Eiji Okuda

{{short description|Japanese actor and film director (born 1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Eiji Okuda | image = Okuda Eiji as the Festival Navigator at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2023 (53348224058) (cropped).jpg | caption = Okuda in 2023 | alt = cropped headshot of Okuda at Tokyo International Film Festival 2023 | birth_name = Toyoake Andō | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|3|18}} | birth_place = [[Kasugai, Aichi]], [[Japan]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = [[Actor]] and [[film director]] | years_active = 1976–present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Kadu Ando]]|1974}} | children = [[Momoko Ando]]<br />[[Sakura Ando]] | relatives = [[Takeru Inukai]] (father-in-law)<br />[[Tasuku Emoto]] (son-in-law) | website = }} {{nihongo|'''Eiji Okuda'''|奥田瑛二|Okuda Eiji|extra=born 18 March 1950}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[actor]] and [[film director]]. Born in [[Kasugai, Aichi]], he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the [[1990 in film|1990]] [[Japanese Academy Awards]] for his performance in ''[[Death of a Tea Master|Sen no Rikyu]]''. He won the award for best actor at the 37th [[Blue Ribbon Awards]] for ''[[Like a Rolling Stone (film)|Like a Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1994/|script-title= ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー|access-date= 2010-01-18|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090207075803/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1994/|archive-date= 2009-02-07}}</ref>

He made his directing debut in [[2001 in film|2001]], and has taken leading roles in front of the camera in the three films he has directed as of [[2006 in film|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==== *1982 ''[[The Last Hero (film)|The Last Hero]]'', Muneyuki Ogata<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/39973/|title= 汚れた英雄(1982)|access-date= 14 March 2026|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *1983 ''[[Theater of Life (1983 film)|Theater of Life]]'', Hayao Fukioka *1986 ''[[The Sea and Poison]]'', Suguro *1989 ''[[Death of a Tea Master]]'' *1990 ''[[Shikibu Monogatari]]'', Toyoichi Otomo<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/36835/|title= 式部物語|access-date= 24 March 2026|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *1991 ''[[The Pianist (1991 film)|The Pianist]]'' *1992 ''[[Luminous Moss (film)|Luminous Moss]]'' *1994 ''[[Like a Rolling Stone (film)|Like a Rolling Stone]]'' *1998 ''[[Pride (1998 film)|Pride]]'', Ichirō Kiyose<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/77054/|title= プライド運命の瞬間|accessdate= June 9, 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> *1999 ''Minazuki'' *2001 ''An Adolescent'' *2004 ''[[Déracine (film)|Déracine]]'' *2004 ''[[Runin: Banished]]'' *2005 ''[[Yamato (film)|Yamato]]'', [[Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II#Commissioned officer ranks|Captain]] [[Kōsaku Aruga]] *2006 ''[[A Long Walk (film)|A Long Walk]]'' *2009 ''[[Goemon (film)|Goemon]]'', [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] *2009 ''[[Be Sure to Share]]'' *2011 ''[[Dirty Hearts]]'' *2012 ''[[Rurouni Kenshin (film)|Rurouni Kenshin]]'', [[Yamagata Aritomo]] *2015 ''Blood Bead'' *2016 ''[[64: Part I]]'', Arakida *2016 ''[[64: Part II]]'', Arakida *2016 ''[[If Cats Disappeared from the World]]'' *2016 ''[[The Old Capital]]'' *2018 ''Smokin' on the Moon'' *2018 ''Samurai's Promise'' *2019 ''According To Our Butler'', Ōtori *2019 ''[[Diner (2019 film)|Diner]]'' *2019 ''Born Bone Born'' *2019 ''Iwane: Sword of Serenity'' *2020 ''One in a Hundred Thousand'' *2020 ''Independence of Japan'' *2021 ''Peaceful Death'' *2021 ''Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/94725/|title= 西成ゴローの四億円|access-date= June 1, 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> *2021 ''[[Detective Chinatown 3]]''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/94619/|title= 唐人街探偵東京MISSION|access-date= June 1, 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> *2021 ''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'', Shūichi Ōtomo<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/93933/1|title= 『99.9 THE MOVIE』12.30公開榮倉奈々＆木村文乃らも登場する最新予告解禁|access-date= September 13, 2021|work= Crank-in!}}</ref> *2021 ''[[1921 (2021 film)|1921]]''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20211013/20/|title= 「2021東京・中国映画週間」10月25～31日開催！中国共産党100周年記念映画「1921」がオープニング作品に|access-date= October 14, 2021|work= eiga.com}}</ref> *2022 ''Niwatori Phoenix''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/95131/|title= ニワトリ☆フェニックス|access-date= January 21, 2022|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *2022 ''Akira and Akira'', Kazuo Haneda<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/474138|title= 竹内涼真×横浜流星「アキラとあきら」特報解禁、計22名の新キャストも明らかに|access-date= April 16, 2022|work= Natalie}}</ref> *2022 ''Goodbye Cruel World'', yakuza boss<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96726/|title= グッバイ・クルエル・ワールド|access-date= July 1, 2022|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *2023 ''Kumo to Saru no Kazoku''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98589/|title= クモとサルの家族|access-date= December 16, 2022|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *2023 ''A Spoiling Rain''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99278/|title= 花腐し|access-date= July 28, 2023|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *2023 ''Wheels and Axle''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100062/|title= 車軸|access-date= August 25, 2023|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *2024 ''Stay Mum'', Kōzō<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101221/|title= かくしごと|access-date= February 7, 2024|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *2026 ''Euthanasia Special Zone''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/104474/|title= 安楽死特区|access-date= 29 September 2025|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>

