Acting
Nana Mori
Nana Mori is a Japanese actress known for the earthy naturalism and grounded vulnerability she brings to contemporary independent and mainstream cinema. Discovered in her home prefecture of Oita at age 15, she bypassed traditional idol career tracks in favor of selective collaborations with prominent Japanese auteurs. She gained widespread international recognition in 2019 for her voice acting breakthrough as Hina Amano in Makoto Shinkai’s climate-anxiety anime masterpiece Weathering with You. Recognizing her chameleonic ability to balance youthful innocence with an understated melancholy, legendary filmmaker Shunji Iwai cast her in his 2020 epistolary romance Last Letter. Playing a dual role across fragmented timelines, her performance earned her the Newcomer of the Year award at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize. In the 2023 series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, Mori shines as Kiyo, a aspiring maiko who finds her true calling as a house cook. Her performance is the series’ emotional core, anchoring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s culinary world with a quiet, unforced warmth that eschews sentimentality for something genuinely lived-in.
Filmography
BURN
Film · 2026
Abiding
Film · 2026
Beasts Clutching at Straws
Film · 2026
OPTI
Film · 2026
ROCK PAPER LANDMINE
Series · 2026
6SixTONES
Series · 2026
1st Kiss
Film · 2025
Kokuho
Film · 2025
Frontline - Yokohama Bay
Film · 2025
5 Centimeters per Second
Film · 2025
Hirayasumi
Series · 2025
Golden SixTONES
Series · 2025
April, Come She Will
Film · 2024
The Parades
Film · 2024
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 25 Shuunen Tokubetsu-hen
Film · 2024
At the Bench
Film · 2024
Hen na koe
Film · 2024
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Film · 2023
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
Film · 2023
Insomniacs After School
Film · 2023
Cinderellas of Midsummer
Series · 2023
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Series · 2023
Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery
Film · 2022
Duty and Revenge
Series · 2022
The Window of non-REM
Series · 2022
Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Fall Special
Film · 2021
Liar x Liar
Film · 2021
Last Letter
Film · 2020
461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
Film · 2020
Little Letter
Film · 2020
Blue, Painful, Fragile
Film · 2020
I Had a Dream of That Girl
Series · 2020
Yell
Series · 2020
Tsukai TV Sukatto Japan
Series · 2020
A Warmed Up Love
Series · 2020
Pops Loves Kawaii Stuff
Series · 2020
Do You Want to Warm this Love Up a Little More?
Series · 2020
Weathering with You
Film · 2019
Hell Girl
Film · 2019
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
Film · 2019
The First Supper
Film · 2019
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
Series · 2019
Weakest Beast
Series · 2018
Suits
Series · 2018
Eerie: Invisible Face
Series · 2018
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Series · 2018
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Series · 2017