# Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro (麿 赤児, Maro Akaji, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese butoh performer, theater director and film actor.

## Early life

In 1943, Maro was born in Sakurai, Nara, Japan.

## Career

In 1972, Maro founded the Dairakudakan Temputenshiki (大駱駝艦・天賦典式, The Great Camel Battleship), a large-scale butoh company which has gained an enduring international reputation.
Maro's film career began in 1980. As an actor, he has appeared in over 42 films.

## Personal life

Maro's sons are film director Tatsushi Ōmori, a film director, and Nao Ōmori, an actor.

## Filmography
### Film

* Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands (1967)
* Ke no haeta kenjû (1968) as Taka
* Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
* Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971) as Kinzo
* Kuroki Taro no ai to bôken (1977)
* Zigeunerweisen (1980)
* Kagero-za (1981) as Homeless
* Burst City (1982)
* Yaju-deka (1982) as Painter
* Mitsugetsu (1984)
* Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) as Nanzame
* Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon (1989) as Tattoo Master
* Dotsuitarunen (1989) as Daisuke Kamoi
* Ware ni utsu yoi ari (1990) as Sakurada
* Yumeji (1991)
* Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1993) as Lt. Nakayama
* Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru (1993) as Senba
* Heya (1993)
* Shishioh-tachi no saigo (1993) as Sakurai
* Kowagaru hitobito (1994) as Man of dry river bed
* Aozora ni ichiban chikai basho (1994)
* Yamato Takeru (1994)
* Heisei musekinin-ikka: Tokyo de luxe (1995) as Kanji, Nobuko's father
* Harukana jidai no kaidan o (1995) as Detective
* Gogo no Yuigon-jo (1995)
* That's Cunning! Shijo saidai no sakusen (1996)
* Dangan Runner (1996)
* Wana (1996) as Detective
* Moonlight Serenade (1997)
* Kizu darake no tenshi (1997) as Owner of the firm
* Postman Blues (1997) as Boss of Minato gang
* Cat's Eye (1997)
* Lie lie Lie (1997) as Den
* Pieta (1997) as Cop
* Anrakkî monkî (1998) as Hobo
* Shinsei toire no Hanako-san (1998)
* Kunoichi ninpô-chô: Yagyû gaiden (1998) as Tenkai
* Pornostar (1998) as Yakuza Boss
* Gedo (1998) as Kuwata
* Shin karajishi kabushiki kaisha (1999)
* Kikujiro (1999) as Crazy Man
* Tenshi ni misuterareta yoru (1999) as Aota
* Gemini (1999) as Kakubê
* The City of Lost Souls (2000)
* Swing Man (2000) as Oda
* Kamen gakuen (2001) as Daimon
* Monday (2000)
* Utsushimi (2000) as Himself
* Suicide Club (2001) as Detective Murata
* Gin no otoko (2001, part 1, 2)
* KT (2002) as Susumu Kawahara
* Shangri-La (2002) as Ookura Nagashima
* Drive (2002) as Lord Kobari, ghost warrior
* Jam Films (2002) (segment "Pandora - Hong Kong Leg")
* Gangu shuriya (2002) as Mr. Iwai
* Makai Tensho (2003) as Ieyasu Tokugawa
* 9 Souls (2003) as Owner of Candy Shop
* Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) as Boss Ozawah
* Akame shijuya taki shinju misui (2003)
* Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) as Boss Ozawah
* Wairudo furawazu (2004)
* The Reason (2004) as A-san
* Yume no naka e (2005)
* The Whispering of the Gods (2005) as Shopkeeper
* Damejin (2006)
* Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007)
* Hadaka no natsu (2008)
* Shôrin shôjo (2008) as Rin's Master
* Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu (2008)
* Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2008) as Heihachi Edajima
* Futoko (2009)
* Mogera wogura (2009)
* Kazura (2010)
* Meon (2010)
* Ichimai no hagaki (2010) as Monk
* Yakuza Weapon (2011)
* Tada's Do-It-All House (2011) as Oka
* Hanezu (2011) as Yo-chan archeologist
* Gokudô meshi (2011)
* Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume (2011)
* Kôun no tsubo (2012) as Yonosuke
* SPEC: Ten (2012) as Akira Nitanai
* TAP: Kanzennaru shiiku (2013)
* A no dentou (2014)
* Zipang Punk (2014) as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
* Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku (2014)
* Kakekomi (2015) as Seisetsu
* The Emperor in August (2015) as Hisanori Fujita
* The Projects (2016) as Gondo
* Nekonin (2017) as Katsuragi
* Sekigahara (2017) as Shimazu Yoshihiro
* Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project (2018) as On (segment "Kuu")
* Turquoise no Sora no Shita de (2018)
* Fly Me to the Saitama (2019) as Sojuro Saionji
* Birdsong (2019) as Akira
* Ghost Master (2019)
* Katsu Fūtarō!! (2019)
* Hell Girl (2019) as Wanyūdō
* Dreams on Fire (2021)
* Under the Turquoise Sky (2021)
* Daughter of Lupin the Movie (2021)
* Tombi: Father and Son (2022)
* Ox-Head Village (2022)
* Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)
* Old School (2022)
* We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023)
* Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023) as Ogata
* A Day Begins (2024)
* We Are Aliens (2024)
* Kaiju Guy! (2025)
* Or Utopia (2025)

### Television

* Kindaichi Case Files (1996)
* Psychometrer Eiji (1997)
* Aoi (2000) as Shimazu Yoshihiro
* Yasashii Jikan (2005)
* GARO (2006)
* Yamada Tarō Monogatari (2007)
* Atsuhime (2008)
* Gunshi Kanbei (2014) as Enman
* Smoking (2018) as Sunaji
* Manpuku (2018)
* Daughter of Lupin (2019–20)
* Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023) as Tasuku Enishi