Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki (大滝 秀治, Ōtaki Hideji, June 6, 1925 – October 2, 2012) was a Japanese actor.

Hideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki
Born	大滝 秀治 (1925-06-06)June 6, 1925 Nakakubiki District, Niigata Prefecture
Died	October 2, 2012(2012-10-02) (aged 87) Tōkyō Metropolis
Nationality	Japan
Occupation(s)	actor businessperson
Years active	1950–2012

He has served as President of the Mingei Theatre Company.

Career

After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950.^[1] He gained fame for his television work from the 1970s, but he also appeared in many films, especially those of Juzo Itami.^[1] His last film, Anata e, starring Ken Takakura, was released a few months before his death. He died of lung cancer at his home in Tokyo on 2 October 2012.^[1]

Awards

He won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Hochi Film Award for Brother and Sister, Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare and Fumō Chitai.^[2]

Selected filmography

Films

• Children of Hiroshima (1952)
• Dobu (1954)
• Black Sun (1964)
• A Man′s World (1971)
• Lake of Dracula (1971)
• Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974)
• The Homeless (1974)
• Brother and Sister (1976)
• Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare (1976)
• Fumō Chitai (1976)
• Rhyme of Vengeance (1978)
• Hi no Tori (1978)
• Nichiren (1979)
• Kagemusha (1980), Yamagata Masakage
• Dotonbori River (1982)
• The Go Masters (1983)
• The Funeral (1984)
• Tampopo (1985)
• Tokyo Blackout (1987)
• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)^[3]
• Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
• Childhood Days (1990)
• Minbo (1992)
• Spy Sorge (2003)
• Casshern (2004)
• Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
• The Inugami (2006)
• Dearest (2012)

Television

• Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966)
• Mito Kōmon (1973)
• Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) (ep1 Guest)
• Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (1975)
• Tokusō Saizensen (1977-87)
• Shiroi Kyotō (1978)
• Kita no Kuni kara (1981–1992) - Seikichi Kitamura^[4]
• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987), Kosai Sōitsu
• Hoshi no Kinka (1995), Shirō Morioka
• Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995), Tokugawa Mitsusada
• Mōri Motonari (1997), Hanshū
• Sakura (2002), James Takero Matsushita

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1988)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1995)
• Person of Cultural Merit (2011)

References

1. "Japanese actor Hideji Otaki dies at 87". Japan Times. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
2. (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
3. "帝都物語". eiga.com. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
4. "北の国から". TV drama database. Retrieved December 21, 2021.

External links

• Hideji Ōtaki at IMDb