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Name Joe Odagiri
Japanese: オダギリジョ
Birthdate: February 16, 1976
Birthplace: Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Height: 176cm
Blood Type: O

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Joe Odagiri was born on February 16, 1976 in Okayam Prefecture. Joe studied acting in the United States and Japan and made his debut in "Dream of Passion" in 1999. His major motion picture roles so far have been in "Platonic Sex" (2001, directed by Masako Matsuura), the lead in "Bright Future" (2003, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa) which was presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, "Azumi" (2003, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura) for which he won the Japan Academy Prize for Rookie of Year as well as the Elan D'Or Newcomer Award, "Out of this World" (2004, directed by Junji Sakamoto) for which he won the Yujiro Ishihara New Face Award of the Nikkan Sports Film Awards, the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Supporting Actor Award as well as the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor, "Chi to hone" (2004, directed by Yoichi Sai) and "Pacchigi!" (2005, directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu) among others. For "Chi to hone" he received the Kinema Junpo Best Supporting Actor Award, the Best Supporting Actor Award of the Tokyo Sports Movie Awards as well as the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor Award. On stage, he has starred in "Slapsticks" (2003, directed by Keralino Sandorovich). His upcoming performances include "In the Pool" (directed by Satoshi Miki), "Scrap Heaven" (directed by Lee Sang-il), "Maison de Himiko" (directed by Isshin Inudo) and "Shinobi" (directed by Ten Shimoyama) among others.

Joe Odagiri married Yu Kashii on February 2, 2008.

Actor

Movies

Air Doll (2009) - cameo
Plastic City (2009)
Looking for Cherry Blossoms (2009)
The Warrior And The Wolf (2008)
Dream (2008)
Then Summer Came | Tamio no shiawase (2008)
Adrift in Tokyo | Tenten (2007)
Sad Vacation (2007)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007) - Boku
The Pavillion Salamandre Pavillion sanshouo (2006) - Hoichi Tobishima
Bugmaster Mushishi (2006) - Ginko
Retribution Sakebi (2006) - Dr. Takagi
Sway Yureru (2006) - Takeru Hayakawa
The Wow-Choten Hotel Uchoten hoteru (2006) (as Joe Odagiri) - Ukon
Big River (2006) - Teppei
Hazard (2005) - Shin
Scrap Heaven (2005) - Tetsu
Shinobi (2005) - Kouga Gen-no-suke (Kouga)
Maison de Himiko Mezon do Himiko (2005) - Haruhiko
Into a Dream Yume no naka e (2005)
Princess Raccoon Operetta tanuki goten (2005) - Amechiyo
In the Pool In za puru (2005) - Tetsuya Taguchi
Black Kiss Shinkuronishiti (2004)
Pacchigi! (2004) - Sakazaki
Blood and Bones Chi to hone (2004) - Takeshi Park
Out of This World Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun (2004) - Shozo Ikeshima
The Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2003) - Himself
Azumi (2003) - Bijomaru Mogami
Bright Future Akarui mirai (2003) - Yuji Nimura
Mokka no koibito (2002)
Platonic Sex Puratonikku sekusu (2001) - Toshimi Iwasaki

TV Dramas

My Sister | Boku no Imoto (TBS / 2009)
Time Limit Investigator, Season 2 | Kaette kita jiko keisatsu (TV Asahi / 2007)
Time Limit Investigator | Jiko keisatsu (TV Asahi / 2006)
Fukigen na jiin (Fuji TV / 2005)
Shinsengumi! (NHK / 2004)
Beginner (Fuji TV / 2003)
Face | Kao (Fuji TV / 2003)
Searching for My Polestar | Tentai Kansoku (Fuji TV / 2002)
Transparent | Satorare (TV Asahi / 2002)
First Time | Hatsu taiken (Fuji TV / 2002)
OL Visual Kei 2 (TV Asahi / 2001)
The Scent of Jealousy | Shitto no Kaori (TV Asahi / 2001)
Kamen Rider Kuuga (TV Asahi / 2000)

TV Movies

Shinsengumi!! Hijikata Toshizo saigo no ichi-nichi (NHK / 2006)
Kaikyo wo Wataru Violin (Fuji TV / 2004)
Song of the Canefields | Satoukibi batake no uta (TBS / 2003)

Director

Looking for Cherry Blossoms (2009)

Video Clip (Joe Odagiri Promo appearance in Korea)

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Awards

Special Mention of the Jury (Adrift in Tokyo) - 2008 (12th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 3rd-21st

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