Ryoko Hirosue

Born: 1980-07-18

Ryōko Hirosue (born July 18, 1980) is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.


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Wasabi

as Yumi Yoshimido
Released: 2001-10-31

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by...

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Departures

as Mika Kobayashi
Released: 2008-09-13

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small...

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Hard Days

as Misako Kudo
Released: 2023-05-19

After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control...

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Goemon

as Chacha Asai
Released: 2009-03-17

Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One...

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The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –

as Namiko Nirayama
Released: 2020-07-23

Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro...

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The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History

as Kanae Mizushima (voice)
Released: 2014-12-26

After slipping in a bath house, Conan appears to have lost his memory. Worse yet, it looks like...

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Hana and Alice

as Editor
Released: 2004-03-13

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a...

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Railroad Man

as Yukiko Sato
Released: 1999-06-05

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of...

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The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -

as Namiko
Released: 2022-01-14

Dako, Boku-chan and Richard commit their next con on Malta Island.

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The Confidence Man JP: Fortune

as uncredited
Released: 2019-05-18

How much of a role does luck play in a person's life? Some people believe you create your own...

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Key of Life

as Kanae Mizushima
Released: 2012-09-16

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of...

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Secret

as Monami Sugita / Naoko Sugita
Released: 1999-09-15

A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter,...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie

as Rouko Furaku
Released: 2022-06-17

Based on the feature-length novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" written by Arthur Conan Doyle,...

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Hana's Miso Soup

as Chie Yasutake
Released: 2015-12-19

Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He...

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Mixed Doubles

as Yayoi Yoshioka
Released: 2017-10-21

To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a...

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Flowers

as Kei
Released: 2010-06-12

Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the...

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Legal High SP

as Beppu Toshiko
Released: 2013-04-13

Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's...

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Step

as Nanae Saito
Released: 2020-07-17

Single father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she...

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Jam Films

as uncredited
Released: 2002-12-28

Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

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Villon's Wife

as Akiko
Released: 2009-10-10

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant...

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Snow Jack

as Eru Fujisaki
Released: 2014-08-02

A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the...

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Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust

as Mayumi Tanaka
Released: 2007-02-10

It's 2007 and the Japanese Ministry of Finance have calculated that the economy will collapse in...

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Zero Focus

as Sadako Ubara
Released: 2009-11-14

Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn...

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Lingering Spirits

as Yuko Kasahara
Released: 2014-11-22

Gajirou Honda is a self-centered man who only cares about money and women. When he’s involved in...

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Love x Doc

as Reiko Fuyuki
Released: 2018-05-11

Asuka Goda is a 40-year-old pastry chef who runs a sweets store. She works with pastry chef...

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Life in Overtime

as Kuri Hamada
Released: 2018-06-09

After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a...

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Orpheus' Lyre

as Yoko
Released: 2013-04-06

Although the situation is universal, Japanese mourning rituals are given solid coverage. The...

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Little DJ

as Tamaki - Adult
Released: 2007-12-15

Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show....

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The Whispered City

as Flea Market Girl
Released: 2000-07-07

Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa,...

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20th Century Nostalgia

as Anzu / Pouse
Released: 1997-07-26

A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time,...

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Ryoko Hirosue First Live Show

as uncredited
Released: 1999-05-26

Ryoko Hirosue live performance from 1999.

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2 Women

as Shoko Shiraki
Released: 2022-11-11

Modeled on Setouchi Jakucho, Inoue Mitsuharu, and his wife, 2 women depicts the special...

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Snow on The Blades

as Setsu Shimura
Released: 2014-09-20

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed...

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Miporin's Dimple

as Okazaki Riko
Released: 2010-08-28

Hirosue and Nagase will play a married couple in this tearjerker, based on a true story of two...

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セレンディップの奇跡

as uncredited
Released: 2007-03-12

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Collage of Our Lives

as Shizuru Satonaka
Released: 2003-05-16

A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a...

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Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director

as uncredited
Released: 2010-08-15

Stepping closer and closer to his retirement, Hayao Miyazaki has no other means, but to choose...

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An Artist of the Floating World

as Murakami Setsuko
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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Presents Aikagi

as Yukari
Released: 2006-12-09

Aikagi means "spare key" in Japanese, and this film presents a story of love and remembrance....

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Ending Cut

as 迫田 七海
Released: 2022-03-19

Sakota Yui is a senior high school student living in a seaside town. Her parents own a beauty...

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Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -

as uncredited
Released: 2016-10-10

If actresses Hirosue Ryoko, Igawa Haruka and Saito Yuki chose different paths at the turning...

