Aki Maeda

Born: 1985-07-11

Aki Maeda (前田亜季 Maeda Aki, born 11 July 1985 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress and singer. She has an older sister named Ai Maeda. She is perhaps best known in the west for her role as Noriko Nakagawa in the controversial 2000 film "Battle Royale", which she reprised for its sequel "Battle Royale II: Requiem". She graduated from Hosei University in 2008.


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The Cat Returns

as Yuki (voice)
Released: 2002-07-19

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it...

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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

as Twin Girl
Released: 2001-12-15

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises...

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Battle Royale II: Requiem

as Noriko Nakagawa
Released: 2003-07-05

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an...

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as Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)
Released: 2000-12-16

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them...

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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

as Young Ayana Hirasaka
Released: 1999-03-06

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi...

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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

as Girl in Sendai
Released: 1996-07-12

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on...

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Linda Linda Linda

as Kyoko Yamada
Released: 2005-07-23

Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist...

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School Ghost Story G

as uncredited
Released: 1998-09-27

A made-for-TV anthology horror film composed of four stories, two of which serving as prequels...

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Harami: White Fear

as uncredited
Released: 2005-11-19

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ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」

as uncredited
Released: 2017-12-24

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Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

as Self
Released: 2001-01-13

The late Kinji Fukasaku directed "Battle Royale" - his 60th movie - at the age of 70. This film...

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When a Tree Falls

as uncredited
Released: 2019-09-21

A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As...

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Pride

as Kimie Tojo
Released: 1998-05-23

Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime...

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Motherhood

as Mia Sakaguchi
Released: 2019-11-03

When pregnant Mia Sakaguchi falls from a staircase at the shrine, she is transferred to 1994 and...

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Haunted School 3

as Mayuko Fujii
Released: 1997-07-19

Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school...

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Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet

as Chise
Released: 2006-01-28

Based on the Best Selling Anime Series "SAIKANO" Shy coed Chise (played by Aki Maeda from Battle...

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必殺仕事人2010

as uncredited
Released: 2010-07-10

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2013 is a continuation of the Hissatsu Shigotonin series this was the SP...

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The Return

as uncredited
Released: 2019-11-04

Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant...

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I Never Shot Anyone

as Ami Nakamichi
Released: 2020-07-03

Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two...

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An Artist of the Floating World

as Ono Noriko
Released: 2019-03-30

In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art...

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Out of This World

as Ryoko Yoda
Released: 2004-02-07

Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American...

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Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

as Oritsu
Released: 2016-10-09

Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu...

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Making of 'Battle Royale'

as Self
Released: 2000-12-01

An abundance of footage from the shooting of Battle Royale and cast and crew discussions.

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A Madder Red

as Sachiko
Released: 2021-05-21

7 years ago, Yoichi died in a traffic accident. His wife Ryoko did not receive compensation from...

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Kasha

as Kozue Kimura
Released: 2011-11-05

Shunsuke Honma is a detective from the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police...

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Romance Of Darkness

as Rikka Nikaidou
Released: 2006-05-27

Rikka Nikaidou is a cute and innocent girl sees two persons vanish into thin hair...

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The Boy Who Saw the Wind

as Maria (voice)
Released: 2000-07-22

Amon is a boy who can control the wind. Branik, ruler of the Empire of the Golden Snake, wants...

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High School Girl's Friend

as uncredited
Released: 2001-07-14

Genichiro, a lonely retired man living with his son’s family who mostly ignores him, feels...

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Haunted School 2

as uncredited
Released: 1996-07-20

Sequel to the 1995 film Haunted School aka Gakkou no Kaidan. Similar to the first, in that it's...

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Silver Rain

as Kikue
Released: 2009-11-28

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The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale II

as Self
Released: 2003-07-10

Prolific director Kinji Fukasaku died suddenly during the production of Battle Royale 2. His son...

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Aokigahara

as uncredited
Released: 2013-01-12

Set within the Aokigahara forest on Mount Fuji, a famous location for suicides. Follows the love...

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Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

as uncredited
Released: 2004-11-01

Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu...

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Making of Battle Royale II: Requiem

as Self
Released: 2003-07-05

Behind the scenes of Battle Royale II

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Mokuhihan

as uncredited
Released: 2022-08-08

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安楽椅子探偵と笛吹家の一族

as uncredited
Released: 2003-06-13

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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-10-09

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner...

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CSI: Crime Scene Talks

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-04-13

Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police...

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Gochisousan

as Horinohata Sakurako
First aired: 2013-09-30

Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries...

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Absolute Zero

as Kaori Fujii
First aired: 2010-04-13

Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up...

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Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

as Natsuko Kawashima(川島 奈津子)
First aired: 2014-04-16

Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice...

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Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-04-01

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Good Doctor

as Ichikawa Shiori
First aired: 2018-07-12

Minato Shindo has savant syndrome. His memory is amazing, but he has difficulty communicating...

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Shinsengumi Keppūroku

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-04-03

There were men who were passionate about being samurai. The men became samurai warriors at the...

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Princess Comet

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-04-01

Princess Comet is a Japanese TV Drama and manga series created and illustrated by Mitsuteru...

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4 Shimai Tantei Dan

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-01-18

The story features a team of four sleuthing sisters.

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Home Appliance Samurai

as Shizue | Ito Misa
First aired: 2022-04-02

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Woman of Rumor

as Hiromi Hiratsuka
First aired: 2018-04-14

In high school, Itoi Miyuki was a not so pretty girl, one day she suddenly turns attractive. She...

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Gonzo: The Legendary Detective

as Monami Amano
First aired: 2008-07-02

Kuroki was once an ace detective, but after being traumatized from a case, he became unable to...

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Life as a Girl

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-01-05

Miki Ogawa (Jun Shison) yearned to live the life of a lovely girl and moved to the city from the...

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The Last Hope

as Tomoko Uda
First aired: 2013-01-15

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Deaf Voice: A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court

as Matsuyama Chiemi
First aired: 2023-12-16

Arai Naohito is a CODA (children of deaf adults) who becomes a sign language interpreter after...

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Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita

as Chiaki Morimoto
First aired: 2020-05-04

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Enzaihan

as 香山朱美
First aired: 2021-08-30

An authentic social mystery starring Koizumi Kotaro! A murder case in Chiba. A murder case in...

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Copyface

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-11-18

Hirosawa Nodoka, a freelance journalist for a weekly magazine, gets close to Fuyuko, the wife of...

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もう一度パパと呼ばれる日

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-06-06

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