Takaaki Enoki (榎木 孝明, Enoki Takaaki; born January 5, 1956) is a Japanese actor and artist from Isa District, Kagoshima. He is known for his role as private detective Mitsuhiko Asami in the Asami Mitsuhiko Series. He attended Musashino Art University but left before graduating and joined the Shiki Theatre Company. In 1990, Enoki landed the lead role in Heaven and Earth in place of Ken Watanabe, who had to pull out due to illness.
He is also known as an ink painter and his museum opened in 2003.(Located in Kokonoe, Ōita.)
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Filmography
Film
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion (1985)
Heaven and Earth (1990), Uesugi Kenshin
Best Guy (1990), Tetsuo "Apollo" Kajitani
Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujinjiken (1991), Asami Mitsuhiko
Bloom in the Moonlight (1991), Tōson Shimazaki
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997)
Sleeping Bride (2000)
Merdeka 17805 (2001)
Koinu Dan no Monogatari (2002), Yoshitaka Morishita
Spy Sorge (2003), Duke Fumimaro Konoye
The Wind Carpet (2003)
Spring Snow (2005)
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (2007)
Kaidan (2007)
Share House (2011)
Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2011)
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (2017), The prime minister
Mio's Cookbook (2020)
Nobutora (2021), Uesugi Kenshin
Signature (2022), Usuke Asai
Shimamori (2022)
Oshorin (2023)
Salary Man Kintaro (2025), Morinosuke Yamato
Salary Man Kintaro 2 (2025), Morinosuke Yamato
Senkaku 1945 (2027), Iramina
Television
Sanada Taiheiki (1985), Higuchi Kakubei
Dokuganryū Masamune (1987), Ōno Harunaga
Taiheiki (1991), Hino Toshimoto
Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (xxxx), Hisamitsu Aoyama
Asami Mitsuhiko Series (1995-2006), Mitsuhiko Asami / Yōichirō Asami
Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006), Azai Nagamasa
Atsuhime (2008), Kimotsuki Kaneyoshi
Clouds Over the Hill (2009), Mori Rintaro
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 (2013), Yoshio Noda
Yae's Sakura (2013), Ii Naosuke
Awaiting Kirin (2020), Yamazaki Ieyoshi
Unbound (2025), Tokugawa Munechika
Last Samurai Standing (2025)
Shōgun season 2 (TBA), Ito
Brothers in Arms (2026), Azai Hisamasa