Masako Motai

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.

  • Title: Masako Motai
  • Popularity: 4.945
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1952-10-17
  • Place of Birth: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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Masako Motai Movies

  • 2006
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    Kamome Diner

    Kamome Diner

    7.3 2006 HD

    On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her...

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  • 2007
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    Glasses

    Glasses

    7 2007 HD

    An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.

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  • 1999
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    Gemini

    Gemini

    6.6 1999 HD

    When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

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  • 1999
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    The Exam

    The Exam

    1 1999 HD

    Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes...

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

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

    1 1990 HD

    1990 Original Video

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  • 2010
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    Toilet

    Toilet

    5.8 2010 HD

    A 30-something Gundam fan and engineer is forced to live with his recluse brother Maury and younger sister Lisa to take care of their Japanese...

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  • 1987
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    Space Girl Morumo 1/10

    Space Girl Morumo 1/10

    1 1987 HD

    Fuji Television film based on the manga of the same name by Hiroshi Aro.

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  • 2012
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    Akko's Secret

    Akko's Secret

    5.9 2012 HD

    Young Atsuko Kagami comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her transform into anything she wishes. Atsuko Kagami then attempts to save a...

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  • 2006
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    Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel

    Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel

    4.5 2006 HD

    Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the...

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  • 2009
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    Pool

    Pool

    5.4 2009 HD

    A story of 6 days with 5 people gathered around a small sparkling pool at Chiang Mai in Thailand. 4 years ago, Kyoko started to live in Thailand and...

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  • 2010
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    Mother Water

    Mother Water

    6 2010 HD

    Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of...

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  • 2007
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    I Just Didn't Do It

    I Just Didn't Do It

    7.324 2007 HD

    A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all...

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  • 1989
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    Beijing Watermelon

    Beijing Watermelon

    6.3 1989 HD

    Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change...

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  • 1992
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    Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

    Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

    2 1992 HD

    A comedy about a young woman who has terminal cancer.

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  • 1999
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    Round About Midnight

    Round About Midnight

    6.8 1999 HD

    Koji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being...

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  • 2002
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    The Choice of Hercules

    The Choice of Hercules

    8 2002 HD

    When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of...

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  • 2012
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    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

    6.7 2012 HD

    The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is...

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  • 2015
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    Teacher and Stray Cat

    Teacher and Stray Cat

    6.4 2015 HD

    Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not only...

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  • 2016
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    The Mohican Comes Home

    The Mohican Comes Home

    6.1 2016 HD

    Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo. He tried to find success with his music band, but failed. Several years later, Eikichi goes home to...

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  • 2004
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    Yoshino's Barber Shop

    Yoshino's Barber Shop

    7.9 2004 HD

    In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day,...

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  • 1993
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    Many Happy Returns

    Many Happy Returns

    6.8 1993 HD

    Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of...

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  • 1989
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    Four Days of Snow and Blood

    Four Days of Snow and Blood

    6.9 1989 HD

    Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several...

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  • 2005
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    Love Is Five Seven Five

    Love Is Five Seven Five

    7.5 2005 HD

    A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.

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  • 2015
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    Mountain Days with Tom

    Mountain Days with Tom

    7 2015 HD

    Hana, Toki and Toki’s daughter Toshi begin to live in the countryside. Hana’s nephew Akira, who just graduated from middle school, also...

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  • 2005
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    Always - Sunset on Third Street

    Always - Sunset on Third Street

    7.4 2005 HD

    Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer...

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  • 2007
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    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

    6.8 2007 HD

    Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with...

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  • 2010
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    BECK

    BECK

    6.432 2010 HD

    Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy....

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  • 1995
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    Last Friends

    Last Friends

    5 1995 HD

    Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to...

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  • 2017
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    Hello, Goodbye

    Hello, Goodbye

    7 2017 HD

    Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to...

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  • 2011
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    Tokyo Oasis

    Tokyo Oasis

    6.1 2011 HD

    In Tokyo, actress Touko leaves the filming set of her latest project and comes across three people by random chance: she gives a ride to a man named...

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  • 2008
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    Nekonade

    Nekonade

    7.5 2008 HD

    The highly disciplined human resources manager Taro Onizuka starts to heal and change as he raises the kitten he found in a park.

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  • 2017
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    8.157 2017 HD

    Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet. They even begin to live together in Karuizawa during the...

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  • 2008
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    One-Pound Gospel

    One-Pound Gospel

    6.8 2008 HD

    Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no...

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  • 1993
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    Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten

    Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1991
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    NonNonBa

    NonNonBa

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2003
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    Beginner

    Beginner

    6.5 2003 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Golden Piggy

    The Golden Piggy

    9 2010 HD

    Shinko (Ryoko Shinohara) is an accounting auditor who chases after tax evaders and embezzlers that hard working citizens needlessly pay for. Shinko...

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  • 1993
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    Karin

    Karin

    1 1993 HD

    A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they...

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  • 2005
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    Fukigen na Gene

    Fukigen na Gene

    1 2005 HD

    Yoshiko Aoi is a budding researcher in ethology, the study of animal behavior. "Men=male" are born unfaithful. But through her studies, Yoshiko...

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  • 1998
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    Shining Brightly

    Shining Brightly

    5 1998 HD

    The job of a medical jurisprudence involves a lot of complicated crimes such as murder and accidents. Hikaru (Fukatsu Eri) is a graduate of a medical...

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  • 2013
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    Bread and Soup and Cat Weather

    Bread and Soup and Cat Weather

    6.2 2013 HD

    Akiko lives with her mother, but suddenly her mother passes away. Since then she quits her editing job and takes over her mother's small restaurant....

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  • 2007
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    Haken no Hinkaku

    Haken no Hinkaku

    7.2 2007 HD

    Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has...

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  • 2021
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    Pension Metsä

    Pension Metsä

    6 2021 HD

    Tenko runs a pension alone. The pension is located in a forest in Nagano, that is full of the Japanese larch tree. She interacts with her guests, who...

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