Sakura Ando
ActingWith 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.
Known For
Godzilla Minus One
Sumiko Ota
Monster
Saori Mugino
Shoplifters
Nobuyo Shibata
Love Exposure
Koike
The Imaginary
Lizzie (voice)
Climbing to Spring
Yuri Nakagawa
Penance
Akiko Takano
A Man
Rie Taniguchi
100 Yen Love
Ichiko Saito
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Ubume
Filmography — Acting
Godzilla Minus One
Sumiko Ota
Monster
Saori Mugino
Shoplifters
Nobuyo Shibata
Love Exposure
Koike
The Imaginary
Lizzie (voice)
Climbing to Spring
Yuri Nakagawa
Penance
Akiko Takano
A Man
Rie Taniguchi
100 Yen Love
Ichiko Saito
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Ubume
Bad Lands
Neri Hashioka
Her Granddaughter
Misaki Akimoto
Yellow Elephant
Kanyu the dog (voice)
A Crowd of Three
Kayo
Tornado Girl
Yu Mikami
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Grim Reaper
Our Homeland
Rie
All to the Sea
0.5 mm
Sawa
Reminiscence
Ryoko Nishina
Crime or Punishment?!?
Momo Mimikawa
Torso
Mina
A Long Walk
Waitress
The Samurai That Night
Mika
Homeland
Misa
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Rika Kinoshita
For Love's Sake
Gum-ko
Dora
Nami
Sound of Waves
Yuko Kitagawa
Oh, My Buddha!
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Miyuki Matsunaka
Sweet Little Lies
Miyako
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Kyoko
Petal Dance
Motoko
Ain't No Tomorrows
Chizu
Radio
Yuki Sasayama
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
Miyashita Akane
Asleep
Terako
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
Self
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The Stork Nest
Korosuna
Omine
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
Ryuukou Kanbou
Haruko
Teto
Out of the Wind
Mariko Iwata
Make the Last Wish
Meiko
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Yumeko
Seed