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Eiji Okuda

Acting Born Mar 18, 1950 Kasugai, Aichi, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Eiji Okuda (奥田瑛二 Okuda Eiji, born 18 March 1950) is a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in Sen no Rikyu. He won the award for best actor at the 37th Blue Ribbon Awards for Like a Rolling Stone.

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Known for

99.9 Criminal Lawyer

as Shuichi Otomo
Film

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

as Aritomo Yamagata

Full filmography

  • Document 72 Hours (2006) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2016) as Shuichi Otomo
  • Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ (2016)
  • Romantics Anonymous (2025) as Kenji Kuroiwa
  • Himawari (1996) as 赤松元基
  • Burning Flower (2015)
  • Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) as Aritomo Yamagata
  • Black Leather Notebook (2017) as Kenji Narabayashi
  • Yae's Sakura (2013) as Shōzan Sakuma
  • Minazuki (1999) as Norio Suwa
  • Keisei Saimin no Otoko (2015) as Iwashita Kiyochika
  • Hana no Ran (1994)
  • Detective Chinatown 3 (2021) as Watanabe Masaru's father
  • Detective Chinatown 3 (2021)
  • Diary of a Surgical Resident: Madoka (2025) as Shigeji Kakuta
  • Garden of the Wind (2008) as Tatsuya Futakami
  • May Love Be Restored (1980) as Seijun Kunugida
  • Kanzen Muzai (2024) as Hirayama Satoshi
  • Dear Father (2007) as Tsuyama
  • Destiny-Like Love (2016) as Fukami Yoshitaka
  • Bedtime Eyes (1987)
  • 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 (1984) as 本位田又八
  • Yamato (2005)
  • Reed of Glass (2015) as Kiichiro Koda