lion Kings

1993 · Sakurai

Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian

1993 · Otori-sama

Check

1991 · Hakugin

Yumeji

1991 · Criminal

Ready to Shoot

1990 · Sakurada

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

1990 · Himself

Circus Boys

1989 · Tattoo Master

Knockout

1989 · 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

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

1989 · Mikio Yamashita

Shinran: Path to Purity

1987

Sexual Beast Sacrifice

1984 · Director

Mitsugetsu

1984 · Brokerage Firm President

The Dropout

1982 · Painter

Kagero-za

1981 · Homeless

Zigeunerweisen

1980

Kami no ochite kita hi

1979

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

1977

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

1971 · Hirose Kinzō

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

1969 · Actor

The Notorious Concubines

1968

Crazy Love

1968

The Pistol That Sprouted Hair

1968 · Taka

Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

1967

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