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Miki Odagiri
Acting
29 Jun 1930
† 28 Nov 2006
Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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...
Also Known As
富士山君子
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Miki Odagiri's Movies
83%
Ikiru
09 Oct 1952
68%
The Moon Has Risen
08 Jan 1955
69%
Stakeout
15 Jan 1958
65%
The Wild Geese
15 Sept 1953
68%
Tower of Lilies
09 Jan 1953
68%
Burden of Love
18 Mar 1955
50%
Shinran: Path to Purity
02 Jun 1987
65%
Policeman's Diary
03 Feb 1955
60%
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
16 Nov 1955
60%
Women's House
23 Nov 1954
0%
Striving to Live
25 Feb 1955
0%
Zoku jūdai no seiten
15 May 1953
0%
Shiosai
24 Sept 1971
0%
When a Woman Loves
03 Jan 1960
0%
Boku chin hōrō-ki
26 Aug 1962
0%
Pastoral Symphony
11 Jun 1938
0%
Jūdai no seiten
05 Feb 1953
0%
A Certain Woman
13 Mar 1954
0%
The Motherless
04 Dec 1955
0%
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
28 Apr 1963