Akaji Maro

Biography

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

GARO

The Naked Director

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

All Movies (136)

Kaiju Guy!2025
Or Utopia2024 · as Ken Hirayama
A Day Begins2024
We Are Aliens2024
Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts2023 · as Himself
Love Will Tear Us Apart2023 · as Ryûjin Maro
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams2023
Doomsday Detective2022
Tonbi2022 · as Kaiun
Ox-Head Village2022 · as Kanon's Grandfather
Lupin's Daughter: The Movie2021 · as Iwao Mikumo
Dreams on Fire2021 · as Grandfather
Under the Turquoise Sky2021 · as Saburo
Ghost Master2019 · as Tetsuhiko Todoroki
SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 32019 · as Narration (voice)
Hell Girl2019 · as Wanyudo
Katsu Fūtarō! !2019
Birdsong2019 · as Akira
Fly Me to the Saitama2019 · as Sojyuro Saionji
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project2018 · as On (segment "Kuu")
Sekigahara2017 · as Ishin Shimazu
Neko Ninja2017 · as Katsuragi
The Projects2016 · as Gondo
En moi2016 · as Man on Duty
The Emperor in August2015 · as Admiral Hisanori Fujita
Kakekomi2015 · as Seisetsu
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition2015
A Light in the Distance2015
Disconcerto2014 · as Oka
Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III2014 · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
TAP: Perfect Education2013
Why Don't You Play in Hell?2013
SPEC: Heaven2012 · as Akira Nitanai
The Pod of Good Fortune2012 · as Yonosuke Matsudaira
Hanezu2012 · as Yo-Chan
Crazy Camel2012
Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume2011
Sukiyaki2011
Tada's Do-It-All House2011 · as Oka
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair2011 · as Boss Ozawah
Yakuza Weapon2011 · as Kenzo Iwaki
Postcard2010 · as Monk
Kazura2010
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly2009
Dark Harbour2009
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky2009
Shaolin Girl2008 · as Rin's Master
Be a Man!! Samurai School2008 · as Heihachi Edajima
The Naked Summer2008
Pacchigi! Love & Peace2007
Awakening2007
Piledriver2007
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night2006 · as Makai Priest Amon
Damejin2006 · as Shinjuku-San
The Whispering of the Gods2005 · as Shopkeeper
Into a Dream2005 · as Sato's Father
The Motive2004 · as A-san
Wild Flowers2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 22004 · as Boss Ozawah
Akame 48 Waterfalls2003 · as Triangular Eyes
Kill Bill: Vol. 12003 · as Boss Ozawah
9 Souls2003 · as Owner of Candy Shop
Samurai Resurrection2003 · as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Ginji the Slasher2003 · as Ōmuta
Jam Films2002
Pandora Hong Kong Leg2002 · as Young Man
Madness in Bloom2002
Drive2002 · as Lord Kobari
Shangri-La2002 · as Ookura Nagashima
KT2002 · as Susumu Kawahara
Toy Reanimator2002 · as Mr Iwai
Suicide Club2001 · as Detective Murata
Utsushimi2000 · as Self
Swing Man2000 · as Oda
The City of Lost Souls2000 · as Okijima Gang Member
Persona2000 · as Daimon
Making of Gemini2000 · as Self
Monday2000 · as Homeless Man / Demon
Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War2000
Shin Mahjong Demon 4: Kabukicho, Gamblers' Alley2000
Gemini1999 · as Kakubê
New Molester Diary 21999
The Night the Angel Turned Away1999 · as Aota
Kikujiro1999 · as Crazy Man
Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha1999
Will to Live1999
Pornostar1998 · as Yakuza Boss
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 11998 · as Tenkai
Unlucky Monkey1998 · as Hobo
The Outer Way1998
Hanako of the Toilet1998 · as Monk
The Haunted Lantern1998
Guard Dog1997
Lie Lie Lie1997 · as Den
Cat's Eye1997 · as Umehara
Postman Blues1997 · as Boss of Minato Gang
An Angel with Many Scars1997
Moonlight Serenade1997 · as Circus performer
Born to Be Baby1997
Dangan Runner1996 · as Kibo Boss
That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?1996
The Trap1996 · as Lt. Nakayama
Known As! Pissken1996
Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground1995 · as Himself
A Last Note1995
Boxer Joe1995
The Stairway to the Distant Past1995 · as Lt. Nakayama
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe1995 · as Kanji, Nobuko's father
King of Bargain: Heaven-Reaching Horn1995
The Nearest Place to the Sky1994
Uneasy Encounters1994 · as Man of dry river bed
The Most Terrible Time in My Life1994 · as Lt. Nakayama
This Is Shinogi1994
All Under the Moon1993 · as Senba
The Room1993 · as The Hitman
Death of the Lion Kings1993 · as Sakurai
Check1991 · as Hakugin
Yumeji1991 · as Criminal
Ready to Shoot1990 · as Sakurada
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis1990 · as Himself
Circus Boys1989 · as Tattoo Master
Knockout1989 · as Daisuke Kamoi
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1989 · as Mikio Yamashita
Shinran: Path to Purity1987
Mitsugetsu1984 · as Brokerage Firm President
The Dropout1982 · as Painter
Kagero-za1981 · as Homeless
Zigeunerweisen1980
Kami no ochite kita hi1979
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro1977
Evil Spirits in the Darkness1971 · as Hirose Kinzō
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief1969 · as Actor
The Notorious Concubines1968
Crazy Love1968
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair1968 · as Taka
Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands1967

All TV Shows (25)

Just a bit Espers2025
Hayabusa Fire Brigade2023 · as Tasuku Enishi
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama2022 · as 老人
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama2022
Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita2020 · as Yamashita Tarosuke
The Naked Director2019
Daughter of Lupin2019 · as Mikumo Iwao
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi2019
Way Too Kawaii!2018 · as Shinjiro Tatsumi
dele2018
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit2016
Kamogawa Shokudo2016
永久就職試験2015 · as 모리오카 아버지
Keisei Saimin no Otoko2015 · as Fujita Denzaburo
Osoroshi2014
Tada's Do-It-All House2013
Goldfish Club2011 · as Mizuki Yozo
美しい罠‎2006
GARO2005 · as Amon
GARO2005 · as Makai Priest Amon
Affectionate Time2005 · as Amano Rokusuke
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ2004 · as Hōan Tatara
The Password is Courage2000
The Files of the Young Kindaichi1995 · as Goryu Tachibana
Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian1993 · as Otori-sama