Akihiro Miwa

Born: 1935-05-15

Akihiro Maruyama (born May 15, 1935), better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa, is a Japanese singer, actor, author and drag queen. As an actor he is known for voicing characters in Hayao Miyazaki films Princess Mononoke (1997) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004)


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Howl's Moving Castle

as Witch of the Waste (voice)
Released: 2004-09-09

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and...

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Princess Mononoke

as Mrs. Moro (voice)
Released: 1997-07-12

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must...

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Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

as Arceus (voice)
Released: 2009-07-18

When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the...

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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

as Maya at the Hell
Released: 1971-04-24

An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a...

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Takeshis'

as Self
Released: 2005-09-02

Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets...

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The Japanese Belly Button

as Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor
Released: 1977-03-15

Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.

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Harmagedon

as Froy (voice)
Released: 1983-03-12

From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is...

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Black Lizard

as Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)
Released: 1968-07-31

A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to...

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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

as Self
Released: 1985-12-03

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major...

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Warm Current

as Singer
Released: 1957-12-01

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose...

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Black Rose Mansion

as Ryuko
Released: 1969-07-30

A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When...

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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-21

16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

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Maria of the Ant Village

as uncredited
Released: 1958-12-07

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a...

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Woman Unveiled

as Singer
Released: 1958-01-15

Story of a family torn apart when Teiji (Mori), the father, develops intimate feelings for a...

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Ai no Noutan

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-28

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La Marie-vison

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-01

"La Marie-Vison" tells the perversely fascinating tale of Marie, a transvestite prostitute who...

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Invitation to the Enchanted Town

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-08

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

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Toy Reanimator

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-01

Set in a toy store specialized in antique toys, a boy works in the toy store and is obsessed...

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Miwa: A Japanese Icon

as Himself
Released: 2013-08-31

A legendary entertainer and a pioneer of gay activism, Miwa was born Akihiro Maruyama. As a...

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City of Love

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-21

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and...

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The Three Ginza Rascals

as uncredited
Released: 1976-10-01

Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable...

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Brutal battle

as uncredited
Released: 1959-09-13

The president of the Hong Kong Almond Cola company, Liu's grandfather, signed a purchase and...

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Yoshitsune

as KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)
First aired: 2005-01-09

Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11...

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Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey

as Queen of the Night (voice)
First aired: 1980-01-09

Set in a German-speaking country in the seventies, brother and sister Tyltyl and Mytyl live with...

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