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The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

as Shiota Yoshiko
Released: 2016-03-12

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident,...

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The Man Who Can't Defraud

as Omori Utako
Released: 2022-03-26

Sakai plays an extremely good-natured businessman. When he attends a marriage activity party in...

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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous

as Shino
Released: 2020-01-31

The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto....

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Family Bond

as uncredited
Released: 2020-01-17

Shingo Kawasaki is a master carpenter with consummate skills. He looks somewhat scary but he is...

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The Nutcracker 3D

as Mauselinks (voice)
Released: 2014-11-29

This adaptation of the Nutcracker story (by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius...

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稲垣家の喪主

as 稻垣杏子
Released: 2017-03-18

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Bōkyō

as Misato Tomita (segment "Mikan no hana")
Released: 2016-09-28

Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining...

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Making of Himitsu

as uncredited
Released: 2000-06-21

Making of movie Himitsu (Secret 1999), starring actor and idol Ryoko Hirosue.

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Haruka naru Yakusoku

as uncredited
Released: 2006-11-25

There is a story of a grand love torn apart by the Russo-Japanese War. It is an incomparable...

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Arita

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-01

ARITA is a short film told in pictures and in small moments. It is about a girl whose first...

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湊かなえサスペンス『望郷』

as 富田美里 / TOMITA Misato
Released: 2016-09-28

Shiratsunajima City was the only remaining one island and one city in Japan, but it was merged...

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Go, Masao!

as Satomi Sunaga
Released: 2012-06-04

Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto...

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Toro to Tabi Suru: The Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2009-04-15

Look for Toro with gorgeous cast and alarming family together!

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RYOKO HIROSUE WINTER GIFT '98 Happy Songs & Music Clips

as uncredited
Released: 1998-10-31

Ryoko Hirosue music clip collection.

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Wonderful Story

as uncredited
Released: 1997-08-31

Idol VHS tape Ryoko Hirosue released in 1997.

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Mokuyou no Kaidan'97: Akuryou Gakuen

as Haruka
Released: 1997-05-01

Haruka Renkoji is a bright and innocent high school girl. However, she is actually the...

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Making of New York RH Avenue

as uncredited
Released: 2003-07-31

Making of New York RH Avenue & Collage of Our Life, starring actor and idol Ryoko Hirosue.

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Because I Am Me

as uncredited
Released: 1997-01-03

The members of SMAP play former high school classmates who were members of the Ekiden team 6...

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ママが料理をつくる理由

as uncredited
Released: 2007-03-03

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Tears of Kitty

as Yuko
Released: 2008-01-26

Eiji Morioka is legendary fighter, he is the 3rd and last Japanese boxing medalist. His life...

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Making of R.H.

as uncredited
Released: 1998-08-28

Idol 廣末涼子 Ryoko Hirosue VHS tape Making of R.H. released in 1998.

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Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Fall Special

as 森沢いずみ(鏡子さん)
Released: 2006-10-02

***Kyouko-san (Miss Kyouko) A young therapist at a hospital investigates when a spirit appears...

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Infinity / The Making of 20th Century Nostalgia

as uncredited
Released: 1997-12-31

Making of "20th Century Nostalgia"

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シャンハイムーン

as Guangping Xu
Released: 2018-03-03

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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

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Legal High

as 別府敏子
First aired: 2012-04-17

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law...

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Ryōmaden

as Kao Hirai
First aired: 2010-01-03

Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010...

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Ranman

as Makino Hisa
First aired: 2023-04-03

The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era...

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Galileo

as Yayoi
First aired: 2007-10-15

Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu...

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Tower of Justice

as Sawa Mizuki(水樹 爽)
First aired: 2021-04-15

Ren Kamijō is the director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation...

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Beach Boys

as Makoto Izumi
First aired: 1997-07-07

Upon getting thrown out of his girlfriend Fujiko's apartment, Hiromi decides to head for the...

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Keigo Higashino Mysteries

as Tomomi Iida
First aired: 2012-07-05

11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to...

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Keigo Higashino Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-07-05

11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to...

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Long Vacation

as Takako Saito
First aired: 1996-04-15

Minami who is dumped by her ex-boyfriend, Asakura, on their wedding day. She later meets Sena,...

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All About My Siblings

as Mizuki Yoshikawa
First aired: 2014-07-09

Five siblings struggle to live together after their parents have passed away. Arguments are a...

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Ouroboros

as Kashiwaba Yuiko
First aired: 2015-01-16

"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity....

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King of Sushi

as Miharu Sekiguchi
First aired: 1996-04-19

A comic-based comedy about the young and talented Shota (Kashiwabara Takashi) who set a goal of...

