Acting
Rie Miyazawa
Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego. She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).
Filmography
Numb
Film · 2026
Intermission
Film · 2026
The Devil's Ballad
Series · 2026
Last Man -FIRST LOVE-
Film · 2025
昭和から騒ぎ
Film · 2025
リア王
Film · 2025
Asura
Series · 2025
Human Specimens
Series · 2025
Queen of Mars
Series · 2025
Orlando
Film · 2024
PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower
Film · 2023
The Moon
Film · 2023
Phoenix: Eden17
Series · 2023
The Sunday Runoff
Film · 2022
I Am Makimoto
Film · 2022
The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Series · 2022
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
Series · 2021
Guilty Flag
Series · 2021
Matrilineal Family
Series · 2021
Independence of Japan
Film · 2020
What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020
Film · 2020
North Light
Series · 2020
No Longer Human
Film · 2019
Seven Days War
Film · 2019
The Naked Director
Series · 2019
Ashiato Hime
Series · 2017
疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜
Film · 2016
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Film · 2016
Too Young To Die!
Film · 2016
Pieta in the Toilet
Film · 2015
あてなよる
Series · 2015
Kiki's Delivery Service
Film · 2014
Pale Moon
Film · 2014
Leaders
Series · 2014
Gu Gu the Cat
Series · 2014
The After-Dinner Mysteries
Film · 2013
神様のボート
Series · 2013
Blackboard
Series · 2012
Blackboard
Series · 2012
Princess Go
Series · 2011
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
Film · 2010
Gelatin Silver, Love
Film · 2009
Dreaming Awake
Film · 2008
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Film · 2007
Hana
Film · 2006
The Book of the Dead
Film · 2005
Ashura
Film · 2005
Sunny Home
Film · 2005
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
Series · 2005
Tony Takitani
Film · 2004
The Face of Jizo
Film · 2004
The Kiss of an Invisible Man
Film · 2004
一番大切な人は誰ですか？
Series · 2004
Musashi
Series · 2003
The Twilight Samurai
Film · 2002
Utsutsu
Film · 2002
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
Film · 2002
Peony Pavilion
Film · 2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Film · 2001
The Cabbie
Film · 2000
Food Fight
Series · 2000
Romance
Series · 1999
Genroku Ryoran
Series · 1999
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
Film · 1998
Precious Time
Series · 1998
SMAP×SMAP
Series · 1996
Concerto
Series · 1996
The Miracle on a Christmas Night
Film · 1995
The Tale of Himeji Castle
Film · 1995
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
Film · 1995
47 Ronin
Film · 1994
結婚式場 花嫁介添人がゆく
Series · 1994
Youth Peony Lantern
Film · 1993
Saiyūki
Film · 1993
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Film · 1992
Erotic Liaisons
Film · 1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
Film · 1992
Don't Steal My Heart
Film · 1992
Tokyo Elevator Girl
Series · 1992
Defeat the Devil!
Film · 1990
いつも誰かに恋してるッ
Series · 1990
いつか誰かと朝帰りッ
Series · 1990
Who Do I Choose?
Film · 1989
Oshare dorobō
Film · 1989
Tears of a Swan
Series · 1989
Seven Days War
Film · 1988