Masako Motai
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
Kamome Diner
as Masako
2006
Glasses
as Sakura
2007
Gemini
as Shige
1999
The Exam
1999
After All, I Love Cats the Three Onda Sisters’ Great Kyoto Troubles
as Kayano Onda
1990
Toilet
as Bachan
2010
Space Girl Morumo 1/10
1987
Akko's Secret
as Tsuruko Oba
2012
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
as Granny Yoshikawa
2006
Mother Water
as Makoto
2010
Pool
as Kikuko
2009
I Just Didn't Do It
as Toyoko Kaneko
2007
Beijing Watermelon
as Michi Horikoshi
1989
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Round About Midnight
as Shopkeeper
1999
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
as Kin Ota
2012
Teacher and Stray Cat
as Yayoi Morii
2015
The Mohican Comes Home
as Haruko Tamura
2016
Yoshino's Barber Shop
as Yoshiko
2004
TV Appearances
Quartet
as Kyoko Maki
2017
One-Pound Gospel
as Reverend Mother
2008
Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten
as 谷口ヨシ
1993
NonNonBa
1991
Beginner
as Hiroko Sawaguchi（沢口 裕子）
2003
The Golden Piggy
as Tsueko Tsutsumi
2010
Karin
as 池田（黒田）文江
1993
Fukigen na Gene
2005
Shining Brightly
1998
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
as Mama
2013
The Pride of the Temp
as 橋立 くに子
2007
Pension Metsä
as Forest person
2021