Minoru Ōki

Biography

Minoru Ōki was a Japanese actor born on December 16, 1927, who began his career as a shooting assistant at Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio at age 16. He made his film debut in 1951 and went on to appear in notable roles such as Minokichi Shimotaki in "Kogarashi Monjirô: Kakawari gozansen" (1972) and Master of Death in "Shogun Assassin" (1980). Ōki won the best actor award at the Three Continents Film Festival in 2000 for his role in Not Forgotten. He passed away on March 30, 2009, due to pancreatic cancer.