Yu Aoi
Yu Aoi (born August 17, 1985) is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula dancing film Hula Girls and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the popular Honey and Clover manga series. She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best supporting actress in 2007 for Hula Girls and Rookie of the Year for continued performances in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2009.
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
as Megumi TakaniIn 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi...
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
as Megumi TakaniIn 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an...
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All About Lily Chou-Chou
as Shiori TsudaCharts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the...
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Yamato
as TaekoDirected by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the...
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Tokyo!
as Pizza-Delivery Girl (segment "Shaking Tokyo")Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller,...
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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
as Megumi TakaniShishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him,...
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock
as Miime (voice)Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek...
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
as Megumi TakaniKenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached...
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Redline
as Sonoshee McLaren (voice)The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And...
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Tokyo Ghoul
as Rize KamishiroA Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh....
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Children of the Sea
as Kanako Azumi (voice)Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two...
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Tekkonkinkreet
as Shiro (voice)Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure...
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Penguin Highway
as Onē-san (voice)A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in...
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Sex Is No Laughing Matter
as EnMirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art...
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Flowers
as RinFlowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the...
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Wife of a Spy
as Satoko FukuharaIt’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the...
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The Case of Hana & Alice
as Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa (voice)Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa has just moved to a new house with her recently divorced mother and...
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Hana and Alice
as Tetsuko Arisugawa (Alice)Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a...
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One Million Yen Girl
as Suzuko SatôA 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her...
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Harmful Insect
as Natsuko Yamaoka13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her...
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What a Wonderful Family! 2
as Noriko MamiyaSeveral years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a...
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Miyori's Forest
as Miyori (voice)After being deserted by her parents, 11-year old Miyori shuts her heart from the rest of the...
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Hula Girls
as Kimiko TanikawaYoung women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building...
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Climbing to Spring
as Ai TakazawaToru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Mina NakaiIn this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more...
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Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
as MomokoIn 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They...
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Sylvanian Families the Movie: A Gift From Freya
as Teri Chocolate (voice)The rabbit girl Freya is trying to make everyone happy, with the Sylvanian village's annual star...
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Journey to the Shore
as TomokoMizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks...
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Letters from Kanai Nirai
as Fuki AsatoFuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a...
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
as Kujaku OgitaniSuzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her...
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Tokyo Family
as Noriko MamiyaAn elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied...
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Mushi-Shi: The Movie
as TanyuMushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living...
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Rainbow Song
as Kana SatoTomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of...
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Romance Doll
as Sonoko KitamuraIt was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became...
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Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
as Jadwiga (voice)Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while...
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Honokaa Boy
as KaoruLeo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with...
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Honey and Clover
as HaguAdapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama...
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Vampire
as MinaAn outwardly normal schoolteacher preys on suicidal women to slake his overwhelming thirst for...
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Mixed Doubles
as YoTo get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a...
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What a Wonderful Family!
as Noriko MamiyaA husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife...
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Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Miki28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a...
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Killing
as YuIn Edo period Japan, a lone ronin spends time in a village helping the farmers tend to their...
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Umineko - Inseparable
as Miya NodaThe shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student,...
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Birds Without Names
as Towako KitaharaAn unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has...
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What a Wonderful Family! 3
as Noriko MamiyaAt the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one...
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The Lightning Tree
as Rai / YuSet during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special...
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Japanese Girls Never Die
as Haruko AzumiWhile a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman...
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Over the Fence
as Satoshi TamuraA recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational...
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Worst by Chance
as Harada's GirlfriendHidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He...
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A Long Goodbye
as Fumi HigashiMari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They...
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Penance
as Sae KikuchiThe murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body...
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Shining Boy and Little Randy
as Emi MurakamiTetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with...
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About Her Brother
as Koharu TakanoGinko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing,...
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as GeishaToichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides...
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Sugar & Spice
as Girl on the BusRecently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro decides to put off college and work at a...
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Patisserie Coin De Rue
as Natsume UsubaA disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work....
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Miyamoto
as Yasuko NakanoFollowing the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring...
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Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Mami TachibanaOne of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.
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1980
as Rika HashibaA former idol becomes a teacher at the high school she graduated from, but her new career is...
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Best Wishes for Tomorrow
as Kazuko MoribeA Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of...
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All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
as uncreditedThe making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story...
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Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
as uncreditedThis is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly...
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Good Bye, My Secret Friend
as NarratorBased on Saibara Rieko's manga, Ike-chan to Boku (a.k.a. Good Bye My Secret Friend) tells the...
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Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro
as Shiina KasumiUchiyama Kaede and Shiina Kasumi used to be best friends. Now in high school, Kasumi grew more...
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Filming H&A
as uncreditedBehind the scenes documentary about the filming of "Hana & Alice", which began as a series of...
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呪戒-JUKAI-
as uncreditedA horror suspense film to be released in February 2005, in which Reiko SUHO plays a college...
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Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
as NanakoNanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day,...
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By Chance
as uncreditedA young woman travels to Ireland. She comes across unexpected meetings, inspiration and even...
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Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
as Neko no me o ginGoemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but...
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Fall Special
as uncredited***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase...
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Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
as Fusako ToriiAn medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and...
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Fukushima Hula Girls
as Narrator (voice)The Hawaiian Spa Resort in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tohoku...
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Diary from the past
as uncreditedA writer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who has an artistic crisis purchases a stack of diaries written...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 仲依ミナAfter making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to...
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Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
as Chika/Makoto/Umeko/SuzukoThe series consists of four 3-episode chapters, each handled by a different director. The...
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MOZU
as Shiori NanamiAn explosion take place in a street of Tokyo. Many people were killed or seriously injured. One...
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Detective Lovesick
as Setsuko KonumaHe was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had...
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Hello, Detective Hedgehog
as Setsuko KawaiDetective Goro Nanase and his colleagues of "Akatsuka Detective Office" are based in...
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We're Millennials. Got a problem?
as Kumi KasagiDrama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the...
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Tiger and Dragon
as RisaA young yakuza thug apprentices with an indebted comic "rakugo" performer, whose...
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Penance
as Sae KikuchiThe murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is...
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All About My Siblings
as Azusa SawabeFive siblings struggle to live together after their parents have passed away. Arguments are a...
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Kou Kou Kyoushi
as Ezawa MamiHina, a student at Nikko High School, goes out one evening with her classmate Beniko. They get...
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Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
as 梦乃A psychiatrist, Rintaro Hino, listens closely to the aching hearts of people, relieving them of...
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My High School Business
as Chihiro MashibaRosuke Narumi works at a trading company and he is pretty good at his job. He dates Satoko...
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From Miyamoto To You
as 中野靖子The story follows an amateur salaryman named Hiroshi Miyamoto, who works at a stationary company...
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The Farthest Galaxy
as Misato Ebata / Akane SeikeDetective Seiichiro Watari is nearing retirement, but is still bothered by an unsolved case from...
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Osen
as Sen HandaHanda Sen is the "okami" (proprietress) of a long-standing restaurant in one of the lower parts...
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Hana & Alice
as AliceWeb/video series by Shunji Iwai. Commissioned by Nestle for breaktown.com. Later adapted into...
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FRONTIERS
as NarratorThe documentary series features pioneers who are opening up frontiers in various fields such as...
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