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Eiji Okuda

Eiji Okuda
cropped headshot of Okuda at Tokyo International Film Festival 2023
Okuda in 2023
Born
Toyoake Andō

(1950-03-18) 18 March 1950 (age 74)
Occupation(s)Actor and film director
Years active1976–present
Spouse
(m. 1974)
ChildrenMomoko Ando
Sakura Ando
RelativesTakeru Inukai (father-in-law)
Tasuku Emoto (son-in-law)

Eiji Okuda (奥田瑛二, Okuda Eiji, born 18 March 1950) is a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in Sen no Rikyu. He won the award for best actor at the 37th Blue Ribbon Awards for Like a Rolling Stone.[1]

He made his directing debut in 2001, and has taken leading roles in front of the camera in the three films he has directed as of 2006.

He appeared in the Brazilian soap opera Morde & Assopra, of 2011, as a scientist in the first chapter. He also appeared in the film Dirty Hearts, also released in 2011, this time as the character Colonel Watanabe, officer of the Japanese Imperial Army, leader of Shindo Renmei and the great villain of the film.

Selected filmography

Actor

Films

Television

Director

Dubbing

Video games

  • 2012 Yakuza 5 – det. Kazuhiko Serizawa/Tsubasa Kurosawa

Personal life

Okuda is married to writer Kazu Andō and they have two daughters, film director Momoko Ando and actress Sakura Ando.

References

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