Akaji Maro
Acting·February 23, 1943 — 83 years old·Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Akaji Maro (麿 赤児 Maro Akaji, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese actor, butoh performer, and theater director. He is the founder of Dairakudakan. One of his sons is the film director Tatsushi Ōmori; another is the actor Nao Ōmori.
Known For
Filmography · 161
2025Just a bit EspersTV2025Kaiju Guy!2024Or UtopiaKen Hirayama2024A Day Begins2024We Are Aliens2023Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese GhostsHimself2023Love Will Tear Us ApartRyûjin Maro2023Hayabusa Fire BrigadeTVTasuku Enishi2023We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams2022Doomsday Detective2022TonbiKaiun2022Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen DoramaTV老人2022Ox-Head VillageKanon's Grandfather2021Lupin's Daughter: The MovieIwao Mikumo2021Dreams on FireGrandfather2021Under the Turquoise SkySaburo2020Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo ShitaTVYamashita Tarosuke2019Ghost MasterTetsuhiko Todoroki2019SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3Narration (voice)2019Hell GirlWanyudo2019Katsu Fūtarō! !2019The Naked DirectorTV2019Daughter of LupinTVMikumo Iwao2019BirdsongAkira2019Yasuragi no Toki: MichiTV2019Fly Me to the SaitamaSojyuro Saionji2018Way Too Kawaii!TVShinjiro Tatsumi2018deleTV2018Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters ProjectOn (segment "Kuu")2017SekigaharaIshin Shimazu2017Neko NinjaKatsuragi2016The ProjectsGondo2016En moiMan on Duty2016Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritTV2016Kamogawa ShokudoTV2015永久就職試験TV모리오카 아버지2015Keisei Saimin no OtokoTVDenzaburo Fujita2015The Emperor in AugustAdmiral Hisanori Fujita2015KakekomiSeisetsu2015Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition2015A Light in the Distance2014DisconcertoOka2014OsoroshiTV2014Zipang Punk Goemon Rock IIIToyotomi Hideyoshi2013TAP: Perfect Education2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?2013Tada's Do-It-All HouseTV2012SPEC: HeavenAkira Nitanai2012The Pod of Good FortuneYonosuke Matsudaira2012HanezuYo-Chan2012Crazy CamelDirector2011Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume2011Sukiyaki2011Goldfish ClubTVMizuki Yozo2011Tada's Do-It-All HouseOka2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairBoss Ozawah2011Yakuza WeaponKenzo Iwaki2010PostcardMonk2010Kazura2009Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly2009Dark Harbour2009Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky2008Shaolin GirlRin's Master2008Be a Man!! Samurai SchoolHeihachi Edajima2008The Naked Summer2007Pacchigi! Love & Peace2007Awakening2007Piledriver2006GARO Special: Beast of the Demon NightMakai Priest Amon2006美しい罠TV2006DamejinShinjuku-San2005The Whispering of the GodsShopkeeper2005GAROTVAmon2005GAROTVMakai Priest Amon2005Into a DreamSato's Father2005Affectionate TimeTVAmano Rokusuke2004The MotiveA-san2004Wild Flowers2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Boss Ozawah2004稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズTVHōan Tatara2003Akame 48 WaterfallsTriangular Eyes2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Boss Ozawah20039 SoulsOwner of Candy Shop2003Samurai ResurrectionIeyasu Tokugawa2003Ginji the SlasherŌmuta2002Jam Films2002Pandora Hong Kong LegYoung Man2002Madness in Bloom2002DriveLord Kobari2002Shangri-LaOokura Nagashima2002KTSusumu Kawahara2002Toy ReanimatorMr Iwai2001Suicide ClubDetective Murata2000UtsushimiSelf2000Swing ManOda2000The City of Lost SoulsOkijima Gang Member2000PersonaDaimon2000The Password is CourageTV2000Making of GeminiSelf2000MondayHomeless Man / Demon2000Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War2000Shin Mahjong Demon 4: Kabukicho, Gamblers' Alley1999GeminiKakubê1999New Molester Diary 21999The Night the Angel Turned AwayAota1999KikujiroCrazy Man1999Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha1999Will to Live1998PornostarYakuza Boss1998Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1Tenkai1998Unlucky MonkeyHobo1998The Outer Way1998Hanako of the ToiletMonk1998The Haunted Lantern1997Guard Dog1997Lie Lie LieDen1997Cat's EyeUmehara1997Postman BluesBoss of Minato Gang1997An Angel with Many Scars1997Moonlight SerenadeCircus performer1997Born to Be Baby1996Dangan RunnerKibo Boss1996That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?1996The TrapLt. Nakayama1996Known As! Pissken1995Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese UndergroundHimself1995The Files of the Young KindaichiTVGoryu Tachibana1995A Last Note1995Boxer Joe1995The Stairway to the Distant PastLt. Nakayama1995Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de LuxeKanji, Nobuko's father1995King of Bargain: Heaven-Reaching Horn1994The Nearest Place to the Sky1994Uneasy EncountersMan of dry river bed1994The Most Terrible Time in My LifeLt. Nakayama1994This Is Shinogi1993All Under the MoonSenba1993The RoomThe Hitman1993Death of the Lion KingsSakurai1993Keeping-Words Sisters ChouchoutrianTVOtori-sama1991CheckHakugin1991YumejiCriminal1990Ready to ShootSakurada1990Butoh: Body on the Edge of CrisisHimself1989Circus BoysTattoo Master1989KnockoutDaisuke Kamoi1989幸福な市民～勤勉とは？ ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇Mikio Yamashita1987Shinran: Path to Purity1984Sexual Beast SacrificeDirector1984MitsugetsuBrokerage Firm President1982The DropoutPainter1981Kagero-zaHomeless1980Zigeunerweisen1979Kami no ochite kita hi1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro1971Evil Spirits in the DarknessHirose Kinzō1969Diary of a Shinjuku ThiefActor1968The Notorious Concubines1968Crazy Love1968The Pistol That Sprouted HairTaka1967Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands