
Masako Motai
Known for Acting · 48 credits
- Born
- 1952-10-17 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Born in Shibuya, Tokyo. A Japanese actress joined in Shasha Co.. Started acting in around 1972, created an acting band called Gekidan Sanjyumaru with Eri Watanabe in 1979. At the time she was directing, yet she began to act later on. In 1984, she played a role of a teacher in a TV drama called "Takeshi's Gakumon no Susume". In 1985, she started appearing in many TV dramas and shows such as "OH! Takeshi" and "Haru no Hato" etc.
Known For
TV Shows (12)

The Pride of the Temp
2007
as 橋立 くに子

Quartet
2017
as Kyoko Maki

One-Pound Gospel
2008
as Reverend Mother

Shining Brightly
1998

Karin
1993
as 池田(黒田)文江

Fukigen na Gene
2005

The Golden Piggy
2010
as Tsueko Tsutsumi

Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
2013
as Mama

Beginner
2003
as Hiroko Sawaguchi(沢口 裕子)

Pension Metsä
2021
as Forest person

Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten
1993
as 谷口ヨシ

NonNonBa
1991
Movies (36)

Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005
as Kin Ota

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
as Kin Ohta

I Just Didn't Do It
2007
as Toyoko Kaneko

Hello, Goodbye
2017
as Etsuko Kobayashi

Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Saku Akimoto

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
as Kin Ota

Round About Midnight
1999
as Shopkeeper

BECK
2010

Kamome Diner
2006
as Masako

Love Is Five Seven Five
2005
as President

Last Friends
1995

Beijing Watermelon
1989
as Michi Horikoshi

Gemini
1999
as Shige

Mother Water
2010
as Makoto

The Exam
1999

The Mohican Comes Home
2016
as Haruko Tamura

Many Happy Returns
1993
as Masako

Teacher and Stray Cat
2015
as Yayoi Morii

Glasses
2007
as Sakura

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
2006
as Granny Yoshikawa

The Choice of Hercules
2002

Yoshino's Barber Shop
2004
as Yoshiko

Toilet
2010
as Bachan

Akko's Secret
2012
as Tsuruko Oba

Nekonade
2008
as Makoto Koike

Tokyo Oasis
2011
as Customer at Cinema

Pool
2009
as Kikuko

Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
as Ichijo

Mountain Days with Tom
2015

Yume Camera 2
1987

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992

Space Girl Morumo 1/10
1987

À la carte Company
1987

After All, I Love Cats the Three Onda Sisters’ Great Kyoto Troubles
1990
as Kayano Onda

Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
1997
Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
1988
as Hisako Yamamoto
About Masako Motai
Born in Shibuya, Tokyo. A Japanese actress joined in Shasha Co.. Started acting in around 1972, created an acting band called Gekidan Sanjyumaru with Eri Watanabe in 1979. At the time she was directing, yet she began to act later on. In 1984, she played a role of a teacher in a TV drama called "Takeshi's Gakumon no Susume". In 1985, she started appearing in many TV dramas and shows such as "OH! Takeshi" and "Haru no Hato" etc. With 48 credits spanning from 1987 to 2021, Masako Motai has appeared in 36 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Masako Motai Movies
- Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005) — as Kin Ota
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) — as Kin Ohta
- I Just Didn't Do It (2007) — as Toyoko Kaneko
- Hello, Goodbye (2017) — as Etsuko Kobayashi
- Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) — as Saku Akimoto
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