Portrait of Masako Motai

Acting

Masako Motai

Career

Active from 1989 to 2017, busiest in 2007 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gemini
Gemini
GoodWatch score84/100

Characters

1

The characters Masako Motai played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masako Motai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.4, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6
  • Tension
    4.3, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Gentle Humor 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Nostalgic Drama 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Community Spirit 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Pension Metsä
Pension Metsä (2021)

TV show · as Forest person

2010s

11 titles · average score 65
Quartet
Quartet (2017)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Kyoko Maki

Hello, Goodbye
Hello, Goodbye (2017)

as Etsuko Kobayashi

The Mohican Comes Home
The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
GoodWatch score 61

as Haruko Tamura

Teacher and Stray Cat
Teacher and Stray Cat (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

as Yayoi Morii

Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather (2013)

TV show · as Mama

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kin Ota

Akko's Secret
Akko's Secret (2012)
GoodWatch score 59

as Tsuruko Oba

Tokyo Oasis
Tokyo Oasis (2011)

as Customer at Cinema

Toilet
Toilet (2010)
GoodWatch score 56

as Bachan

Mother Water
Mother Water (2010)

as Makoto

The Golden Piggy
The Golden Piggy (2010)

TV show · as Tsueko Tsutsumi

2000s

14 titles · average score 72
Pool
Pool (2009)

as Kikuko

Nekonade
Nekonade (2008)

as Makoto Koike

One-Pound Gospel
One-Pound Gospel (2008)

TV show · as Reverend Mother

I Just Didn't Do It
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
GoodWatch score 78

as Toyoko Kaneko

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
GoodWatch score 72

as Kin Ohta

Glasses
Glasses (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sakura

The Pride of the Temp
The Pride of the Temp (2007)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as 橋立 くに子

Kamome Diner
Kamome Diner (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

as Masako

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel (2006)

as Granny Yoshikawa

Always - Sunset on Third Street
Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kin Ota

Fukigen na Gene
Fukigen na Gene (2005)

TV show

Yoshino's Barber Shop
Yoshino's Barber Shop (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

as Yoshiko

1990s

9 titles · average score 73
Gemini
Gemini (1999)
GoodWatch score 84

as Shige

Round About Midnight
Round About Midnight (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

as Shopkeeper

Jubaku: Spellbound
Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ichijo

Shining Brightly
Shining Brightly (1998)

TV show

Many Happy Returns
Many Happy Returns (1993)

as Masako

Karin
Karin (1993)

TV show · as 池田(黒田)文江

Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten
Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten (1993)

TV show · as 谷口ヨシ

NonNonBa
NonNonBa (1991)

TV show

After All, I Love Cats the Three Onda Sisters’ Great Kyoto Troubles
After All, I Love Cats the Three Onda Sisters’ Great Kyoto Troubles (1990)

as Kayano Onda

1980s

3 titles · average score 71
Beijing Watermelon
Beijing Watermelon (1989)
GoodWatch score 74

as Michi Horikoshi

Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

as Saku Akimoto

Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past (1988)

as Hisako Yamamoto