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Masumi Okada

Acting Born Sep 22, 1935 Nice, France 24 credits

Biography

Masumi Okada (岡田眞澄, Okada Masumi, September 22, 1935 – May 29, 2006) was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the "Mermaid of Copenhagen" and wife of the statue's sculptor, Edvard Eriksen. Masumi Okada was the younger of two sons; his older brother, Taibi "Erick" Okada, was also an actor and presenter—known professionally as E. H. Eric, he was the emcee for the Beatles' 1966 concert in Tokyo.

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Known for

Shōgun

as Brother Michael

Trick

as Yamada's father

Full filmography

  • The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995) as Junji Kazamatsuri
  • Shōgun (1980) as Brother Michael
  • Trick (2000) as Yamada's father
  • Divorce Lawyer (2004) as Kichinosuke Konuma
  • The Key (1983)
  • Life of a Flower (1963) as Henry Heusken
  • The Hunted (1995) as Lt. Wadakura
  • 水曜ドラマスペシャル (1984)
  • San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku (1996)
  • A Sleeping Forest (1998)
  • Crazed Fruit (1956) as Frank
  • Getting Any? (1995) as Russian Actor
  • Izo (2004) as Chief of the Palace
  • Can't Hurry for Love (1998)
  • Three Sisters Investigate (1998)
  • A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) as Kisuke
  • Four Seasons: Natsuko (1980) as Takahito Mori
  • Fufu seikatsu (1985)
  • Kaito Ruby (1988) as Mr. Yamanouchi
  • The Sea and Poison (1986) as Hattori
  • 悪女A・B (1991)
  • Winter's Flower (1978) as Shinkichi Mie
  • Red Pier (1958) as Taabô
  • Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu (1996)