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Sakura Ando

Acting
Known For

39 Years Old

With parents in the show business perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando would become an actress and, moreover, also end up marrying an actor. She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18.02.1986. Her great grandfather was prime minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade. She was often ill as a child. Her disease made her dizzy, lose her balance and more throughout her childhood. Her brain would shut down. She would opt for her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion picked her for his film Love Exposure and gave her a major start on the big screen. She won an award as the Best Supporting Actress for her work in it at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. Earlier her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa ('Outside The Wind') alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple movies and serials and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012. She had met him on a train in 2008 and had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which was fortunate since she had practiced boxing when she was fourteen-years-old. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won the award for Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work on 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of several top young actresses in Japan next to Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi and perhaps Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.

Born

Tokyo, Japan on 18th February 1986

All Credits

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Manpuku
Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
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Today's Nekomura
Scared wife
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The Hot Spot
Hiroko Takahashi
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Rebooting
Kondo Asami
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Penance
Akiko Takano
ATARU Image
ATARU
Eiko Sasai
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Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Haruko Hatsuyama
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Tabiya Okaeri
惠理子
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Tabiya Okaeri
Erika Oka
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Godzilla Minus One
Sumiko Ota
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We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
Akane Miyashita
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Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Aya Koike
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Girl Gun Lady
Daisy
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Monster
Saori Mugino
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Shoplifters
Nobuyo Shibata
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Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Mokonyan (voice)
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Love Exposure
Koike
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Like a Girl Playing House
Onchi Eiko
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野田ともうします。
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The Imaginary
Lizzie (voice)
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Tornado Girl
Yu Mikami
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Bad Lands
Neri Hashioka
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100 Yen Love
Ichiko Saito
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The Brothers Karamazov
Shiori Kurosawa
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Grim Reaper
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Ubume
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0.5 mm
Sawa
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Her Granddaughter
Misaki Akimoto
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Reminiscence
Ryoko Nishina
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Chance!
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Mango no Ki no Shita de
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Ain't No Tomorrows
Chizu
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A Man
Rie Taniguchi
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Yellow Elephant
Kanyu the dog (voice)
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Torso
Mina
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For Love's Sake
Gum-ko
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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Rika Kinoshita
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Our Homeland
Rie
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Petal Dance
Motoko
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Sweet Little Lies
Miyako
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Homeland
Misa
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A Long Walk
Waitress
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Climbing to Spring
Yuri Nakagawa
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A Crowd of Three
Kayo
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We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International
Miyashita Akane
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Penance
Akiko Takano
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Asleep
Terako
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Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Kyoko
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Sound of Waves
Yuko Kitagawa
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The Samurai That Night
Mika
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Oh, My Buddha!
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Crime or Punishment?!?
Momo Mimikawa
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All to the Sea
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Teto
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Out of the Wind
Mariko Iwata
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Korosuna
Omine
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The Stork Nest
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Make the Last Wish
Meiko
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We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Miyuki Matsunaka
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Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Yumeko
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8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
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Seed
Radio Image
Radio
Yuki Sasayama
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A Very Straight Neck
Ryuukou Kanbou Image
Ryuukou Kanbou
Haruko
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters" Image
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"