Portrait of Akaji Maro

Acting

Akaji Maro

Career

Active from 1968 to 2022, with a break from 1972 to 1983, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dreams on Fire
Dreams on Fire
GoodWatch score87/100

Characters

3

The characters Akaji Maro played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Akaji Maro Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    4.0, average 4.9
  • Wholesome
    2.6, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 8
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Crime Thriller 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Artistic 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Sword Fighting 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

112
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 69
Just a bit Espers
Just a bit Espers (2025)

TV show

Or Utopia
Or Utopia (2024)

as Ken Hirayama

Hayabusa Fire Brigade
Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023)

TV show · as Tasuku Enishi

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023)

as Ryûjin Maro

Tonbi
Tonbi (2022)

as Kaiun

Ox-Head Village
Ox-Head Village (2022)
GoodWatch score 52

as Kanon's Grandfather

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama (2022)

TV show · as 老人

Under the Turquoise Sky
Under the Turquoise Sky (2021)

as Saburo

Dreams on Fire
Dreams on Fire (2021)
GoodWatch score 87

as Grandfather

Lupin's Daughter: The Movie
Lupin's Daughter: The Movie (2021)

as Iwao Mikumo

Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita
Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita (2020)

TV show · as Yamashita Tarosuke

2010s

35 titles · average score 64
Ghost Master
Ghost Master (2019)

as Tetsuhiko Todoroki

Birdsong
Birdsong (2019)
GoodWatch score 57

as Akira

The Naked Director
The Naked Director (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

Hell Girl
Hell Girl (2019)
GoodWatch score 55

as Wanyudo

Mampuku
Mampuku (2018)

TV show · as Konosuke Jingu

Kamogawa Shokudo
Kamogawa Shokudo (2016)

TV show

The Projects
The Projects (2016)

as Gondo

En moi
En moi (2016)
GoodWatch score 41

as Man on Duty

The Pod of Good Fortune
The Pod of Good Fortune (2012)

as Yonosuke Matsudaira

Hanezu
Hanezu (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

as Yo-Chan

Yakuza Weapon
Yakuza Weapon (2011)
GoodWatch score 46

as Kenzo Iwaki

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
GoodWatch score 89

as Boss Ozawah

2000s

30 titles · average score 62
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night (2006)

as Makai Priest Amon

The Whispering of the Gods
The Whispering of the Gods (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

as Shopkeeper

GARO
GARO (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Amon

Into a Dream
Into a Dream (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sato's Father

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
GoodWatch score 81

as Boss Ozawah

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
GoodWatch score 79

as Boss Ozawah

Akame 48 Waterfalls
Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)

as Triangular Eyes

Ginji the Slasher
Ginji the Slasher (2003)

as Ōmuta

Toy Reanimator
Toy Reanimator (2002)

as Mr Iwai

Shangri-La
Shangri-La (2002)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ookura Nagashima

Suicide Club
Suicide Club (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Detective Murata

The City of Lost Souls
The City of Lost Souls (2000)
GoodWatch score 47

as Okijima Gang Member

1990s

26 titles · average score 64
Kikujiro
Kikujiro (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

as Crazy Man

Gemini
Gemini (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

as Kakubê

Pornostar
Pornostar (1998)
GoodWatch score 65

as Yakuza Boss

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1
Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1 (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

as Tenkai

Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye (1997)
GoodWatch score 42

as Umehara

Postman Blues
Postman Blues (1997)
GoodWatch score 79

as Boss of Minato Gang

Dangan Runner
Dangan Runner (1996)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kibo Boss

The Trap
The Trap (1996)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lt. Nakayama

The Files of the Young Kindaichi
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)

TV show · as Goryu Tachibana

The Room
The Room (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

as The Hitman

Yumeji
Yumeji (1991)
GoodWatch score 72

as Criminal

Ready to Shoot
Ready to Shoot (1990)

as Sakurada

1980s

7 titles · average score 69
Knockout
Knockout (1989)

as Daisuke Kamoi

Circus Boys
Circus Boys (1989)

as Tattoo Master

幸福な市民~勤勉とは? ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇
幸福な市民~勤勉とは? ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇 (1989)

as Mikio Yamashita

Sexual Beast Sacrifice
Sexual Beast Sacrifice (1984)

Director

Mitsugetsu
Mitsugetsu (1984)

as Brokerage Firm President

The Dropout
The Dropout (1982)

as Painter

Kagero-za
Kagero-za (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

as Homeless

1970s

1 title
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Evil Spirits in the Darkness (1971)

as Hirose Kinzō

1960s

2 titles · average score 61
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
GoodWatch score 61

as Actor

The Pistol That Sprouted Hair
The Pistol That Sprouted Hair (1968)

as Taka