Acting
Sakura Ando
With parents in show business, perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando became an actress and, moreover, later married an actor. She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18 February 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 illness made her dizzy, caused balance problems, and at times her brain would shut down. She chose her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion cast her in his film Love Exposure and gave her a major break on the big screen. She won Best Supporting Actress for that role 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 films and TV series and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012; they met on a train in 2008 and she had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which suited her because she had practiced boxing at age fourteen. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work in 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of the top young actresses in Japan alongside Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi, and possibly Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.
Filmography
Dora
Film · 2026
Godzilla Minus Zero
Film · 2026
Brothers in Arms
Series · 2026
A Very Straight Neck
Film · 2025
The Hot Spot
Series · 2025
Bad Lands
Film · 2023
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
Film · 2023
The Imaginary
Film · 2023
Godzilla Minus One
Film · 2023
Monster
Film · 2023
Rebooting
Series · 2023
Korosuna
Film · 2022
A Man
Film · 2022
Tabiya Okaeri
Series · 2022
Tabiya Okaeri
Series · 2022
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Film · 2021
Ryuukou Kanbou
Film · 2021
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
Film · 2021
Girl Gun Lady
Series · 2021
Today's Nekomura
Series · 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！
Film · 2019
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Series · 2019
Shoplifters
Film · 2018
Mampuku
Series · 2018
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Series · 2018
Sound of Waves
Film · 2017
Reminiscence
Film · 2017
Tornado Girl
Film · 2017
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Film · 2017
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Series · 2017
Seed
Film · 2016
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Film · 2016
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
Series · 2016
Like a Girl Playing House
Series · 2016
Asleep
Film · 2015
Her Granddaughter
Film · 2015
Homeland
Film · 2014
0.5 mm
Film · 2014
Climbing to Spring
Film · 2014
100 Yen Love
Film · 2014
Hello Life from 55
Series · 2014
Yellow Elephant
Film · 2013
Petal Dance
Film · 2013
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Film · 2013
Penance
Film · 2013
The Stork Nest
Film · 2013
Radio
Film · 2013
The Brothers Karamazov
Series · 2013
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Series · 2013
Our Homeland
Film · 2012
For Love's Sake
Film · 2012
The Samurai That Night
Film · 2012
Penance
Series · 2012
ATARU
Series · 2012
A Crowd of Three
Film · 2010
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
Film · 2010
Sweet Little Lies
Film · 2010
Teto
Film · 2010
All to the Sea
Film · 2010
My Name is Noda
Series · 2010
Oh, My Buddha!
Film · 2009
Torso
Film · 2009
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Film · 2009
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Film · 2009
Crime or Punishment?!?
Film · 2009
Make the Last Wish
Film · 2009
Chance!
Series · 2009
Love Exposure
Film · 2008
Ain't No Tomorrows
Film · 2008
Out of the Wind
Film · 2007
A Long Walk
Film · 2006
Shomuni
Series · 1998
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