
The Nara-born actress got an early start in the much praised and oft discussed The Taste of Tea before staying with the profession and graduating to adult roles. Before that, however, the youngest of four sisters had debuted in Suzaku after, legend has it, director Naomi Kawase spotted her cleaning shoe boxes at her junior high school. She has won several awards since.

as Honoka Aono

as Nadeshiko Kosetsu

as Megumi Bento Merchants

as Yuko Kagami

as Arai Yuka [Adult]

as Natsu Kamiyama

as Katase Kyoko

as Teranaka Hatsumi

as Kazumi Iwakiri

as Nami Tamura

as Ryoko Hisada

as Sayuri

as Keiko Asano

as Kayako Arishina

as Haruko

as Asumi Ishibashi

as Ryoko Tanaka

as Yuka Kudo

as Akira Kamoi

as Miyoko Suzuki

as Mother (voice)

as Tomiko

as Harumi Tamura

as Tomoko Ashimura

as (segment “Hammer”)

as Haruka Sawamura

as Ryoko Kozuki

as Tomomi Nakase

as Kamei Naomi

as Kishi

as Saeko Yuki

as Marie (voice)

as Masami Mizuki

as Ryoko Fujino (adult)

as Ryoko Fujino (adult)

as Sachiko

as Rieko Sugita

as Natsumi Tashiro

as Osono

as Manami

as 星野结夏

as Machiko Hasegawa

as Office worker

as Midori Nonomiya

as Kawashima Yumiko

as Chiyo

as Tatto Girl

as Ikuhisa

as Yumiko Yano

as Mother

as Kawahara Kaoru

as Tochiko orimi

as Eriko Kikuchi

as Chizuko Tamaki

as Machiko

as Nurse

as Teacher

as Sakutaro's Older Sister

as Atsuko

as Kazuko

as Mikiko

as Self

as Michiru Tahara

as Marie (second segment) (voice)