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Sakura Ando

Acting 40 years old Tokyo, Japan ★ 1.3
Born: February 18, 1986

Biography

With parents in the show business perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando would become an actress and, moreover, also end up marrying an actor.

She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18.02.1986. Her great grandfather was prime minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade. She was often ill as a child. Her disease made her dizzy, lose her balance and more throughout her childhood. Her brain would shut down. She would opt for her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion picked her for his film Love Exposure and gave her a major start on the big screen. She won an award as the Best Supporting Actress for her work in it at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. Earlier her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa ('Outside The Wind') alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple movies and serials and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012. She had met him on a train in 2008 and had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which was fortunate since she had practiced boxing when she was fourteen-years-old. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won the award for Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work on 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of several top young actresses in Japan next to Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi and perhaps Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.

External Links

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Known For

Our Homeland
Our Homeland Rie 2012
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One Sumiko Ota 2023
Monster
Monster Saori Mugino 2023
Shoplifters
Shoplifters Nobuyo Shibata 2018
Bad Lands
Bad Lands Neri Hashioka 2023

Filmography

Acting Credits (69)

Toyotomi Kyodai
Toyotomi Kyodai Narration 2026
A Very Straight Neck
A Very Straight Neck 2025
The Hot Spot
The Hot Spot Hiroko Takahashi 2025
The Imaginary
The Imaginary Lizzie (voice) 2023
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One Sumiko Ota 2023
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie Miyashita Akane 2023
Bad Lands
Bad Lands Neri Hashioka 2023
Monster
Monster Saori Mugino 2023
Rebooting
Rebooting Kondo Asami 2023
A Man
A Man Rie Taniguchi 2022
Korosuna
Korosuna Omine 2022
Tabiya Okaeri
Tabiya Okaeri Erika Oka 2022
Tabiya Okaeri
Tabiya Okaeri 惠理子 2022
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
The Great Yokai War: Guardians Ubume 2021
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters" Self 2021
Ryuukou Kanbou
Ryuukou Kanbou Haruko 2021
Girl Gun Lady
Girl Gun Lady Daisy 2021
Today's Nekomura
Today's Nekomura Scared wife 2020
孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令！ 成田～福岡～釜山 弾丸出張編！
孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令！ 成田～福岡～釜山 弾丸出張編！ 2019
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Mango no Ki no Shita de Misaki Tamiya 2019
Manpuku
Manpuku Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko 2018
Shoplifters
Shoplifters Nobuyo Shibata 2018
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures! Mokonyan (voice) 2018
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura Grim Reaper 2017
Tornado Girl
Tornado Girl Yu Mikami 2017
Reminiscence
Reminiscence Ryoko Nishina 2017
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Love Exposure: The TV-Show Aya Koike 2017
Sound of Waves
Sound of Waves Yuko Kitagawa 2017
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys Yumeko 2016
Like a Girl Playing House
Like a Girl Playing House Onchi Eiko 2016
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
We're Millennials. Got a Problem? Akane Miyashita 2016
Seed
Seed 2016
Asleep
Asleep Terako 2015
Her Granddaughter
Her Granddaughter Misaki Akimoto 2015
100 Yen Love
100 Yen Love Ichiko Saito 2014
0.5 mm
0.5 mm Sawa 2014
Climbing to Spring
Climbing to Spring Yuri Nakagawa 2014
Homeland
Homeland Misa 2014
The Stork Nest
The Stork Nest 2013
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi Kyoko 2013
Penance
Penance Akiko Takano 2013
Petal Dance
Petal Dance Motoko 2013
Radio
Radio Yuki Sasayama 2013
Yellow Elephant
Yellow Elephant Kanyu the dog (voice) 2013
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov Shiori Kurosawa 2013
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi Haruko Hatsuyama 2013
The Samurai That Night
The Samurai That Night Mika 2012
Our Homeland
Our Homeland Rie 2012
For Love's Sake
For Love's Sake Gum-ko 2012
ATARU
ATARU Eiko Sasai 2012
Penance
Penance Akiko Takano 2012
Teto
Teto 2010
野田ともうします。
野田ともうします。 2010
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper 2010
A Crowd of Three
A Crowd of Three Kayo 2010
Sweet Little Lies
Sweet Little Lies Miyako 2010
All to the Sea
All to the Sea 2010
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
We'll Keep Walking, That's All Miyuki Matsunaka 2009
Torso
Torso Mina 2009
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio Rika Kinoshita 2009
Oh, My Buddha!
Oh, My Buddha! 2009
Chance!
Chance! 2009
Crime or Punishment?!?
Crime or Punishment?!? Momo Mimikawa 2009
Make the Last Wish
Make the Last Wish Meiko 2009
Love Exposure
Love Exposure Koike 2008
Ain't No Tomorrows
Ain't No Tomorrows Chizu 2008
Out of the Wind
Out of the Wind Mariko Iwata 2007
A Long Walk
A Long Walk Waitress 2006
Dora
Dora

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