Miki Sakai (''Sakai Miki'', 酒井美紀), born 21 February 1978 in

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'' playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her role including a

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for 'Newcomer of the Year'. She also starred in ''Hagusen nagashi'' (1996) on TV as well as in numerous other television series and movies. Miki's portrayal of the character Tomie in the 2001 horror movie '' Tomie: Re-birth'' was one of the more popular interpretations of the role. In January 2008, Miki Sakai appeared in the 10-hour long TV historical drama '' Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune''.

Filmography

Film

* ''

'' (1995), young Itsuki Fujii * ''Himeyuri no Tō'' (1995) * ''Nagareita shichinin'' (1997) * ''Abduction'' (1997), Mayo * ''To Love'' (1997), Mitsu Morita * '' Juvenile'' (2000), Noriko Kinoshita * '' Tomie: Re-birth'' (2001),

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'' (2009), Wakako Kijima * '' Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' (2011) * '' Tomie: Unlimited'' (2011), Tomie (cameo) * ''You Are Brilliant Like a Spica'' (2019) * ''Talking the Pictures'' (2019) * ''Akira and Akira'' (2022)

Television

* ''Hakusen Nagashi'' (1996), Sonoko Nanakura * ''Hakusen Nagashi: Spring at Age 19'' (1997), Sonoko Nanakura * ''Hakusen Nagashi: The Wind at Age 20'' (1999), Sonoko Nanakura * ''

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'' (2000),

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* ''Hakusen Nagashi: The Poem of Travels'' (2001), Sonoko Nanakura * ''Hakusen Nagashi: Age 25'' (2003), Sonoko Nanakura * ''Hakusen Nagashi: The Final: Even as the Times of Dreaming have Passed'' (2005), Sonoko Nanakura * '' Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune'' (2008) * '' Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' (2018), Oei * ''Because We Forget Everything'' (2022)

Awards

References

External links

Official profile
* * 1978 births Living people 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Singers from Shizuoka (city) Actors from Shizuoka Prefecture 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers {{Japan-actor-stub