# Eiji Okuda

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Japanese actor and film director (born 1950)

Eiji Okuda Okuda in 2023 Born Toyoake Andō (1950-03-18) 18 March 1950 (age 76) Kasugai, Aichi, Japan Occupations Actor and film director Years active 1976–present Spouse Kadu Ando ​ (m. 1974)​ Children Momoko Ando Sakura Ando Relatives Takeru Inukai (father-in-law) Tasuku Emoto (son-in-law)

**Eiji Okuda** (奥田瑛二, *Okuda Eiji*; born 18 March 1950) is a [Japanese](/source/Japanese_people) [actor](/source/Actor) and [film director](/source/Film_director). Born in [Kasugai, Aichi](/source/Kasugai%2C_Aichi), he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the [1990](/source/1990_in_film) [Japanese Academy Awards](/source/Japanese_Academy_Awards) for his performance in *[Sen no Rikyu](/source/Death_of_a_Tea_Master)*. He won the award for best actor at the 37th [Blue Ribbon Awards](/source/Blue_Ribbon_Awards) for *[Like a Rolling Stone](/source/Like_a_Rolling_Stone_(film))*.[1]

He made his directing debut in [2001](/source/2001_in_film), and has taken leading roles in front of the camera in the three films he has directed as of [2006](/source/2006_in_film).

He appeared in the Brazilian soap opera *[Morde & Assopra](/source/Morde_%26_Assopra)*, of 2011, as a scientist in the first chapter. He also appeared in the film *[Dirty Hearts](/source/Dirty_Hearts)*, also released in 2011, this time as the character Colonel Watanabe, officer of the [Japanese Imperial Army](/source/Japanese_Imperial_Army), leader of [Shindo Renmei](/source/Shindo_Renmei) and the great villain of the film.

## Selected filmography

### Actor

#### Films

- 1982 *[The Last Hero](/source/The_Last_Hero_(film))*, Muneyuki Ogata[2]

- 1983 *[Theater of Life](/source/Theater_of_Life_(1983_film))*, Hayao Fukioka

- 1986 *[The Sea and Poison](/source/The_Sea_and_Poison)*, Suguro

- 1989 *[Death of a Tea Master](/source/Death_of_a_Tea_Master)*

- 1990 *[Shikibu Monogatari](/source/Shikibu_Monogatari)*, Toyoichi Otomo[3]

- 1991 *[The Pianist](/source/The_Pianist_(1991_film))*

- 1992 *[Luminous Moss](/source/Luminous_Moss_(film))*

- 1994 *[Like a Rolling Stone](/source/Like_a_Rolling_Stone_(film))*

- 1998 *[Pride](/source/Pride_(1998_film))*, Ichirō Kiyose[4]

- 1999 *Minazuki*

- 2001 *An Adolescent*

- 2004 *[Déracine](/source/D%C3%A9racine_(film))*

- 2004 *[Runin: Banished](/source/Runin%3A_Banished)*

- 2005 *[Yamato](/source/Yamato_(film))*, [Captain](/source/Naval_ranks_of_the_Japanese_Empire_during_World_War_II#Commissioned_officer_ranks) [Kōsaku Aruga](/source/K%C5%8Dsaku_Aruga)

- 2006 *[A Long Walk](/source/A_Long_Walk_(film))*

- 2009 *[Goemon](/source/Goemon_(film))*, [Toyotomi Hideyoshi](/source/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi)

- 2009 *[Be Sure to Share](/source/Be_Sure_to_Share)*

- 2011 *[Dirty Hearts](/source/Dirty_Hearts)*

- 2012 *[Rurouni Kenshin](/source/Rurouni_Kenshin_(film))*, [Yamagata Aritomo](/source/Yamagata_Aritomo)

- 2015 *Blood Bead*

- 2016 *[64: Part I](/source/64%3A_Part_I)*, Arakida

- 2016 *[64: Part II](/source/64%3A_Part_II)*, Arakida

- 2016 *[If Cats Disappeared from the World](/source/If_Cats_Disappeared_from_the_World)*

- 2016 *[The Old Capital](/source/The_Old_Capital)*

- 2018 *Smokin' on the Moon*

- 2018 *Samurai's Promise*

- 2019 *According To Our Butler*, Ōtori

- 2019 *[Diner](/source/Diner_(2019_film))*

- 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*[5]

- 2021 *[Detective Chinatown 3](/source/Detective_Chinatown_3)*[6]

- 2021 *99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie*, Shūichi Ōtomo[7]

- 2021 *[1921](/source/1921_(2021_film))*[8]

- 2022 *Niwatori Phoenix*[9]

- 2022 *Akira and Akira*, Kazuo Haneda[10]

- 2022 *Goodbye Cruel World*, yakuza boss[11]

- 2023 *Kumo to Saru no Kazoku*[12]

- 2023 *A Spoiling Rain*[13]

- 2023 *Wheels and Axle*[14]

- 2024 *Stay Mum*, Kōzō[15]

- 2026 *Euthanasia Special Zone*[16]

#### Television

- 1976 *[Enban Sensō Bankid](/source/Enban_Sens%C5%8D_Bankid)*, Noboru Tenma/Bankid Pegasus

- 1983 *[Tokugawa Ieyasu](/source/Tokugawa_Ieyasu_(TV_series))* – Matsudaira Katsutaka

- 1984–85 *Miyamoto Musashi* – Hon'iden Matahachi[17]

- 1987 *[Dokuganryū Masamune](/source/Dokuganry%C5%AB_Masamune)* – [Ishida Mitsunari](/source/Ishida_Mitsunari)[18]

- 1994 *[Hana no Ran](/source/Hana_no_Ran)* – [Ikkyū](/source/Ikky%C5%AB)[19]

- 2001 *Hojo Tokimune*, Nichiren

- 2013 *[Yae's Sakura](/source/Yae's_Sakura)* – [Sakuma Shōzan](/source/Sakuma_Sh%C5%8Dzan)[20]

- 2015 *[Burning Flower](/source/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](/source/Manpuku)*

- 2023 *[Ranman](/source/Ranman_(TV_series))* – Ōhata Gihei[21]

- 2025 *Simulation: Defeat in the Summer of 1941* – [Kōichi Kido](/source/K%C5%8Dichi_Kido)[22]

- 2026 *[Brothers in Arms](/source/Brothers_in_Arms_(TV_series))* – Horiike Yorimasa[23]

### Director

- 2001 *Shōjo* a.k.a. *An Adolescent*

- 2004 *[Runin: Banished](/source/Runin%3A_Banished)*

- 2006 *[A Long Walk](/source/A_Long_Walk_(film))*

- 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](/source/The_Empire_Strikes_Back)* a.k.a. *[Luke Skywalker](/source/Luke_Skywalker)* ([Mark Hamill](/source/Mark_Hamill))

- 1982 *[A New Hope](/source/Star_Wars_(film))* a.k.a. *Luke Skywalker* (Mark Hamill)

### Video games

- 2012 *[Yakuza 5](/source/Yakuza_5)* – det. Kazuhiko Serizawa/Tsubasa Kurosawa

## Personal life

Okuda is married to writer [Kazu Andō](/source/Kazu_Ando) and they have two daughters, film director [Momoko Ando](/source/Momoko_Ando) and actress [Sakura Ando](/source/Sakura_Ando).[24]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー](https://web.archive.org/web/20090207075803/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1994/) (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from [the original](http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1994/) on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["汚れた英雄(1982)"](https://eiga.com/movie/39973/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["式部物語"](https://eiga.com/movie/36835/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["プライド 運命の瞬間"](https://eiga.com/movie/77054/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["西成ゴローの四億円"](https://eiga.com/movie/94725/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["唐人街探偵 東京MISSION"](https://eiga.com/movie/94619/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["『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"](https://www.crank-in.net/news/93933/1). *Crank-in!*. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["「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"](https://eiga.com/news/20211013/20/). *eiga.com*. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["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"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/474138). *Natalie*. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["グッバイ・クルエル・ワールド"](https://eiga.com/movie/96726/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 July 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["クモとサルの家族"](https://eiga.com/movie/98589/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["花腐し"](https://eiga.com/movie/99278/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["車軸"](https://eiga.com/movie/100062/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 August 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["かくしごと"](https://eiga.com/movie/101221/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["安楽死特区"](https://eiga.com/movie/104474/). *Eiga.com* (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 September 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["宮本武蔵"](https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/84-wed.html). *Haiyaku Jiten*. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["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"](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20231027dog00m200086000c.html). *Mantan-web*. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["花の乱"](https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/94-taiga.html). *Haiyaku Jiten* (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["八重の桜"](https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/13-taiga.html). *Haiyaku Jiten* (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 April 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["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"](https://natalie.mu/music/news/515561). *Natalie*. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["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"](https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/632479). *Natalie* (in Japanese). 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["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】"](https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2450487/full/). *Oricon* (in Japanese). 22 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** Sharp, Jasper (29 March 2010). ["Midnight Eye interview: Momoko Ando"](http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/momoko-ando/). *[Midnight Eye](/source/Midnight_Eye)*. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

## External links

- [Eiji Okuda](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0645760/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Awards for Eiji Okuda v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor So Yamamura (1950) Toshiro Mifune (1951) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Frankie Sakai (1957) Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1958) Hiroyuki Nagato (1959) Rentarō Mikuni (1960) Toshiro Mifune (1961) Tatsuya Nakadai (1962) Nakamura Kinnosuke (1963) Keiju Kobayashi (1964) Toshiro Mifune (1965) Hajime Hana (1966) Bunta Sugawara (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1981) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Kunie Tanaka (1986) Takanori Jinnai (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Yoshio Harada (1990) Naoto Takenaka (1991) Masahiro Motoki (1992) Hiroyuki Sanada (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Hiroyuki Sanada (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Koji Yakusho (1997) Takeshi Kitano (1998) Ken Takakura (1999) Yūji Oda (2000) Mansai Nomura (2001) Kōichi Satō (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Akira Terao (2004) Hiroyuki Sanada (2005) Ken Watanabe (2006) Ryo Kase (2007) Masahiro Motoki (2008) Shōfukutei Tsurube II (2009) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010) Yutaka Takenouchi (2011) Hiroshi Abe (2012) Kengo Kora (2013) Tadanobu Asano (2014) Yo Oizumi (2015) Kenichi Matsuyama (2016) Sadao Abe (2017) Hiroshi Tachi (2018) Kiichi Nakai (2019) Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2020) Junichi Okada (2021) Kazunari Ninomiya (2022) Ryunosuke Kamiki (2023) Makiya Yamaguchi (2024) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2025) v t e Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Hideji Ōtaki (1976) Takeshi Katō (1977) Tsunehiko Watase (1978) Rentarō Mikuni (1979) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1980) Katsuo Nakamura (1981) Akira Emoto (1982) Juzo Itami (1983) Kaku Takashina (1984) Tomokazu Miura (1985) Kei Suma (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1988) Yoshio Harada (1989) Renji Ishibashi (1990) Hiroshi Kanbe (1991) Takehiro Murata (1992) Ittoku Kishibe (1993) Kiichi Nakai (1994) Etsushi Toyokawa (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Kippei Shiina (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Ryo Ishibashi (2002) Hiroyuki Miyasako (2003) Yoshio Harada (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Teruyuki Kagawa (2006) Shirō Itō (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Eita (2009) Akira Emoto (2010) Denden (2011) Mirai Moriyama (2012) Pierre Taki (2013) Masahiko Tsugawa (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Go Ayano (2016) Koji Yakusho (2017) Kazunari Ninomiya (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Gen Hoshino (2020) Ryohei Suzuki (2021) Ryusei Yokohama (2022) Hayato Isomura (2023) Eiji Okuda (2024) Jiro Sato (2025) v t e Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor Masayuki Mori (1947) Chishū Ryū (1948) Takashi Shimura (1949) Shin Saburi (1950) Chishū Ryū (1951) Shin Saburi (1952) Ken Uehara (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Toshiro Mifune (1957) Keiju Kobayashi (1958) Eiji Funakoshi (1959) Keiju Kobayashi (1960) Tatsuya Nakadai (1961) Taiji Tonoyama (1962) Keiju Kobayashi (1963) Kō Nishimura (1964) Rentarō Mikuni (1965) Shoichi Ozawa (1966) Kunie Tanaka (1967) Minori Terada (1968) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1969) Hisashi Igawa (1970) Shintaro Katsu (1971) Takeo Chii (1972) Tetsurō Tamba (1973) Rentarō Mikuni (1974) Shin Saburi (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Takahiro Tamura (1981) Kō Nishimura (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Eiji Okuda (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Masato Furuoya (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Kyōzō Nagatsuka (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Koji Yakusho (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Yoshio Harada (1997) Masahiro Motoki (1998) Keiju Kobayashi (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tatsuya Mihashi (2001) Hiroyuki Sanada (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Takeshi Kitano (2004) Tadanobu Asano (2005) Kōichi Satō (2006) Taichi Kokubun (2007) Hiroshi Abe (2008) Kenichi Matsuyama (2009) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2010) Mirai Moriyama (2011) Isao Natsuyagi (2012) Ryuhei Matsuda (2013) Go Ayano (2014) Shinya Tsukamoto (2015) Masahiro Motoki (2016) Masaki Suda (2017) Tasuku Emoto (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Mirai Moriyama (2020) Takeru Satoh (2021) Kenji Sawada (2022) Ryohei Suzuki (2023) v t e Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actor Kiyoshi Atsumi (1988) Eiji Okuda (1989) Yoshio Harada (1990) Rentarō Mikuni (1991) Yoshio Harada (1992) Toshiyuki Nishida (1993) Kōichi Satō (1994) Hiroyuki Sanada (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Tetsuya Watari (1997) Akira Emoto (1998) Masahiro Motoki (1999) Akira Terao (2000) Naoto Takenaka (2001) Hiroyuki Sanada (2002) Kiichi Nakai (2003) Takeshi Kitano (2004) Ichikawa Somegorō VII (2005) Ken Watanabe (2006) Takuya Kimura (2007) Masahiro Nakai (2008) Shōfukutei Tsurube (2009) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010) Kenichi Matsuyama (2011) Ken Takakura (2012) Ryuhei Matsuda (2013) Junichi Okada (2014) Kengo Kora (2015) Kōichi Satō (2016) Masaki Suda (2017) Tori Matsuzaka (2018) Sosuke Ikematsu (2019) Shun Oguri (2020) Hidetoshi Nishijima (2021) Hiroshi Abe (2022) Ryohei Suzuki (2023) Makiya Yamaguchi (2024) Ryo Yoshizawa (2025) v t e Yokohama Film Festival Award for Best Actor Ken Ogata (1980) Masato Furuoya (1981) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1982) Ryudo Uzaki (1983) Yūsaku Matsuda (1984) Takeshi Kaga (1985) Minori Terada (1986) Koichi Iwaki (1987) Saburō Tokitō (1988) Hiroyuki Sanada (1989) Ryo Ishibashi (1990) Masato Furuoya (1991) Hidekazu Akai (1992) Masahiro Motoki (1993) Hiroyuki Sanada (1994) Eiji Okuda (1995) Etsushi Toyokawa (1996) Koji Yakusho / Tadanobu Asano (1997) Yoshio Harada (1998) Kiichi Nakai / Claude Maki (1999) Ken Takakura (2000) Tadanobu Asano (2001) Yōsuke Kubozuka (2002) Kyōzō Nagatsuka / Seiichi Tanabe (2003) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2004) Koji Yakusho (2005) Joe Odagiri (2006) Teruyuki Kagawa (2007) Ryo Kase (2008) Kaoru Kobayashi (2009) Masato Sakai (2010) Etsushi Toyokawa (2011) Eita (2012) Hiroshi Abe (2013) Masaharu Fukuyama (2014) Go Ayano (2015) Kiyohiko Shibukawa / Masatoshi Nagase (2016) Tomokazu Miura / Yuya Yagira (2017) Sosuke Ikematsu (2018) Masahiro Higashide / Koji Yakusho (2019) Sosuke Ikematsu (2020) Kazunari Ninomiya (2021) Arata Furuta / Tori Matsuzaka (2022) Kōji Seto (2023) Ryohei Suzuki (2024) Taiga Nakano / Koji Yakusho (2025) Ryo Yoshizawa / Ryusei Yokohama (2026)

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