Masumi Okada
Acting
Biography
Masumi Okada (岡田眞澄, Okada Masumi, September 22, 1935 – May 29, 2006) was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the "Mermaid of Copenhagen" and wife of the statue's sculptor, Edvard Eriksen. Masumi Okada was the younger of two sons; his older brother, Taibi "Erick" Okada, was also an actor and presenter—known professionally as E. H. Eric, he was the emcee for the Beatles' 1966 concert in Tokyo.
Born: September 22, 1935
Place of Birth: Nice, France
Known For
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.
Daring Girls
Two sisters involved in rival underworld sex trade factions compete against each other in this tale of elaborate sex antics, Yakuza crime, and bloody revenge.
San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku
A program that uses a script written by Koki Mitani and is produced by a different cast and crew each time. As the narration at the beginning of the show says: "If you think you can create the same work with the same script, you don't know drama". This is a drama that clearly shows how the atmosphere of a work changes depending on the direction, making it ideal for those who aspire to become directors.
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcome Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joe's habits and ends up making Joe's corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joe's love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.
Shōgun
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
Trick
Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. After being fired once again, her boss shows her an ad of a physics professor, a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she comes to meet Professor Ueda. Falling prey to her simple magic tricks, Ueda is impressed, and enlists Naoko to help him uncover the tricks behind a local cult. Their hilarious antics, along with those of police officer Yabe, leads them onto further mysteries, all with tricks needing to be solved in sort of an "X-Files" meets "Scooby-Doo"...
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
cf Girl
The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima.
Passport to Darkness
A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer in this dark and beautiful noir from master Seijun Suzuki.
Filmography
as Nogiwa
as Chief of the Palace
as Kichinosuke Konuma
as Yamada's father
as Head Manager
as Professor
as Junji Kazamatsuri
as Junji Kazamatsuri
as Lt. Wadakura
as Russian Actor
as Ehara
as Mr. Yamanouchi
as Ozaki
as Hattori
as Dr. Mohammed Mansur
as Jose Mendosa
as Brother Michael
as Takahito Mori
as Shinkichi Mie
as Keiko Tadokoro
as Ti Wai
as Dr. Jules Masson
as Father / Boss
as The Johnnys' manager
as Shuhei Yuki
as Mariusu
as Henry Heusken
as Michiya Fujimura
as Rosuki
as McLane
as Kunio Iwakami
as Kazu Tomita
as Taabô
as Morihiko Shirafuji
as Goro Matsumura
as Shinsuke, Miyako's brother
as Billy
as 小出英夫
as Tetsuo Izumi
as Tachibana's Old Friend D
as Frank
as Mineo Akaishi
as Moon Prince