Miki Odagiri

Actor

Born: June 29, 1930
Died: November 28, 2006 (age 76)
From: Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan

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…

Filmography (31)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' (2002)
Self
Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
Shiosai (1971)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor (1963)
Boku chin hōrō-ki (1962)
The Last Trump Card (1960)
Toyo
When a Woman Loves (1960)
Ohana
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958)
Stakeout (1958)
Nikoyon monogatari (1956)
Pure Emotions of the Sea (1956)
Yumiko
The Motherless
The Motherless (1955)
Miyoko
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Duel at Sundown (1955)
Okatsu
Burden of Love (1955)
Teru
Striving to Live (1955)
Policeman's Diary (1955)
Momoyo
The Moon Has Risen (1955)
Fumiya
お月様には悪いけど (1954)
芸妓小きん
Women's House (1954)
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
Student Double Suicide (1954)
The Street Without Sun (1954)
Fusa-chan
A Certain Woman (1954)
Tsuya
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten (1953)
The Wild Geese (1953)
Oume
Zoku jūdai no seiten (1953)
Misae Numakura
Jūdai no seiten (1953)
Tower of Lilies (1953)
Ikiru (1952)
Toyo