Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Masahiro Motoki
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 45Series: 16Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 80863
IMDb ID: nm0609403
Known for: Acting
Born: December 21, 1965
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1982 - 2026
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 7.2
Wikidata: Q1138347
Also known as
本木 雅弘 • Motoki Masahiro • 모토키 마사히로
Other jobs
Theme Song Performance (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Masahiro Motoki.
as Araki Murashige
The Samurai and the Prisoner
2026 • Movie
The Man Who Carries the Voice of August
2025 • Movie
as Ryuji Tsuyama
Silence of the Sea
2024 • Movie
as Takahashi
Touch
2024 • Movie
as Archive Footage
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
2024 • Movie
as Neighbour
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
2022 • Movie
小泉今日子４０周年スペシャル
2022 • Movie
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021 • Movie
as Sachio Kinugasa
The Long Excuse
2016 • Movie
as Mishima
The Big Bee
2015 • Movie
as Emperor Showa
The Emperor in August
2015 • Movie
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2010 • Movie
as Himself
Making of "Departures"
2009 • Movie
as Daigo Kobayashi
Departures
2008 • Movie
as Naoki Mizushima
The Longest Night in Shanghai
2007 • Movie
as Snake (voice)
Tekkonkinkreet
2006 • Movie
as Hidemi Ozaki
Spy Sorge
2003 • Movie
as Musashi Miyamoto
Ganryujima
2003 • Movie
as Prince Shōtoku
Prince Shōtoku
2001 • Movie
as Black Jack
Black Jack
2000 • Movie
as Yukio Daitokuji
Gemini
1999 • Movie
as Wada
The Bird People in China
1998 • Movie
as Hiroo Terada
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
1996 • Movie
as Hiromasa Kimoto
Shall We Dance?
1996 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Masahiro Motoki.
as Takao Satomi • 7 eps
Asura
2025 • Series
as Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"] • 44 eps
Awaiting Kirin
2020 • Series
as Fukuhara • 8 eps
Giri/Haji
2019 • Series
as Ryota Yuminari • 10 eps
Man of Destiny
2012 • Series
as 秋山真之 • 13 eps
Clouds Over the Hill
2009 • Series
as Tomonaga Akiyuki • 10 eps
On the Single Bed Tonight
2005 • Series
1 eps
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2005 • Series
as Narukawa Shuhei • 11 eps
Prince of Happiness
2003 • Series
as Umayado no ouji • 2 eps
Prince Shotoku
2001 • Series
as Eiichiro Sakura • 11 eps
A Wednesday Love Affair
2001 • Series
as Takagi Koichi • 10 eps
The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing
1999 • Series
13 eps
Kimi to Deatte kara
1996 • Series
as Aoki Kosuke • 11 eps
White Love Story
1995 • Series
as 山根光彦 • 11 eps
The Only One I Can't See
1992 • Series
5 eps
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990 • Series
12 eps
Dakishimetai!
1988 • Series