Cast & creator
Masako Motai
Best known for Karin, The Pride of the Temp, Quartet
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.
36
film credits
12
television credits
48
1987–2021 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
Showing 48 of 48 credits
Karin
池田（黒田）文江
1993
The Pride of the Temp
橋立 くに子
2007
Quartet
Kyoko Maki
2017
Shining Brightly
1998
One-Pound Gospel
Reverend Mother
2008
The Golden Piggy
Tsueko Tsutsumi
2010
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
Mama
2013
I Just Didn't Do It
Toyoko Kaneko
2007
Pension Metsä
Forest person
2021
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Kin Ota
2005
Beginner
Hiroko Sawaguchi（沢口 裕子）
2003
Fukigen na Gene
2005
Gemini
Shige
1999
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Saku Akimoto
1989
Kamome Diner
Masako
2006
Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten
谷口ヨシ
1993
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Kin Ota
2012
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Kin Ohta
2007
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Last Friends
1995
Round About Midnight
Shopkeeper
1999
Glasses
Sakura
2007
Beijing Watermelon
Michi Horikoshi
1989
BECK
2010
Mother Water
Makoto
2010
Toilet
Bachan
2010
Jubaku: Spellbound
Ichijo
1999
Teacher and Stray Cat
Yayoi Morii
2015
Akko's Secret
Tsuruko Oba
2012
The Mohican Comes Home
Haruko Tamura
2016
NonNonBa
1991
Yoshino's Barber Shop
Yoshiko
2004
Tokyo Oasis
Customer at Cinema
2011
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
Granny Yoshikawa
2006
Hello, Goodbye
Etsuko Kobayashi
2017
Mountain Days with Tom
2015
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
The Exam
1999
Many Happy Returns
Masako
1993
À la carte Company
1987
Pool
Kikuko
2009
Love Is Five Seven Five
President
2005
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
1997
Nekonade
Makoto Koike
2008
Yume Camera 2
1987Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
Hisako Yamamoto
1988
After All, I Love Cats the Three Onda Sisters’ Great Kyoto Troubles
Kayano Onda
1990