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.
as Makiko
as Katase Kyoko
as Narration (voice)
as Teranaka Hatsumi
as Kazumi Iwakiri
as Okawa Masami
as Hasumi Minako
as Nami Tamura
as Ryoko Hisada
as Sayuri
as Keiko Asano
as Kayako Arishina
as Haruko
as haruko
as Asumi Ishibashi
as Ryoko Tanaka
as Yuka Kudo
as Akira Kamoi
as Iroha-dayu
as An Shuuko
as Miyoko Suzuki
as 铃木阳子
as Tomomi Terada
as Mama (voice)
as Mother (voice)
as Tomiko
as Tachibana Kaoru
as Keiko Kuromura
as Harumi Tamura
as Tomoko Ashimura
as (segment “Hammer”)
as Haruka Sawamura
as Ryoko Kozuki
as Tomomi Nakase
as Kamei Naomi
as Kishi
as 夏目(中根)鏡子
as Mina Umeda
as Saeko Yuki
as Marie (voice)
as Masami
as Ryoko Fujino (adult)
as Ryoko Fujino (adult)
as Sachiko
as Uehara Fujiko
as Kimura Reiko
as Rieko Sugita
as Natsumi Tashiro
as Osono
as Manami
as 星野结夏
as Sachi
as Sugimoto Nanami
as Kaoru Kanzaki
as Machiko Hasegawa
as Office worker
as Midori Nonomiya
as Kawashima Yumiko
as 滨崎结夏
as Chiyo
as Tatto Girl
as Hina Matsuzawa
as Haruka Oyama
as Taeko
as Ikuhisa
as Itoko Ohara
as Anno Chihiro
as Yumiko Yano
as Mother
as Kawahara Kaoru
as Mari Mikazuki
as Michiki Hitomi
as Tochiko orimi
as Matsuzawa Haruna
as Chizuko Tamaki
as Machiko
as Nurse
as Miko
as Teacher
as Sakutaro's Older Sister
as Atsuko
as Kazuko
as Mikiko
as Herself
as Yukari Tachibana(橘 ゆかり)
as Michiru Tahara
as Theme Song Performance