was a Japanese actor. His notable film appearances were Lone Wolf and Cub films, Stakeout, and Not Forgotten.
Ōki started working as a shooting assistant at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio at the age of 16. In 1951, he made his film debut with Aa Seishun at Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure's recommendation. In the same year, he officially signed his contract with Shochiku film company and became an actor. In 1963, he left Shochiku and transferred to Toei. In Toei, he mainly appeared in yakuza films.
In 2000, he won the best actor award at the Three Continents Film Festival for his role in Not Forgotten. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.
Selected filmography Films
The Inposter (1952) Somewhere Beneath The Sky (1954) Lady and Rowdies (1955) I Will Buy You Anata Kaimasu (1956) as Goro Kurita The Gion Tempest (1958) Stakeout (1958) The Guitarist and the Rancher (1960) Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) as Toda Fukurō no Shiro (1963) as Gohei Tokyo-Hong Kong, Gangsters (1964) The Great Duel (1964) Kunoichi ninpō (1964) as Hayato Kaze no Bushi (1964) Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon (1966) as Kitazawa Ninpō-chūshingura (1966) as Ōishi Kuranosuke The Chivalrous Life (1967) as Koike The Valiant Red Peony (1968) as Gōzō Kakui Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) Yakuza's Law: Yakuza Keibatsushi: Rinchi (1969) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) as Yagyū Retsudō Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) as Yagyū Retsudō The Originator of Kamikaze (1974) Gokuaku Kenpō (1974) as Kuroda Fossilized Wilderness (1982) Not Forgotten a.k.a. Wasurerarenu Hitobito (2000) Gokudō no Tsumatachi Jōen (2005)
Television Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973–74) (ep.12, 25 and 26) Ronin of the Wilderness (1974) (2nd season ep.1) Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyō (1975) (ep.11) as Saheiji Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (1977) (ep.12 and 28) The Unfettered Shogun (1978) (ep.35) as Sagimiya Rihei The Yagyu Conspiracy (1979) (ep.25) as Araki Mataemon Hissatsu Shigotonin (1980) (ep.65) as Deikichi Sanga Moyu (1984) as Imoto Torazō Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Maeda Toshiie Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1988) (ep.18) as Matsudaira Morichika Onihei Hankachō (1997) (4th season ep.4) as Sōhachi Hōjō Tlokimune (2000) as Saionji Saneuji
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