Miki Odagiri
Birthday
1930/06/29
Day of death
2006/11/28 (76 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
富士山君子
Biography
Miki Odagiri (小田切美喜) was known primarily for her important and timeless role as the upbeat office girl in Akira Kurosawa's classic Ikiru opposite Takashi Shimura, whose character is dying of cancer, and Miki, as Toyo Odagiri, inspires him to live... just by being herself: bubbly, spontaneous, and optimistic. Her character is also filled with blunt sarcasm that was extremely rare in movies of the early-1950's. Perhaps Miki and Takashi's most memorable scene is when she's telling him the nicknames...Read more
Acting
(1952) Ikiru
as Toyo
(1955) Striving to Live
as ---
(1953) Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Misae Numakura
(1971) Shiosai
as ---
(1953) The Wild Geese
as Oume
(1959) When a Woman Loves
as Ohana
(1962) Boku chin hōrō-ki
as ---
(1987) Shinran: Path to Purity
as ---
(1938) Pastoral Symphony
as ---
(1953) Jūdai no seiten
as ---
(1954) A Certain Woman
as Tsuya
(1955) Policeman's Diary
as Momoyo
(1955) The Motherless
as Miyoko
(1958) Stakeout
as ---
(1955) The Moon Has Risen
as Fumiya
(1963) To Your Majesty, The Emperor
as ---
(1956) Pure Emotions of the Sea
as Yumiko
(1954) The Street Without Sun
as Fusa-chan
(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
as Self
(1953) Tower of Lilies
as ---
(1955) Duel at Sundown
as Okatsu
(1955) Burden of Love
as Teru
(1956) Nikoyon monogatari
as ---
(1953) 続々十代の性典
as ---
(1955) Policeman's Diary, Part 2
as ---
(1954) Women's House
as ---
(1954) Student Double Suicide
as ---