Actor profile

Masahiro Motoki

21st December 1965 Acting

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.

45 Movies 16 TV Shows 66 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Samurai and the Prisoner poster

The Samurai and the Prisoner 19th June 2026 as Araki Murashige

The Man Who Carries the Voice of August poster

The Man Who Carries the Voice of August 13th August 2025

Silence of the Sea poster

Silence of the Sea 22nd November 2024 as Ryuji Tsuyama

Touch poster

Touch 29th May 2024 as Takahashi

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor poster

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor 12th January 2024 as Archive Footage

The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) poster

The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) 22nd June 2022 as Neighbour

小泉今日子４０周年スペシャル poster

小泉今日子４０周年スペシャル 31st March 2022

Ryuukou Kanbou poster

Ryuukou Kanbou 10th April 2021

The Long Excuse poster

The Long Excuse 14th October 2016 as Sachio Kinugasa

The Big Bee poster

The Big Bee 12th September 2015 as Mishima

The Emperor in August poster

The Emperor in August 8th August 2015 as Emperor Showa

MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming poster

MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming 29th April 2010

Making of "Departures" poster

Making of "Departures" 11th December 2009 as Himself

Departures poster

Departures 13th September 2008 as Daigo Kobayashi

The Longest Night in Shanghai poster

The Longest Night in Shanghai 26th June 2007 as Naoki Mizushima

Tekkonkinkreet poster

Tekkonkinkreet 23rd December 2006 as Snake (voice)

Spy Sorge poster

Spy Sorge 14th June 2003 as Hidemi Ozaki

Ganryujima poster

Ganryujima 18th March 2003 as Musashi Miyamoto

Prince Shōtoku poster

Prince Shōtoku 10th November 2001 as Prince Shōtoku

Black Jack poster

Black Jack 30th March 2000 as Black Jack

Gemini poster

Gemini 15th September 1999 as Yukio Daitokuji

The Bird People in China poster

The Bird People in China 10th June 1998 as Wada

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment poster

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment 23rd March 1996 as Hiroo Terada

Shall We Dance? poster

Shall We Dance? 27th January 1996 as Hiromasa Kimoto

Gonin poster

Gonin 23rd September 1995 as Junichi Mitsuya

The Mystery of Rampo poster

The Mystery of Rampo 25th June 1994 as Kogoro Akechi

Last Song poster

Last Song 5th February 1994 as Shukichi Yasumi

Saiyūki poster

Saiyūki 28th March 1993 as 孙悟空

My Santa Boy poster

My Santa Boy 20th November 1992

Dioxin from Fish! poster

Dioxin from Fish! 22nd February 1992 as Kenji

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't poster

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't 15th January 1992 as Shuhei Yamamoto

Nowhere Man poster

Nowhere Man 2nd November 1991

Playtime Never Ends poster

Playtime Never Ends 5th October 1991 as Hirata

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2 poster

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2 7th August 1991

Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave 9th February 1991 as Ichitaro Kosugi

世にも奇妙な物語秋の特別編 poster

世にも奇妙な物語秋の特別編 4th October 1990

Balloon poster

Balloon 12th May 1990

Fancy Dance poster

Fancy Dance 23rd December 1989 as Shiono Yohei

Raffles Hotel poster

Raffles Hotel 29th October 1989 as Takeo Youki

Beppin Town poster

Beppin Town 18th October 1989 as Shuji Sayama

Four Days of Snow and Blood poster

Four Days of Snow and Blood 17th June 1989 as Hisashi Kono

Barrow Gang BC poster

Barrow Gang BC 27th April 1985

Headphone Lullaby poster

Headphone Lullaby 10th July 1983 as Rei Kazama

Highschool Scramble poster

Highschool Scramble 18th December 1982

Come On Girls! poster

Come On Girls! 10th July 1982 as Daisuke

Asura poster

Asura 9th January 2025 as Takao Satomi

Awaiting Kirin poster

Awaiting Kirin 19th January 2020 as Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"]

Giri/Haji poster

Giri/Haji 17th October 2019 as Fukuhara

Man of Destiny poster

Man of Destiny 15th January 2012 as Ryota Yuminari

Clouds Over the Hill poster

Clouds Over the Hill 29th November 2009 as 秋山真之

On the Single Bed Tonight poster

On the Single Bed Tonight 20th October 2005 as Tomonaga Akiyuki

Natsumeke no Shokutaku poster

Natsumeke no Shokutaku 5th January 2005

Prince of Happiness poster

Prince of Happiness 2nd July 2003 as Narukawa Shuhei

Prince Shotoku poster

Prince Shotoku 10th November 2001 as Umayado no ouji

A Wednesday Love Affair poster

A Wednesday Love Affair 10th October 2001 as Eiichiro Sakura

The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing poster

The Neighbours Are Secretly Laughing 13th October 1999 as Takagi Koichi

Kimi to Deatte kara poster

Kimi to Deatte kara 12th April 1996

White Love Story poster

White Love Story 11th January 1995 as Aoki Kosuke

The Only One I Can't See poster

The Only One I Can't See 13th January 1992 as 山根光彦

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen poster

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen 4th October 1990

Dakishimetai! poster

Dakishimetai! 7th July 1988