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Lipstick

as Ai Hayakawa
First aired: 1999-04-12

Hayakawa Ai commits a crime which lands her in a correction facility for juveniles. There she...

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Sashow The Last Case

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-07-12

Lady cop (Asano Atsuko) and team leader (Katori Shingo) are lovers and they solve major crimes...

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Sakanoue Animal Clinic Story

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-10-12

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Oyaji

as Suzu Kanzaki
First aired: 2000-10-08

At 55, Kan-ichi Kanzaki is the old-fashioned and overbearing father of the Kanzaki family: his...

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Slow Dance

as Mino Koike
First aired: 2005-07-04

A man who constantly applies the brake in his life, a woman who could do with a brake in her...

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Caution, Hazardous Wife

as Yuri Ohara
First aired: 2017-10-04

Nami Isayama met a man through a blind date and married him. She and her husband moved to a...

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Grace's History

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-03-19

In her beloved car, "Grace", a wife is on her way to Narita. Following a bus accident that kills...

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Shotgun Marriage

as Chiyo Kotani
First aired: 2001-07-02

Ryunosuke, who directs commercials, receives a phone call. On the other end of the phone is a...

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Riding a Unicorn

as Sachi Haneda
First aired: 2022-07-05

Determined to revive her startup's dwindling success, an innovative young CEO hires a...

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MR.BRAIN

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-05-23

Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research...

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The Man with God's Tongue

as 雅
First aired: 2016-07-08

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I Love Dad Best in the World

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-07-08

The protagonist is a 41-year-old divorced lawyer. 13 years ago, his wife's infidelity led him to...

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The Last Song

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-10-14

Just when about to commit suicide after being deserted by his bride-to-be during the wedding, a...

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Heaven's Coin

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-04-12

Aya Kuramoto, a deaf and mute girl from Hokkaido, falls in in love with a doctor named Shūichi...

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Triangle

as Sachi
First aired: 2009-01-06

The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case...

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He Is My Ex-Boyfriend

as Makoto Saeki(佐伯 真琴)
First aired: 2003-07-06

Toji, a manager of a food section in a medium-sized department store, has to put up with a tough...

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Odd Family 11

as Megumi Sanada
First aired: 2011-10-21

Minoru Sanada is a cameraman with little skills in his profession. His wife Megumi runs a cafe,...

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Starman: A Love Story

as Sawako Uno
First aired: 2013-07-09

Sawako (Ryoko Hirosue) was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons...

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Father

as Makoto Shindo
First aired: 2002-10-13

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Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-09-01

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Love is Still Necessary

as Takazono Ako
First aired: 2002-07-12

Rage, a pimp who only loves money and himself, is sent to jail for 6 months. While he is in the...

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Saintly Woman

as Motoko Hijii / Maria Ozawa
First aired: 2014-08-19

When I was 17-years-old, Maria was a college student and worked as a private tutor. Her student...

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Naomi and Kanako

as Naomi oda
First aired: 2016-01-14

Naomi Oda (Ryoko Hirosue) aspired to become a curator at an art gallery, but she currently works...

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オヤジい

as 칸자키 스즈
First aired: 2000-10-08

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Summer Snow

as Yuki Katase(片瀬 ユキ)
First aired: 2000-07-07

A love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman...

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When the Saints Go Marching In

as Tsuchiya Arisu
First aired: 1998-01-09

Exploring the perception and treatment of mentally-challenged youth and their similarities to...

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エンディングカット

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-03-19

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Tokkai: Furyousaiken Tokubetsu Kaishubu

as Tamura Rei
First aired: 2021-01-17

In 1996, after the collapse of Japan's asset price bubble, Shibasaki Akira works in the loan...

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Babel - The Tower of Babel

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-01-04

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Looking at Love and Death

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-03-18

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Nippon Noir

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-10-13

Who is the killer? Who stole the $10 million? The doubts, lies, suspicion, and betrayal are...

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Ushinawareta Yakusoku

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-16

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Tokyo Tower ~ Okan and me, sometimes, Oton (SP version)

as Masami Narita
First aired: 2006-11-18

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, the gentle coming-of-age...

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The Eternal Zero

as Keiko Saeki
First aired: 2015-02-11

The story of Saeki Kentaro, who continues to fail the National Bar Examinations and lose sight...

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Yasuko to Kenji

as Erika Tsubaki
First aired: 2008-07-12

The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an...

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Ending Cut

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-03-19

Sakoda Yui a cheerful and positive third year high school student, lives in a seaside town. She...

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