The Nara-born actress got an early start in the much praised and oft discussed The Taste Of Tea before staying with the profession and graduating to adult roles. Before that, however, the youngest of four sisters had debuted in Suzaku after, legend has it, director Naomi Kawase spotted her cleaning shoe boxes at her junior high school. She has won several awards since.
Known For
Like Father, Like Son
(2013)
Midori Nonomiya
Modest Heroes
(2018)
Mother (voice)
Eureka
(2000)
Mikiko
Beyond Outrage
(2012)
Tatto Girl
Sabakan
(2022)
Ryoko Hisada
A Family
(2021)
Yukiko Kudo
The Taste of Tea
(2004)
Teacher
Kiki's Delivery Service
(2014)
Osono
Dynamite Graffiti
(2018)
Tomiko
Climber's High
(2008)
Chizuko Tamaki
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
(2004)
Sakutaro's Older Sister
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
(2017)
Harumi Tamura
Museum
(2016)
Haruka Sawamura
Full Filmography
Acting
Suzaku
(1997)
Michiru Tahara
Kaleidoscope
(1999)
Herself
Eureka
(2000)
Mikiko
man-hole
(2001)
Gips
(2001)
Kazuko
I'm Sure Tomorrow...
(2001)
Frog River
(2002)
Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special
(2002)
Ramblers
(2003)
Atsuko
Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 1
(2003)
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
(2004)
Sakutaro's Older Sister
The Taste of Tea
(2004)
Teacher
Funky Forest: The First Contact
(2005)
Miko
Arigatou
(2006)
Crickets
(2006)
Nurse
The Mourning Forest
(2007)
Machiko
Nadeshiko Tai
(2008)
Climber's High
(2008)
Chizuko Tamaki
Yah Chayka!
(2008)
Fish of the Fire
(2009)
Tochiko orimi
Rail Truck
(2010)
Yumiko Yano
Shikasha
(2010)
Mother
The Assistant Doctor
(2010)
If Blessed
(2010)
Kawahara Kaoru
At River's Edge
(2011)
Ikuhisa
Synchronicity
(2011)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
(2012)
Black Dawn
(2012)
Hina Matsuzawa
Beyond Outrage
(2012)
Tatto Girl
The Floating Castle
(2012)
Chiyo
Detective in the Bar 2
(2013)
Kawashima Yumiko
Like Father, Like Son
(2013)
Midori Nonomiya
The Apology King
(2013)
Office worker
Hasegawa Machiko's Story
(2013)
Machiko Hasegawa
Kiki's Delivery Service
(2014)
Osono
A Woman from Ashio
(2014)
Sachi
A House on a Hill
(2014)
Rieko Sugita
Pandora: Eternal life
(2014)
Natsumi Tashiro
Saikō no Rikon: Special
(2014)
星野结夏
The Tale of Nishino
(2014)
Manami
Chieri and Cherry
(2015)
Marie (voice)
Being Good
(2015)
Masami
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
(2015)
Ryoko Fujino (adult)
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
(2015)
Ryoko Fujino (adult)
Terminal
(2015)
Saeko Yuki
Bali Big Brother
(2015)
Sachiko
Everest: The Summit of the Gods
(2016)
Kishi
Museum
(2016)
Haruka Sawamura
Too Young To Die!
(2016)
Kamei Naomi
Black Widow Business
(2016)
Tomomi Nakase
Sniper
(2016)
Ryoko Kozuki
The Blue Hearts
(2017)
(segment “Hammer”)
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
(2017)
Harumi Tamura
When Will You Return?
(2017)
Tomoko Ashimura
Dynamite Graffiti
(2018)
Tomiko
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
(2018)
Yuko
Modest Heroes
(2018)
Mother (voice)
Life Ain't Gonna Lose
(2018)
Mama (voice)
YACHIMUN
(2018)
Typhoon Family
(2019)
Miyoko Suzuki
Shadowfall
(2019)
The Smiling Man
(2020)
Akira Kamoi
Tomorrow's Dining Table
(2021)
Asumi Ishibashi
A Madder Red
(2021)
Ryoko Tanaka
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
(2021)
A Family
(2021)
Yukiko Kudo
Yoru no Agura: Ane to Ototo to Watashi
(2022)
haruko
Anime Supremacy!
(2022)
Kayako Arishina
Sabakan
(2022)
Ryoko Hisada
Amiko
(2022)
Sayuri
20-Year-Old Soul
(2022)
Keiko Asano
Mom's Celestial Robe of Feathers
(2022)
Haruko
Thousand and One Nights
(2022)
Nami Tamura
The Dry Spell
(2023)
Kazumi Iwakiri
Confess to Your Crimes
(2023)
Teranaka Hatsumi
Ke no Hi no Kekeke
(2024)
Katase Kyoko
Sound