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Jun Ōtomo

Acting Born Nov 21, 1899 Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Originally a music teacher, Jun joined the Toho Mobile Culture Corps during WWII. He ultimately became active as a character actor in Toho and Shintoho productions in the '50s and '60s. Noted for his menacing onscreen countenance, he was remembered for his mild-mannered and affable nature in private life.

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Full filmography

  • Yojimbo (1961) as Seibei Follower
  • Throne of Blood (1957) as Commander
  • Nanairo Kamen (1959) as Nogemura (Fake)
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as (uncredited)
  • Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl (1972) as Tabucho
  • Stakeout (1958) as Construction camp master
  • Jigoku (1960) as Ensai Taniguchi
  • Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (1959) as Takuetsu
  • Black River (1957) as (uncredited)
  • The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)
  • Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) as Bad boy at Rokku
  • The Street Without Sun (1954)
  • Yellow Line (1960) as Agawa
  • Fire Line (1961) as Naganuma
  • Female Slave Ship (1960) as Fox
  • The Witness' Chair (1965)
  • Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (1960)
  • Broken Blossoms (1959)
  • Women of Whirlpool Island (1960)
  • Kuro to aka no hanabira (1962)
  • Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai (1969)
  • Cave Queens (1960) as Jun Kinryu
  • Fight to the Death in a Blizzard (1959)
  • Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku (1960) as War Minister Anami