Masumi Okada

Born: 1935-09-22

Masumi Okada (岡田眞澄, Okada Masumi, September 22, 1935 – May 29, 2006) was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname, "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the "Mermaid of Copenhagen" and wife of the statue's sculptor, Edvard Eriksen. Masumi Okada was the younger of two sons; his older brother, Taibi "Erick" Okada, was also an actor and presenter—known professionally as E. H. Eric, he was the emcee for the Beatles' 1966 concert in Tokyo.


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The Hunted

as Lt. Wadakura
Released: 1995-02-24

Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of...

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Izo

as Chief of the Palace
Released: 2004-09-07

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of...

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The Key

as uncredited
Released: 1983-12-24

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Getting Any?

as Russian Actor
Released: 1995-02-11

While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves...

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Crazed Fruit

as Frank
Released: 1956-07-12

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of...

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Living Skeleton

as Father / Boss
Released: 1968-11-09

A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and...

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Sayonara Jupiter

as Dr. Mohammed Mansur
Released: 1984-03-17

In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the...

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Kaito Ruby

as Apartment Tenant
Released: 1988-11-12

Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman...

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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

as Kisuke
Released: 1957-07-14

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He...

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Damejin

as uncredited
Released: 2006-07-01

An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives...

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Latitude Zero

as Dr. Jules Masson
Released: 1969-07-26

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They...

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Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie

as Jose Mendosa
Released: 1981-07-18

It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he...

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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

as Keiko Tadokoro
Released: 1977-05-21

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her...

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Dancing Sisters

as Tetsuo Izumi
Released: 1957-01-03

It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a...

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Winter's Flower

as Shinkichi Mie
Released: 1978-06-17

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a...

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Song of Dawn

as uncredited
Released: 1965-05-26

Musical actress Noriko feels frustrated by the futility of her affair with a married man. Then...

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The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

as uncredited
Released: 1960-09-03

Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to...

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The Sea and Poison

as Hattori
Released: 1986-10-17

Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity...

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Hakuchi: The Innocent

as Head Manager
Released: 1999-11-13

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only...

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Marco

as Ti Wai
Released: 1973-12-01

A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the...

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The Lovelorn Geisha

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-12

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother...

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美人母娘3人 ああ華麗なる結婚サギ

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-27

Three beautiful mothers and daughters, oh, the splendid marriage scam

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Akagawa Jiro's Vampire is Coming of Age

as uncredited
Released: 1985-09-02

Erica, a member of the vampire tribe, suspects her father when the female students at the school...

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Man Who Causes a Storm

as Shinsuke, Miyako's brother
Released: 1957-12-28

Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is...

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Tales of Ginza

as Mineo Akaishi
Released: 1955-09-14

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged...

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I Will Challenge

as uncredited
Released: 1959-04-08

Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of...

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Daring Girls

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-27

Comedy about sexy chambermaids at a hot spring resort.

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Jingi

as uncredited
Released: 1991-12-21

Based on the comic by Ayumi Tachihara

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Four Seasons: Natsuko

as Takahito Mori
Released: 1980-08-06

A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in...

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Gesshoku

as uncredited
Released: 1956-12-19

A unique and controversial film directed by Umeji Inoue, based on the original story by Shintaro...

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Red Pier

as Taabô
Released: 1958-09-23

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a...

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To Love

as Professor
Released: 1997-10-04

Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets....

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Hungry Soul, Part II

as Tachibana's Old Friend D
Released: 1956-11-28

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to...

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Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

as Mariusu
Released: 1963-04-10

Ensemble comedy.

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The Blazing Continent

as uncredited
Released: 1968-12-14

A youthful Nikkatsu drama about a Japanese painter who travels to Australia and falls in love.

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Crazy Jailbreak

as Kunio Iwakami
Released: 1959-04-08

A prisoner escapes from prison to find the real criminal.

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My Sweetheart

as The Johnnys' manager
Released: 1967-11-03

It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by...

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Sometime, Somewhere

as Ehara
Released: 1992-02-01

The story follows Mamoru Masaki, a resort developer, and Koai, a career woman at a rival...

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Goryokaku

as uncredited
Released: 1988-12-30

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former...

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おヤエの家つき女中

as uncredited
Released: 1959-04-01

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Element of Surprise

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-21

1963 Toei war / action film.

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トリック 母之泉篇 腸完全版

as uncredited
Released: 2013-12-20

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The Green Music Box

as Moon Prince
Released: 1955-05-08

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family...

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Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

as uncredited
Released: 1959-07-05

An action masterpiece about Might Guy Akira, a hot-blooded man who explodes against the backdrop...

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Woman His Prey

as uncredited
Released: 1972-07-30

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Streetlights

as 小出英夫
Released: 1957-02-13

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally...

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Waru: The End

as uncredited
Released: 2006-08-25

Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.

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Knock Down

as uncredited
Released: 1960-03-20

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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

as Morihiko Shirafuji
Released: 1958-09-02

Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow...

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The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER

as uncredited
Released: 1991-11-08

A man with darkness in his eyes has returned from hell for revenge.

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The Sand City in Manchuria

as Rosuki
Released: 1960-08-24

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to...

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Season of the Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1956-05-17

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days...

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Yakyuukyou no Uta

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-07

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The Perfect Game

as Kazu Tomita
Released: 1958-11-11

College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the...

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Fan of Hong Kong star

as uncredited
Released: 2002-09-04

The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of...

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Kawaii Hana

as uncredited
Released: 1959-11-03

The story of an adorable girl.

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Immoral Lecture

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-09

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Gun Number Zero

as uncredited
Released: 1959-04-28

Eric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It...

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Fangs of Night

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-15

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some...

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The Guitarist and the Rancher

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-03

Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old...

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The Return of the Filthy Seven

as uncredited
Released: 1967-10-21

A 1967 crime film

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cf Girl

as uncredited
Released: 1989-10-07

The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima.

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Passport to Darkness

as uncredited
Released: 1959-05-19

A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of...

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Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-03

1961 Japanese movie

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Frankie the Milkman

as uncredited
Released: 1956-12-05

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out...

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Vampire Dracula appears in Kobe

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-11

Eriko Miura, who works at a western goods store in Kobe, dreams of marrying Dracula. At the same...

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Love on the Rainbow

as Shuhei Yuki
Released: 1965-03-31

A seamstress seeks the love of her life while helping a troubled couple.

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Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba

as uncredited
Released: 1964-05-16

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of...

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The Files of the Young Kindaichi

as Junji Kazamatsuri
First aired: 1995-07-15

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective,...

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Shōgun

as Brother Michael
First aired: 1980-09-15

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

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Life of a Flower

as Henry Heusken
First aired: 1963-04-07

The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.

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Trick

as Yamada's father
First aired: 2000-07-07

Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly...

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Divorce Lawyer

as Kichinosuke Konuma
First aired: 2004-04-15

Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own...

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A Sleeping Forest

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-10-08

Nemureru Mori is a drama that aired on Fuji TV. It first aired in Japan from 8 October 1998 to...

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Three Sisters Investigate

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-01-10

Three sisters, all otherwise typical junior, high school student and college students, who,...

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水曜ドラマスペシャル

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-17

“Monday Drama Special” (Getsuyou Drama Special) is a long-running drama that aired on TBS every...

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Can't Hurry for Love

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-04-15

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San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-10-21

A program that uses a script written by Koki Mitani and is produced by a different cast and crew...

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Fufu seikatsu

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-06-21

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