====Television==== *1976 ''[[Enban Sensō Bankid]]'', Noboru Tenma/Bankid Pegasus *1983 ''[[Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV series)|Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'' – Matsudaira Katsutaka *1984–85 ''Miyamoto Musashi'' – Hon'iden Matahachi<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/84-wed.html|title= 宮本武蔵|access-date= July 28, 2021|work= Haiyaku Jiten}}</ref> *1987 ''[[Dokuganryū Masamune]]'' – [[Ishida Mitsunari]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231027dog00m200086000c.html|title= 解説:誰が演じた石田三成大河初代は石坂浩二近年は"ムキムキ"な山本耕史や「悪」の田中圭も|access-date= February 5, 2024|work= Mantan-web}}</ref> *1994 ''[[Hana no Ran]]'' – [[Ikkyū]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/94-taiga.html|title= 花の乱|access-date= 16 July 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> *2001 ''Hojo Tokimune'', Nichiren *2013 ''[[Yae's Sakura]]'' – [[Sakuma Shōzan]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/13-taiga.html|title= 八重の桜|access-date= 22 April 2026|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> *2015 ''[[Burning Flower]]'' – Tamaki Bun'noshin *2015 ''Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 2'' – Kiyochika Iwashita *2016 ''Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai'' – Kiichi Hase *2017 ''Black Leather Notebook'' – Kenji Narabayashi *2019 ''An Artist of the Floating World'' *2019 ''[[Manpuku]]'' *2023 ''[[Ranman (TV series)|Ranman]]'' – Ōhata Gihei<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/music/news/515561|title= 朝ドラ「らんまん」にディーン・フジオカ、宮野真守、宇崎竜童が出演|access-date= March 7, 2023|work= Natalie}}</ref> *2025 ''Simulation: Defeat in the Summer of 1941'' – [[Kōichi Kido]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/632479|title= 総力戦研究所が舞台の「シミュレーション」追加キャストに仲野太賀、岩田剛典ら15名|access-date= 16 July 2025|date= 16 July 2025|website= Natalie|language=ja}}</ref> *2026 ''[[Brothers in Arms (TV series)|Brothers in Arms]]'' – Horiike Yorimasa<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2450487/full/|title= 大河『豊臣兄弟!』新キャスト発表『鎌倉殿』山谷花純&濱正悟が再登板・戦国時代に挑戦山谷は"美女"役、濱は毛利輝元役【キャラ&コメント】|access-date= 22 April 2026|date= 22 April 2026|website= Oricon|language=ja}}</ref>

===Director=== *2001 ''Shōjo'' a.k.a. ''An Adolescent'' *2004 ''[[Runin: Banished]]'' *2006 ''[[A Long Walk (film)|A Long Walk]]'' *2008 ''Kaze no sotogawa'' a.k.a. ''Out of the Wind'' *2013 ''Kyoko to Shuichi no baai'' a.k.a. ''Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi''

===Dubbing=== *1980 ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' a.k.a. ''[[Luke Skywalker]]'' ([[Mark Hamill]]) *1982 ''[[Star Wars (film)|A New Hope]]'' a.k.a. ''Luke Skywalker'' (Mark Hamill)

===Video games=== *2012 ''[[Yakuza 5]]'' – det. Kazuhiko Serizawa/Tsubasa Kurosawa

==Personal life== Okuda is married to writer [[Kazu Ando|Kazu Andō]] and they have two daughters, film director [[Momoko Ando]] and actress [[Sakura Ando]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharp|first=Jasper|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/momoko-ando/|title=Midnight Eye interview: Momoko Ando|date=29 March 2010|website=[[Midnight Eye]]|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0645760|name=Eiji Okuda}}

{{Navboxes |title = Awards for Eiji Okuda |list = {{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor}} {{Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor}} {{Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor}} {{Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actor}} {{Yokohama Film Festival Best Actor}} }}

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