Acting

Jun Ōtomo

Born: November 21, 1899
Died: December 28, 1978 (aged 79)
Birthplace: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Credits: 42 titles

Biography

Originally a music teacher, Jun joined the Toho Mobile Culture Corps during WWII. He ultimately became active as a character actor in Toho and Shintoho productions in the '50s and '60s. Noted for his menacing onscreen countenance, he was remembered for his mild-mannered and affable nature in private life.

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Signature work

Known For

Yojimbo

1961

Throne of Blood

1957

Jigoku

1960

Ghost Story of Yotsuya

1959

Black River

1957

Stakeout

1958

Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

1972

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

1935

Black Line

1960

Fire Line

1961

Female Slave Ship

1960

Yellow Line

1960

Broken Blossoms

1959

Secret White Line Zone

1958

The Witness' Chair

1965

Nightingale

1938

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu

1960

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard

1959

Acting credits 42

Year	Title	Role
1972	Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl Film	Tabucho
1970	Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki Film	Yūsai
1969	Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai Film
1968	Witness of Hiroshima Film
1965	The Witness' Chair Film
1964	Ghost Story: Cruel Phantom Film	Ôsa Gondô
1963	男の嵐 Film
1962	Black and Red Flower Petals Film
1961	Fire Line Film	Naganuma
1961	Yojimbo Film	Seibei Follower
1960	Five Violent Girls Film
1960	Roar of the Bullets Film
1960	Cave Queens Film	Jun Kinryu
1960	トップ屋を殺せ Film
1960	Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu Film
1960	Jigoku Film	Ensai Taniguchi
1960	Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku Film	War Minister Anami
1960	Yellow Line Film	Agawa
1960	Women of Whirlpool Island Film
1960	Black Line Film	Yukichi Tachibana
1960	Female Slave Ship Film	Fox
1959	Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead Film
1959	Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman Film
1959	Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose Film	Fake Nogemura
1959	Ghost Story of Yotsuya Film	Takuetsu
1959	Nanairo Kamen TV	Nogemura (Fake) (6 ep)
1959	Fight to the Death in a Blizzard Film
1959	Broken Blossoms Film
1959	The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki Film
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Film	(uncredited)
1959	The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal Film
1958	Secret White Line Zone Film
1958	Stakeout Film	Construction camp master
1957	Black River Film	Pimp
1957	剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り Film
1957	Throne of Blood Film	Commander
1956	The Band in Paradise: Acharaka's Big Hit Film
1956	Jigoku no hatoba Film
1955	The History of Love Film
1954	The Street Without Sun Film
1938	Nightingale Film	Police Officer
1935	Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts Film	Bad boy at Rokku