Minoru Ōki Explained

Minoru Ōki
Birth Date:	16 December 1923
Birth Place:	Sakai, Osaka Prefecture Japan
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1951–2006

was a Japanese actor.^{[1] [2]} His notable film appearances were Lone Wolf and Cub films, Stakeout, and Not Forgotten.

Ōki started working as a shooting assistant at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio at the age of 16.^[3] In 1951, he made his film debut with Aa　Seishun at Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure's recommendation.^{[3] [4]} In the same year, he officially signed his contract with Shochiku film company and became an actor.^[3] In 1963, he left Shochiku and transferred to Toei.^[3] In Toei, he mainly appeared in yakuza films.^[3]

In 2000, he won the best actor award at the Three Continents Film Festival for his role in Not Forgotten.^[3] He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.^{[5] [6]}

Selected filmography

Films

• The Inposter (1952)
• Somewhere Beneath The Sky (1954)
• Lady and Rowdies (1955)
• I Will Buy You aka Anata Kaimasu (1956) as Goro Kurita
• The Gion Tempest (1958)
• Stakeout (1958)
• The Guitarist and the Rancher (1960)
• (1962) as Toda
• Fukurō no Shiro (1963) as Gohei
• Tokyo-Hong Kong,Gangsters (1964)
• The Great Duel (1964)
• Kunoichi ninpō (1964) as Hayato
• Kaze no Bushi (1964)
• (1966) as Kitazawa
• Ninpō-chūshingura (1966) as Ōishi Kuranosuke
• The Chivalrous Life (1967) as Koike
• The Valiant Red Peony (1968) as Gōzō Kakui
• Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
• (1969)
• (1972)
• (1974) as Yagyū Retsudō
• (1973) as Yagyū Retsudō
• The Originator of Kamikaze (1974)
• Gokuaku Kenpō (1974) as Kuroda
• Fossilized Wilderness (1982)
• Not Forgotten aka Wasurerarenu Hitobito (2000)
• Gokudō no Tsumatachi Jōen (2005)

Television

• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973-74) (ep.12, 25 and 26)
• Ronin of the Wilderness (1974) (2nd season ep.1)
• Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) (ep.11) as Saheiji
• Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) (ep.12 and 28)
• The Unfettered Shogun (1978) (ep.35) as Sagimiya Rihei
• The Yagyu Conspiracy (1979) (ep.25) as Araki Mataemon
• Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.65) as Deikichi
• Sanga Moyu (1984) as Imoto Torazō
• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Maeda Toshiie
• Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1988) (ep.18) as Matsudaira Morichika
• Onihei Hankachō (1997) (4th season ep.4) as Sōhachi
• Hōjō Tlokimune (2000) as Saionji Saneuji

Notes and References

1. Web site: 大木 実. The TV. 14 December 2021.
2. Web site: 大木 実. NHK. 14 December 2021.
3. Web site: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E6%9C%A8%20%E5%AE%9F-1640295. 新撰 芸能人物事典 明治～平成「大木 実」の解説. Kotobank. 14 December 2021.
4. Web site: 大木実. 映画DB. 14 December 2021.
5. Web site: 俳優の大木実さん死去／５０年代の二枚目スター. Shikoku Shimbun. 14 December 2021.
6. Web site: 俳優大木実さんがすい臓がんで死去. Nikkan Sports. 14 December 2021.