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Sakura Ando

Born · February 18, 1986 (39 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Bio

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.

Known for

Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One

Shoplifters

Shoplifters

Monster

Monster

Love Exposure

Love Exposure

The Hot Spot

Hiroko Takahashi · (1 episode)

2025

The Imaginary

Lizzie (voice)

2023

Godzilla Minus One

Sumiko Ota

2023

We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International

Miyashita Akane

2023

Bad Lands

Neri Hashioka

2023

Monster

Saori Mugino

2023

Rebooting

Kondo Asami · (10 episodes)

2023

A Man

Rie Taniguchi

2022

Korosuna

Omine

2022

Tabiya Okaeri

Erika Oka · (4 episodes)

2022

Tabiya Okaeri

惠理子 · (8 episodes)

2022

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

Ubume

2021

Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"

2021

Ryuukou Kanbou

Haruko

2021

Girl Gun Lady

Daisy · (10 episodes)

2021

Today's Nekomura

Scared wife · (24 episodes)

2020

孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル緊急指令！成田～福岡～釜山弾丸出張編！

2019

Mango no Ki no Shita de

(1 episode)

2019

Manpuku

Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko · (151 episodes)

2018

Shoplifters

Nobuyo Shibata

2018

Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!

Mokonyan (voice) · (51 episodes)

2018

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

Grim Reaper

2017

Tornado Girl

Yu Mikami

2017

Reminiscence

Ryoko Nishina

2017

Love Exposure: The TV-Show

Aya Koike · (10 episodes)

2017

Sound of Waves

Yuko Kitagawa

2016

Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys

Yumeko

2016

Like a Girl Playing House

Onchi Eiko · (8 episodes)

2016

We're Millennials. Got a Problem?

Akane Miyashita · (10 episodes)

2016

Seed

2016

Asleep

Terako

2015

Her Granddaughter

Misaki Akimoto

2015

100 Yen Love

Ichiko Saito

2014

0.5 mm

Sawa

2014

Climbing to Spring

Yuri Nakagawa

2014

Homeland

Misa

2014

The Stork Nest

2013

Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi

Kyoko

2013

Penance

Akiko Takano

2013

Petal Dance

Motoko

2013

Radio

Yuki Sasayama

2013

Yellow Elephant

Kanyu the dog (voice)

2013

The Brothers Karamazov

Shiori Kurosawa · (11 episodes)

2013

Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi

Haruko Hatsuyama · (10 episodes)

2013

The Samurai That Night

Mika

2012

Our Homeland

Rie

2012

For Love's Sake

Gum-ko

2012

ATARU

Eiko Sasai · (1 episode)

2012

Penance

Akiko Takano · (5 episodes)

2012

Teto

2010

野田ともうします。

(20 episodes)

2010

8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

2010

A Crowd of Three

Kayo

2010

Sweet Little Lies

Miyako

2010

All to the Sea

2010

We'll Keep Walking, That's All

Miyuki Matsunaka

2009

Torso

Mina

2009

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio

Rika Kinoshita

2009

Oh, My Buddha!

2009

Chance!

(2 episodes)

2009

Crime or Punishment?!?

Momo Mimikawa

2009

Love Exposure

Koike

2009

Make the Last Wish

Meiko

2009

Ain't No Tomorrows

Chizu

2008

Out of the Wind

Mariko Iwata

2007

A Long Walk

Waitress

2006