Portrait of Minoru Ōki

Acting

Minoru Ōki

Career

Active from 1952 to 2000, busiest in 1956 and 1966 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Minoru Ōki Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Feudal Japan 3
  • Period Piece 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Gritty 2
  • Japanese Crime Thriller 2
  • Gritty Underworld 2
  • Samurai Action 2
  • Historical Action 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Not Forgotten
Not Forgotten (2000)

as Heihachi

1990s

2 titles
Carlos
Carlos (1991)

as Yamashiro Clan Boss

Shingo's Ten Duels
Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)

as Yagyu Tajima

1980s

1 title · average score 79
Shogun Assassin
Shogun Assassin (1980)
GoodWatch score 79

as Master of Death

1970s

12 titles · average score 80
Outlaw Cop
Outlaw Cop (1976)

as Aochi

Bounty Hunter
Bounty Hunter (1975)

TV show · as Mochizuki Yataro

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
GoodWatch score 72

as Yagyu Retsudo

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
GoodWatch score 78

as Yagyu Retsudo

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
GoodWatch score 90

as Benma Hidari

Eight Men to Kill
Eight Men to Kill (1972)

as Kanoke Tatsu

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)

as Minokichi Shimotaki

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972)

as Tatsutaro

Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation
Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation (1971)

as Kokichi

Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder
Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder (1970)

as Banri

A Yakuza Goes Home
A Yakuza Goes Home (1970)

as Jiro Fukami

A Wad of Notes
A Wad of Notes (1970)

as Sanjiro

1960s

26 titles · average score 69
Gambler's Legacy
Gambler's Legacy (1969)

as Senzo

Rogue
Rogue (1968)

as Kenzo Sawada

Gambler Biography
Gambler Biography (1968)

as Osamu Kawada

The Chivalrous Life
The Chivalrous Life (1967)

as Koike

The Kamikaze Guy
The Kamikaze Guy (1966)

as Mr. Kitazawa

Continental Drifter
Continental Drifter (1966)

as Izo Tahara

Code Between Brothers 2
Code Between Brothers 2 (1966)

as Risaburo Umehara

Japan's Most Chivalrous
Japan's Most Chivalrous (1966)

as Teizo Okabe

Prison Gambler
Prison Gambler (1964)

as Kumagaya

The Desperate
The Desperate (1964)

as Chief Detective Sugai

Castle of Owls
Castle of Owls (1963)
GoodWatch score 63

as Gohei

Black Lizard
Black Lizard (1962)
GoodWatch score 68

as Kogoro Akechi

1950s

19 titles · average score 69
Stakeout
Stakeout (1958)
GoodWatch score 71

as Takao Yuki, the police detective

The Gion Tempest
The Gion Tempest (1958)

as Takahashi Akimoto

The Face
The Face (1957)

as Saburo Ishioka

The Adorable Trio
The Adorable Trio (1957)

as Shinsaku Tani

Forbidden Sands
Forbidden Sands (1957)

as Sakuji

I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

as Gorô Kurita

The Thick-Walled Room
The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

as War criminal

大当り男一代
大当り男一代 (1956)

as 新三

Mune yori mune ni
Mune yori mune ni (1955)

as Matsuo Yoshiue

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
GoodWatch score 69

as Shun-don

Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)

as Katsura Kogoro

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter (1952)

as 宮本小次郎