Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki (大木 実, Ōki Minoru, 16 December 1927 – 30 March 2009) was a Japanese actor.^[1][2] His notable film appearances were Lone Wolf and Cub films, Stakeout, and Not Forgotten.^[3]

Minoru Ōki
Born	(1923-12-16)16 December 1923 Sakai, Osaka Prefecture Japan
Died	30 March 2009(2009-03-30) (aged 85)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–2006

Ōki started working as a shooting assistant at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio at the age of 16.^[3] In 1951, he made his film debut with Aa　Seishun at Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure's recommendation.^[3][4] In the same year, he officially signed his contract with Shochiku film company and became an actor.^[3] In 1963, he left Shochiku and transferred to Toei.^[3] In Toei, he mainly appeared in yakuza films.^[3]

In 2000, he won the best actor award at the Three Continents Film Festival for his role in Not Forgotten.^[3] He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.^[5][6]

Selected filmography

Films

• The Inposter (1952)
• Somewhere Beneath The Sky (1954)
• Lady and Rowdies (1955)
• I Will Buy You aka Anata Kaimasu (1956) as Goro Kurita
• The Gion Tempest (1958)
• Stakeout (1958)
• The Guitarist and the Rancher (1960)
• Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) as Toda
• Fukurō no Shiro (1963) as Gohei
• Tokyo-Hong Kong,Gangsters (1964)
• The Great Duel (1964)
• Kunoichi ninpō (1964) as Hayato
• Kaze no Bushi (1964)
• Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon (1966) as Kitazawa
• Ninpō-chūshingura (1966) as Ōishi Kuranosuke
• The Chivalrous Life (1967) as Koike
• The Valiant Red Peony (1968) as Gōzō Kakui
• Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
• Yakuza's Law: Yakuza Keibatsushi: Rinchi (1969)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) as Yagyū Retsudō
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) as Yagyū Retsudō
• The Originator of Kamikaze (1974)
• Gokuaku Kenpō (1974) as Kuroda
• Fossilized Wilderness (1982)
• Not Forgotten aka Wasurerarenu Hitobito (2000)
• Gokudō no Tsumatachi Jōen (2005)

Television

• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973-74) (ep.12, 25 and 26)
• Ronin of the Wilderness (1974) (2nd season ep.1)
• Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) (ep.11) as Saheiji
• Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) (ep.12 and 28)
• The Unfettered Shogun (1978) (ep.35) as Sagimiya Rihei
• The Yagyu Conspiracy (1979) (ep.25) as Araki Mataemon
• Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.65) as Deikichi
• Sanga Moyu (1984) as Imoto Torazō
• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Maeda Toshiie
• Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1988) (ep.18) as Matsudaira Morichika
• Onihei Hankachō (1997) (4th season ep.4) as Sōhachi
• Hōjō Tlokimune (2000) as Saionji Saneuji

References

1. "大木 実". The TV. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
2. "大木 実". NHK. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
3. "新撰 芸能人物事典 明治～平成「大木 実」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
4. "大木実". 映画DB. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
5. "俳優の大木実さん死去／５０年代の二枚目スター". Shikoku Shimbun. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
6. "俳優大木実さんがすい臓がんで死去". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

External links

• Minoru Ōki at IMDb