Masao Oda
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 7, 1908
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.
I Want to Be a Shellfish
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.
Happiness of Us Alone
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
Frankie the Milkman
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a distant relative of his runs, he encounters the most strangest of clientele.
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an armistice. When they get there, peace has been declared, but the sub's crew don't know as their radio has failed. They send their passengers ashore and go out to face a final battle...
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
The Twilight Story
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
The Ballad of Narayama
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
Filmography
as Tadasuke
as Detective Koshiki
as Kichin Innkeeper
as Heikichi Saimura
as Kan
as First Executor at Tax Office
as Watanabe
as Cheap hotel's owner
as Sajibei
as Fumiko's father
as Inui
as Imoya's Old Man
as Yasuko's Father
as Kichibei
as Niuemon
as Kozo Sugiyama
as Yūsaku Sugiyama (Shinji’s Father)
as Yoshizo Yashiro
as Takeuchi
as Hasegawa Lawyer
as Umekichi, Kazuko’s Husband
as Minoru's father
as Father
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
as Osaka Yozaburo
as Zenpachi
as Stationmaster
as Tax Collector 2
as Ikushima's father (uncredited)
as Zen-san
as Art Dealer Iwai