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Minoru Ōki

Japanese actor

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

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]

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

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^ "大木実". NHK. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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^ "大木実". 映画DB. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
^ "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.
^ "俳優大木実さんがすい臓がんで死去". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 14 December 2021.