Hideji Ōtaki

was a Japanese actor. He served as President of the Mingei Theatre Company.

Career After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television work from the 1970s, but he also appeared in many films, especially those of Juzo Itami.

Selected filmography

Films Children of Hiroshima (1952) Dobu (1954) Black Sun (1964) A Chain of Islands (1965) A Man′s World (1971) Lake of Dracula (1971) Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974) The Homeless (1974) Brother and Sister (1976) Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare (1976) Fumō Chitai (1976) Queen Bee (1978) Hi no Tori (1978) Nichiren (1979) Kagemusha (1980), Yamagata Masakage Dotonbori River (1982) The Go Masters (1983) The Funeral (1984) Tampopo (1985) Lost in the Wilderness (1986) Tokyo Blackout (1987) Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) Umi e, See You (1988) Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990) Childhood Days (1990) Minbo (1992) Spy Sorge (2003) Casshern (2004) Memories of Tomorrow (2006) The Inugami (2006) Dearest (2012)

Television Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) Mito Kōmon (1973) Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) (ep1 Guest) Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun (1975) Tokusō Saizensen (1977-87) Shiroi Kyotō (1978) Kita no Kuni kara (1981–1992) - Seikichi Kitamura Dokuganryū Masamune (1987), Kosai Sōitsu Hoshi no Kinka (1995), Shirō Morioka Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995), Tokugawa Mitsusada Mōri Motonari (1997), Hanshū Sakura (2002), James Takero Matsushita

Honours Medal with Purple Ribbon (1988) Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1995) Person of Cultural Merit (2011)