Miki Odagiri
Biography
Miki Odagiri (小田切美喜) was known primarily for her important and timeless role as the upbeat office girl in Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru opposite Takashi Shimura, whose character is dying of cancer, and Miki, as Toyo Odagiri, inspires him to live... just by being herself: bubbly, spontaneous, and optimistic. Her character is also filled with blunt sarcasm that was extremely rare in movies of the early-1950's. Perhaps Miki and Takashi's most memorable scene is when she's telling him the nicknames she created for their fellow workmates... including his! Sadly, beyond Ikiru, finding the handful of other Japanese movies she appeared in, especially on DVD or Blu Ray, is extremely difficult. But she left an impression in what's considered not only one of the legendary Kurosawa's greatest achievements, but one of the best movies ever made, worldwide.
Known For
Ikiru
Stakeout
Tower of Lilies
The Moon Has Risen
The Wild Geese
The Street Without Sun
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Striving to Live
All Movies (31)
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'2002 · as Self
- Shinran: Path to Purity1987
- Shiosai1971
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor1963
- Boku chin hōrō-ki1962
- The Last Trump Card1960 · as Toyo
- When a Woman Loves1960 · as Ohana
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen1958
- Stakeout1958
- Nikoyon monogatari1956
- Pure Emotions of the Sea1956 · as Yumiko
- The Motherless1955 · as Miyoko
- Policeman's Diary, Part 21955
- Duel at Sundown1955 · as Okatsu
- Burden of Love1955 · as Teru
- Striving to Live1955
- Policeman's Diary1955 · as Momoyo
- The Moon Has Risen1955 · as Fumiya
- お月様には悪いけど1954 · as 芸妓小きん
- Women's House1954
- The Valley Between Love and Death1954
- Student Double Suicide1954
- The Street Without Sun1954 · as Fusa-chan
- A Certain Woman1954 · as Tsuya
- Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten1953
- The Wild Geese1953 · as Oume
- Zoku jūdai no seiten1953 · as Misae Numakura
- Jūdai no seiten1953
- Tower of Lilies1953
- Ikiru1952 · as Toyo
- Pastoral Symphony1938