is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009

Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

ceremonies. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for '' Departures'' and ''

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'' respectively.

Family

Yo was born in

Yokohama is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a popu ...

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. Her mother is Japanese and her father, who moved to Japan for business and later founded the Hakka Association in Japan, is

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ese.

Filmography

Films

*'' Chōchin'' (1987) *''

A Sign Days is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Sai. Awards 11th Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first ...

'' (1989) *'' Hiruko the Goblin'' (1991) *''

Yumeji is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-faithful account of the life of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō ''Roman Trilogy'', preceded by ''Zigeunerweisen'' (1980) ...

'' (1991) *'' Evil Dead Trap 3: Broken Love Killer'' (1993) *'' Ghost Pub'' (1994) *''

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'' (1995) *'' School Ghost Stories'' (1995) *''

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'' (1997) *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *'' Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven'' (2000) *'' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (2000) *'' Suicide Club'' (2002) *'' Aiki'' (2002) *''

Café Lumière is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien for Shochiku as homage to Yasujirō Ozu, with direct reference to the late director's ''Tokyo Story'' (1953). It premiered at a festival commemorating the centenary of Ozu's b ...

'' (2003) *''

Drugstore Girl is a 2004 Japanese comedy film directed by the Japanese filmmaker Katsuhide Motoki about a young student who works in a convenience store, and five middle-aged men who develop crushes on her. The film is set in a rural town and features lacro ...

'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Break Through!'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *''

Virgin Snow ''Virgin Snow'' (; ''Hatsuyuki no koi'') is a 2007 South Korean film directed by Han Sang-hye and starring Korean actor, Lee Joon-gi and Japanese actress, Aoi Miyazaki. Plot Min, a young Korean boy, moves to Japan with his father, who is a potte ...

'' (2007) *''

The Ramen Girl is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film starring Brittany Murphy about a girl who goes to Japan and decides to learn how to cook ramen. Murphy also co-produced. Plot Abby is an American girl who goes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, Ethan. Et ...

'' (2008) *'' Departures'' (2008) *''

Air Doll is a 2009 Japanese drama film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. It is based on the manga series ''Kuuki Ningyo'' by Yoshiie Gōda, which was serialized in the seinen manga magazine ''Big Comic Original''. It stars Bae Doona as an inflatable sex do ...

'' (2009) *''

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'' (2010) *''

The Lone Scalpel is a 2010 Japanese medical drama film directed by Izuru Narushima. The film was nominated for Best Picture at the 34th Japan Academy Prize. Cast * Shinichi Tsutsumi as Dr. Toma * Yui Natsukawa as Ryoko Nakamura * Hisashi Yoshizawa * Noriko ...

'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011) *'' Hoshi Mamoru Inu'' (2011) *''

Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tenten Hosokawa. It was adapted into a live-action television series in 2009 and a live-action film in 2011. Cast * Norika Fujiwara (TV series), Aoi Miyazaki (film) * Taizo Harada (TV series) ...

'' (2011) *'' Dirty Hearts'' (2011) *''

Bread of Happiness is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Yukiko Mishima and starring Tomoyo Harada, Yo Oizumi and Kanna Mori. ''Bread of Happiness'' was first released in cinemas located in Hokkaido on 21 January 2012, and was subsequently released in other ...

'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Gaiji Keisatsu'' (2012) *''

Ai to Makoto is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Takumi Nagayasu. It was adapted into a live-action television series in 1974 and into four live-action films in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 2012. Plot Makoto Taiga is a yo ...

'' (2012) *'' Anata e'' (2012) *''

Shield of Straw is a 2013 Japanese spy thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and it was released on 26 April 2013. Plot Ninagawa was a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top econ ...

'' (2013) *'' A Story of Yonosuke'' (2013) *'' Parasyte: Part 1'' (2014) *''

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'' (2015) *'' A Stitch of Life'' (2015), Hiroe Minami *''

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'' (2016) *''

Black Widow Business is a 2016 Japanese crime comedy film directed by . It was released in Japan by Toho on August 27, 2016. Plot Cast *Shinobu Otake *Etsushi Toyokawa * Machiko Ono *Kyōko Hasegawa *Asami Mizukawa *Shunsuke Kazama *Kimiko Yo * Mimura * Satoru Mat ...

'' (2016) *'' Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories'' (2016) *''Perfect Revolution'' (2017) *''Ringside Story'' (2017) *''Sleep in the Shadows'' (2019), Akiho Yoshimura *''Show Me the Way to the Station'' (2019) *'' AI Amok'' (2020) *''Step'' (2020) *''Shape of Red'' (2020) *''Any Crybabies Around?'' (2020) *''Hotel Royal'' (2020) *''Peaceful Death'' (2021) *''First Gentleman'' (2021), Takako Sōma *''

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'' (2022) *''A Winter Rose'' (2022), Michiko *''Everything Will Be Owlright!'' (2022), Minoshima * '' To Every You I've Loved Before'' (2022), old Kazune (voice) * '' To Me, the One Who Loved You'' (2022), old Kazune (voice) * ''Mentai Piriri: Flower of Pansy'' (2023), Tsuru Yoshida * ''52-Hertz Whales'' (2024), Noriko Okada

Television

*''

Churasan , is a Japanese television drama series and the 64th Asadora series. It was broadcast on NHK from April 2 to September 29, 2001. The screenplay was written by Yoshikazu Okada. It was the first Asadora to be set in Okinawa Prefecture (Kohama Isla ...

'' (2001), Yoko Ikehata *'' Atsuhime'' (2008), Fusahime *'' Half Blue Sky'' (2018), Kimika Okada *''Innocent Days'' (2018) *'' Kuroido Goroshi'' (2018), Tsuneko Raisen *''

The Naked Director is a Japanese semi-biographical comedy-drama television series co-directed by Masaharu Take. Based on the biography by Nobuhiro Motohashi, it tells the story of Japanese adult video director Toru Muranishi. The series premiered on Netflix ...

'' (2019) *''The Fugitive'' (2020), Hanae Yonemoto *''

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'' (2023), Sanae *''

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'' (2023), Shizuki Mitsuzono *''

The Tiger and Her Wings is a Japanese television drama series and the 110th ''Asadora'' series, following ''Boogie Woogie (Japanese TV series), Boogie Woogie''. The drama is modeled after one of Japan's first female lawyers, Yoshiko Mibuchi, but it is produced as fictio ...

'' (2024), Yuri Hoshi

Honours

* Medal with Purple Ribbon (2019)

References

External links

Official agency profile
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