Otabe Michimaro

Name: Otabe Michimaro
Native name: 小田部通麿
Also Known as: 小田部道磨, おたべみちまろ, 釈通麿, ときみちまろ
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: November 24, 1926
Died: August 29, 2004

Otabe Michimaro was a Japanese actor and chief priest born in Yanagawa-cho, Sanmon-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. He was enlisted in the Pacific War at the age of 18. After he was demobilized, he attended Takushoku University, Department of Administrative Affairs, and graduated in 1948.

After the war, he worked as an instructor at the Fukuoka Juvenile Training School. In 1955, when he felt that he was at a dead end in his work at the juvenile training school, he was recommended to become an actor at the Toei Kyoto Studio, where he happened to visit, and joined the Toei Kyoto Studio.

He died at the age of 77 of aplastic anemia.

(Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList) Edit Biography

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
1982	Tachibana: Noboru Seishun Tebikae Japanese Drama, 1982, 23 eps (Ep. 5) (Guest Role)	23	(Ep. 5) Guest Role	0.0
1981	Police Department Murder Division Japanese Drama, 1981, 26 eps (Ep. 18) (Guest Role)	26	(Ep. 18) Guest Role	0.0
1980	Akuto Kari Japanese Drama, 1980, 24 eps (Ep. 6, 12) (Guest Role)	24	(Ep. 6, 12) Guest Role	0.0
1976	Fufu Tabi Nikki: Saraba Ronin Japanese Drama, 1976, 25 eps (Ep. 2) (Guest Role)	25	(Ep. 2) Guest Role	0.0
1975	Mito Komon Season 6 Japanese Drama, 1975, 32 eps (Ep. 8) (Guest Role)	32	(Ep. 8) Guest Role	6.0
1974	Ooka Echizen Season 4 Japanese Drama, 1974, 25 eps (Ep. 8) (Guest Role)	25	(Ep. 8) Guest Role	0.0
1974	Mito Komon Season 5 Japanese Drama, 1974, 26 eps (Ep. 13) (Guest Role)	26	(Ep. 13) Guest Role	10.0
1973	Mito Komon Season 4 Japanese Drama, 1973, 35 eps (Ep. 27) (Guest Role)	35	(Ep. 27) Guest Role	6.0
1972	Futari no Suronin Japanese Drama, 1972, 19 eps Kuroiwa Gunjuro (Ep. 3) (Guest Role)	19	Kuroiwa Gunjuro (Ep. 3) Guest Role	0.0
1970	Ooka Echizen Japanese Drama, 1970, 28 eps Sagamiya Ushimatsu (Ep. 11) \| Yoshizo (Ep. 24) (Guest Role)	28	Sagamiya Ushimatsu (Ep. 11) \| Yoshizo (Ep. 24) Guest Role	2.0
1969	Mito Komon Japanese Drama, 1969, 32 eps Fuyuki Shuzen (Guest Role)	32	Fuyuki Shuzen Guest Role	7.0
1969	Moto Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi Japanese Drama, 1969, 104 eps (Support Role)	104	Support Role	8.0
1968	Kaette Kita Yojinbo Japanese Drama, 1968, 36 eps Senzo (Support Role)	36	Senzo Support Role	0.0
1968	Matteita Yojinbo Japanese Drama, 1968, 26 eps Sakujiro (Ep. 11-16) (Guest Role)	26	Sakujiro (Ep. 11-16) Guest Role	0.0
1958	Kaze Kozo Japanese Drama, 1958, 52 eps Kito Ichikaku (Support Role)	52	Kito Ichikaku Support Role	0.0

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1987	Sagano no Yado Japanese Movie, 1987, Tsuchiya Michiaki (Support Role)	Tsuchiya Michiaki Support Role	0.0
1981	Seishun No Mon Japanese Movie, 1981, [Digger] (Bit part)	[Digger] Bit part	4.0
1973	Japan’s Top Gangster Japanese Movie, 1973, Onaga Isso (Support Role)	Onaga Isso Support Role	0.0
1971	Kapone no Shatei Yamato Tamashi Japanese Movie, 1971, Masaru Izu (Support Role)	Masaru Izu Support Role	0.0
1970	The Priest Killer Comes Back Japanese Movie, 1970, Koinuma Rihachiro (Support Role)	Koinuma Rihachiro Support Role	0.0
1969	Memoir of Japanese Assassinations Japanese Movie, 1969, {Kioizaka Incident} [Police officer] (Guest Role)	{Kioizaka Incident} [Police officer] Guest Role	0.0
1969	Sengo Saidai no Toba Japanese Movie, 1969, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1967	Three Gamblers Japanese Movie, 1967, (Unknown)	Unknown	8.0
1965	The Flower and the Dragon Japanese Movie, 1965, (Support Role)	Support Role	2.0
1965	Blood of Revenge Japanese Movie, 1965, Noguchi Tomoji (Support Role)	Noguchi Tomoji Support Role	0.0
1965	Miyamoto Musashi: Duel at Ganryu Island Japanese Movie, 1965, Yasugawa Yasuhei (Bit part)	Yasugawa Yasuhei Bit part	7.3
1964	Gamblers and Racketeers Japanese Movie, 1964, Deko Sei (Support Role)	Deko Sei Support Role	0.0
1964	Kaze no Bushi Japanese Movie, 1964, (Unknown)	Unknown	5.0
1963	Bushido Japanese Movie, 1963, [Police] (Bit part)	[Police] Bit part	6.8
1962	Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights Japanese Movie, 1962, Yasugawa Yasubei [Ronin] (Support Role)	Yasugawa Yasubei [Ronin] Support Role	7.0
1961	The Harbor Festival Japanese Movie, 1961, Kitsune no Jirobei (Support Role)	Kitsune no Jirobei Support Role	0.0
1958	Wakagimi Senryo Kasa Japanese Movie, 1958, Yamaji Tetsutaro (Bit part)	Yamaji Tetsutaro Bit part	0.0