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 second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

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

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

ese.

Filmography

Films

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Chōchin The traditional lighting equipment of Japan includes the , the , the , and the . The is a lamp consisting of paper stretched over a frame of bamboo, wood or metal. The paper protected the flame from the wind. Burning oil in a stone, metal, ...

'' (1987) *''

A Sign Days is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Sai. Awards 11th Yokohama Film Festival *Won: Best Actor - Ryō Ishibashi *Won: Best Actress - Anna Nakagawa *Won: Best Screenplay - Hiroshi Saitō, Yōichi Sai was a Japanese film director. He ...

'' (1989) *''

Hiruko the Goblin ''Hiruko the Goblin'' () is a 1991 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and starring Kenji Sawada. It is based on a manga by Daijiro Morohoshi. Plot Reijiro Hieda is a young and energetic archeologist, albeit a discredited one for ...

'' (1991) *''

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

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

Sharaku Tōshūsai Sharaku ( ja, 東洲斎写楽; active 1794–1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodbloc ...

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

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'' (1997) *'' Wait and See'' (1998) *''

Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Katsuhide Motoki. Cast * Toshiyuki Nishida : Hamada Densuke * Rentaro Mikuni : Suzuki Ichinosuke * Miyoko Asada : Mamada Michiko * Tomoko Naraoka : Suzuki * Takehiro Murata : Usami Goro * Kei Tani : Sasak ...

'' (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 ...

'' (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) *''

Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1958. At , it is the second- tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and i ...

'' (2005) *''

Break Through! is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu. Plot Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama (Shun Shioya), is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Kor ...

'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Virgin Snow'' (2007) *''

The Ramen Girl ''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 (Brittany Murphy) is an American girl who goes to Tokyo t ...

'' (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 dol ...

'' (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'' (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 J ...

'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *''

Gaiji Keisatsu is a Japanese television drama mini-series that aired on NHK from 14 November 2009 to 19 December 2009. It is based on the novel of the same name written and released in Japan by Aso Iku. The TV show follow a female police officer who was rec ...

'' (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. TV series Cast * Yūsuke ...

'' (2012) *''

Anata e ''Anata e'' (, ''To You'') is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Plot The story follows the journey of a man travelling some 1000 kilometres from Toyama City, Japan to his wife's hometown in Nagasaki Prefecture, in order to scatt ...

'' (2012) *''

Shield of Straw is a 2013 Japanese spy film, 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 ...

'' (2013) *''

A Story of Yonosuke is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Shūichi Okita. The theme song is called and is performed by Asian Kung-Fu Generation. The film was shown at the 13th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection in June 2013. It premiered in America on July 13 ...

'' (2013) *'' Parasyte: Part 1'' (2014) *''

Shinya Shokudō Shinya (Shin'ya) is a Japanese given name, usually for males. It is pronounced as "Shin-ya", not "Shi-nya". Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese curler and curling coach *, Japanese politician *Shinya Aoki (born 1983), professional mi ...

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

Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and visual effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 31st film in the '' ...

'' (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 * Sator ...

'' (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 *''Noise'' (2022) *''Fuyusōbi'' (2022), Michiko *''Inu mo Kuwanedo Charlie wa Warau'' (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 2023'' (2023), Tsuru Yoshida

Television

*'' Atsuhime'' (2008), Fusahime *''

Hanbun, Aoi is a Japanese television drama series and the 98th Asadora series, following ''Warotenka''. It premiered on April 2, 2018, and concluded on September 29, 2018. Mei Nagano was cast in the lead role of Suzume Nireno after an audition of 2366 wome ...

'' (2018), Kimika Okada *''Innocent Days'' (2018) *'' Kuroido Goroshi'' (2018), Tsuneko Raisen *''

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

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

Honours

Medal with Purple Ribbon are medals awarded by the Government of Japan. They are awarded to individuals who have done meritorious deeds and also to those who have achieved excellence in their field of work. The Medals of Honor were established on December 7, 1881, and we ...

(2019)

References

External links

Official agency profile
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