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 early-1950's. Perhaps Miki and Takashi's most memorable scene is when she's telling him the nicknames she created for their fellow workmates... including his! Sadly, beyond Ikiru, finding the handful of other Japanese movies she appeared in, especially on DVD or Blu Ray, is extremely difficult. But she left an impression in what's considered not only one of the legendary Kurosawa's greatest achievements, but one of the best movies ever made, worldwide.

Фільмографія

• 1987Shinran: Path to Purity
• 1971Shiosai
• 1963To Your Majesty, The Emperor
• 1962Boku chin hōrō-ki
• 1960The Last Trump Card — Toyo
• 1960When a Woman Loves — Ohana
• 1958Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
• 1958Stakeout
• 1956Nikoyon monogatari
• 1956Pure Emotions of the Sea — Yumiko
• 1955Burden of Love — Teru
• 1955Duel at Sundown — Okatsu
• 1955Policeman's Diary — Momoyo
• 1955Policeman's Diary, Part 2
• 1955Striving to Live
• 1955The Moon Has Risen — Fumiya
• 1955The Motherless — Miyoko
• 1954A Certain Woman — Tsuya
• 1954Student Double Suicide
• 1954The Street Without Sun — Fusa-chan
• 1954The Valley Between Love and Death
• 1954Women's House
• 1954お月様には悪いけど — 芸妓小きん
• 1953Jūdai no seiten
• 1953The Wild Geese — Oume
• 1953Tower of Lilies
• 1953Zoku jūdai no seiten — Misae Numakura
• 1953Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
• 1952Жити — Toyo
• 1938Pastoral Symphony

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' — Self