is a Japanese

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

best known for playing Hotaru Kuroita in the long-running television drama '' Kita no Kuni kara'' ("From a Northern Country"). She won the award for best supporting actress at the 12th

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, ...

for ''

Tugumi is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa, and based on the novel '' Goodbye Tsugumi'' by Banana Yoshimoto. Awards 12th Yokohama Film Festival * Best Supporting Actress - Tomoko Nakajima * 6th Best Film Cast *Riho Makise *Tomoko Nakajima ...

''.

Filmography

Films

* ''

Tokei – Adieu l'hiver is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Sō Kuramoto. Cast * Ayumi Ishida * Tetsuya Watari * Kunie Tanaka * Hideo Murota * Minori Terada * Masumi Okada * Toshiyuki Nagashima * Eri Ishida * Midori Satsuki Awards and nominations 29th Blue Ribbon Awa ...

'' (1986) * ''

'' (1990) * ''

Chizuko's Younger Sister is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It was filmed in Mukaishima Island, Hiroshima. Synopsis The film centers on Mika Kitao (北尾実加 ''Kitao Mika''; Hikari Ishida), the clumsy and slow younger sister of Chizuko Kitao (北 ...

'' (1991) * ''

Dance till Tomorrow is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Yamamoto. It is a romantic comedy which details the life of Suekichi Terayama, a student who will inherit a fortune when he graduates from college and gets married with unexpecte ...

'' (1991) * ''

Parasite Eve Parasite Eve may refer to: * ''Parasite Eve'' (novel), a 1995 Japanese science fiction horror novel by Hideaki Sena * ''Parasite Eve'' (film), a 1997 Japanese science fiction film based on the novel * ''Parasite Eve'' (video game), a 1998 action ...

'' (1997) * ''

Give It All "Give It All" is a song by American rock band Rise Against. It was originally recorded for the 2004 compilation album '' Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1'', while a slightly altered version appeared on the band's third studio album ''Siren Song of the ...

'' (1998) * ''

The Taste of Tea is the third film by Japanese writer and director Katsuhito Ishii. It has been referred to as a " surreal" version of Ingmar Bergman's '' Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). It was a selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis The film follows the ...

'' (2004) * ''

Tokyo Family is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yōji Yamada. It is a remake of the Japanese film ''Tokyo Story''. Plot The film is set in Tokyo and Ōsakikamijima, Hiroshima. Cast *Isao Hashizume as Shukichi Hirayama *Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Tomiko ...

'' (2013) * ''

What a Wonderful Family! is a 2016 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa, Tomoko Nakajima, Hayashiya Shōzō IX, Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yū Aoi. It was released in Japan by Shochiku ...

'' (2016) * '' What a Wonderful Family! 2'' (2017) * ''

A Beautiful Star is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Daihachi Yoshida and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima. Plot The Osugi family consists of the father Jūichirō Osugi (Lily Franky), mother Iyoko (Tomoko Nakajima), son Kazu ...

'' (2017) * '' What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life'' (2018) * ''One Day, You Will Reach the Sea'' (2022) * ''I Wish I Could Meet You Again on the Hill Where That Flower Blooms.'' (2023)

Television

* ''Kita no Kuni kara'' (1981–2002), Hotaru Kuroita * '' Atsuhime'' (2008), Shigeno

References

1971 births Living people Japanese actresses Actresses from Tokyo {{Japan-actor-stub