Masahiro Motoki
Acting
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.
As actor 66
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
Giri/Haji
2019
Dakishimetai!
1988
Departures
2008
Tekkonkinkreet
2006
Awaiting Kirin
2020
Asura
2025
Touch
2024
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026
Shall We Dance?
1996
Gonin
1995
A Wednesday Love Affair
2001
Kimi to Deatte kara
1996
Man of Destiny
2012
White Love Story
1995
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Gemini
1999
The Emperor in August
2015
Mamatte Kirei!?
1991
The Bird People in China
1998
Playtime Never Ends
1991
Koi no Paradise
1990
The Mystery of Rampo
1994
Heat Wave
1991
The Only One I Can't See
1992
On the Single Bed Tonight
2005
Barrow Gang BC
1985
The Long Excuse
2016
The Longest Night in Shanghai
2007
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992
Making of Gemini
2000
Spy Sorge
2003
友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～
2023
Silence of the Sea
2024
Balloon
1990
Beppin Town
1989
Fancy Dance
1989
Raffles Hotel
1989
The Big Bee
2015
Saiyūki
1993
Come On Girls!
1982
Last Song
1994
Nowhere Man
1991
Dioxin from Fish!
1992
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
1996
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2010
The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing
1999
Prince of Happiness
2003
Highschool Scramble
1982
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021
Anata Dake Mienai
1994
Black Jack
2000
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
2022
Prince Shotoku
2001
Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2
1991
Headphone Lullaby
1983
世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編
1990
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2005
Prince Shōtoku
2001
Making of "Departures"
2009
Ganryujima
2003
My Santa Boy
1992
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
2024
小泉今日子４０周年スペシャル
2022
The Man Who Carries the Voice of August
2025