Mayu Tsuruta (鶴田真由, born April 25, 1970 in

Kamakura, Kanagawa is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kamakura has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 persons per km² over the total area of . Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939. Kamak ...

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. In 1996 she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends. Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited thousands of

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, she spent time with several families and helped distribute

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Filmography

Film

* '' Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan'' (1993) * きけ、わだつみの声 Last Friends (''Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends'', 1995) * '' Sōrito Yobanaide'' (1997) * ''

Owls' Castle is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed jidaigeki film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was co-written by Shinoda and Katsuo Naruse, and stars Kiichi Nakai It is the second adaptation of Ryōtarō Shiba's 1959 novel '' Fukurō no Shiro'', the first being ...

'' (1999) * ''Mr. Rookie'' (2002) * ''

Half a Confession is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Summary Respected inspector Soichiro Kaji is imprisoned for killing his wife, Keiko, who, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, r ...

'' (2004) * ''Year One in the North'' (2005) * ''Katenkoru'' (2005) * ''Hotori no Sakuko'' (2013) * ''

The Ravine of Goodbye is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori. The film is based on the Japanese 2008 novel ''Sayonara keikoku'' by Shuichi Yoshida, which intrigued Ōmori with its central mystery of a rape victim and her perpetrator choosing to l ...

'' (2013) * ''Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura'' (2017) * ''Umi wo Kakeru'' (2018) * ''Katsu Fūtarō!!'' (2019) * ''Noise'' (2022) * ''One Day, You Will Reach the Sea'' (2022)

Television

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Marumo no Okite is a Japanese television series which premiered on Fuji TV on April 24, 2011. This television series stars Sadao Abe as Mamoru Takagi, a public relations officer with a stationery company. It also stars child actor Fuku Suzuki and child actress ...

'' (2011)

Dubbing

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External links

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References

People from Kamakura Seijo University alumni 1970 births Living people Actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture {{japan-actor-stub