Joe Odagiri
- Acting
- February 16, 1976 · Okayama, Japan
Biography
Jō Odagiri (小田切 譲 Odagiri Jō, born February 16, 1976), better known by his stage name Joe Odagiri (オダギリ ジョー Odagiri Jō), is a Japanese actor and musician. South China Morning Post described him as "a rebel, something made evident by his grungy, gothic style" Odagiri Joe was born in Tsuyama, Okayama prefecture, a small town in central Japan renowned for its beautiful cherry blossoms in the spring. Though he was accepted by Kochi University, he turned it down for an opportunity to study in the United States. He had originally intended to study movie directing at California State University in Fresno, but mistakes in the application process landed him in acting classes. It may have been a blessing in disguise, for two years after studying in Fresno and later starring in a few stage performances in Japan, Odagiri would find himself catapulted to fame in his role in the Kamen Rider series, playing the central character of Kamen Rider Kuuga, Yusuke Godai. He became the predecessor of the "Ikemen Hero" craze (literally, "good-looking actors playing hero roles in popular TV series"). Since then, Odagiri has appeared in many movies and dramas. He won the Best New Actor Award at the 2003 Japan Academy Awards for his role as the uniquely bisexual nemesis in the film "Azumi", and in the following year, was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award for his electrifying performance in internationally acclaimed director Kitano Takeshi's 2004 film, "Blood and Bones". Odagiri's creative acting skills and strong presence in films have secured him a place in stardom. He is slated to appear in numerous more films in 2005, including "Maison de Himiko", where he portrays a homosexual man in a relationship with the protagonist (played by Shibasaki Kou's father).
Known for
Filmography
- The Canary's Lullaby · Executive producer
- Satoko Always · Muramoto Kengo
- THE ONE SHOT · Self
- The Samurai and the Prisoner · Koori Juemon
- BREAK SHOT
- Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! · Master
- Bring Him Down to a Portable Size · Riko's brother
- Gosh!! · Director, Screenplay
- On Summer Sand · Osamu Koura, Co-producer
- mopim
- Super Kuuga Exhibition EXTRA EPISODE Revisited · Yusuke Godai / Kamen Rider Kuuga (archived footage)
- The Solitary Gourmet · Shop Owner
- 90 Years Old – So What? · Repairman
- THE TRUTH
- FRONTIERS · Narrator
- Sell My Hand · Okuwa Kitaro, Producer
- The Moon · Shohei Dojima
- Yoko · Akimasa Kudo
- Atom's Last Shot · Akihiko Okitsu
- All Because of Me
- What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? · Ryo 'Blues' Aoshima
- Shigure's Choice
- Saturday Fiction · Furuya Saburo
- Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses · Oliver(オリバー), Director
- The Asian Angel · Toru Aoki
- Namonaihi: A Day with No Name
- Creator's File: GOLD
- A Madder Red · Yoichi Tanaka
- My Dear Exes
- We Made a Beautiful Bouquet · Kohei Kaji
- A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
- Aging Police / Resurrection Special
- They Say Nothing Stays the Same · Director, Screenplay
- Room Laundering · Ikazuchi Gorou
- Human, Space, Time and Human · Eve's Boyfriend
- Modest Heroes · Invisible Man (Voice)
- Eerie: Invisible Face · Seiji Hirokawa
- We Are Rockets! · Taro Urushido
- Room Laundering · Goro Ikazuzi
- The White Girl · Sakamoto
- Pumpkin and Mayonnaise · Hagio
- Ernesto · Freddy Maemura Hurtado
- Midnight Diner 2 · Kogure
- Her Love Boils Bathwater · Kazuhiro Kono
- Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories · Kogure
- Over the Fence · Yoshio Shiraiwa
- Sleepeeer Hit! · Kei Iokibe
- Foujita · Foujita
- Candy House · Sakurai Taro
- Gassoh · Tokunoshin Mori
- S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future · Keigo Masaki
- Keisei Saimin no Otoko · Korekiyo Takahashi
- To Give a Dream · Murano
- Present for You
- Midnight Diner · Kogure
- The World Heritage
- The World of Kanako · Detective Aikawa
- Himokawa Rhapsody
- Airport 2013
- Wednesday Downtown · Panel member
- River's Edge Investigative Agency Okawabata · Muraki
- Villiany Ganbo · Tamotsu Ijyuin
- The Thorns of Alice · Yusuke Nishimon
- S -The Last Policeman · Keigo Masaki
- The Human Trust · Eiji Kugenuma
- Mr. Go · Ito Hiroshi
- Real · Sawano
- The Great Passage · Masashi Nishioka
- Gozen 3-ji no muhou chitai · Tagaya
- Yae's Sakura · Joseph Hardy Neesima
- Family Song · Seigi Hayakawa
- I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -
- My Way · Tatsuo Hasegawa
- Poongsan · North Korean Solider
- I Wish · Kenji Kinami
- A School Behind Bars · Junpei Ishikawa
- Atami's Police Investigators · Kenzo Hoshizaki
- SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
- Midnight Diner · Kogure, Katagiri
- The Warrior and the Wolf · Lu Shenkang