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