Yuko Nakamura

Born: 1975-01-07

Yūko Nakamura is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.


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5 Centimeters per Second

as (voice)
Released: 2007-03-03

Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his...

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Our Little Sister

as Yoko Asano
Released: 2015-06-13

Upon the death of their estranged father, three sisters invite their 13-year-old half sister to...

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KOTOKO

as uncredited
Released: 2011-11-26

Suffering from double vision, a single mother tries to take care of her baby in the grip of...

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Ace Attorney

as Sayuri Haine (Polly Yogi)
Released: 2012-02-11

Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses...

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A Farewell to Jinu

as Natsu
Released: 2015-04-04

Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides...

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Moonlit Winter

as Jun
Released: 2019-11-14

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a...

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Box: The Hakamada Case

as Hideko Hakamada
Released: 2010-05-29

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years...

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Worlds Apart

as Minori Kōdai
Released: 2024-06-07

Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her...

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Torso

as uncredited
Released: 2009-11-13

A seemingly "normal" office worker Hiroko has a secret. At home she lives with a prosthetic...

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Tada's Do-It-All House

as Mari's Mother
Released: 2011-04-23

In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One...

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Until I Meet September's Love

as Sobue
Released: 2019-03-01

Shiori has just moved to a new apartment. One evening, she hears a mysterious voice that claims...

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Strawberry Shortcakes

as Akiyo
Released: 2006-09-23

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope...

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Tetsuo: The Bullet Man

as Mitsue
Released: 2009-09-05

When the son of an American man and a Japanese women is killed, the man transforms into Tetsuo.

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Small, Slow But Steady

as Doctor
Released: 2022-12-16

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is...

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The Sun

as Junko Okudera
Released: 2016-04-23

The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two...

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Welcome to the Quiet Room

as Kurita
Released: 2007-10-20

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a...

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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio

as Michiko Sudo
Released: 2009-10-10

Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off...

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Jubaku: Spellbound

as uncredited
Released: 1999-09-18

When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin...

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In the Pool

as uncredited
Released: 2005-05-21

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary...

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The Box Man

as Detective
Released: 2024-02-17

It follows a nameless man who gives up his identity to live with a large cardboard box over his...

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Fires on the Plain

as Tamura's Wife
Released: 2015-07-25

In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance...

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The Samurai I Loved

as uncredited
Released: 2005-10-01

A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood...

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Love and Treachery

as Machiko Tatsunami
Released: 2011-01-22

Kyosuke, an editor at a publishing company, keeps his concerns about his stagnant relationship...

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Following the Sound

as Yukiko
Released: 2024-01-05

One day, Haru (25), who works as a bookstore clerk, reunites with Takeshi (45), whom she first...

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Amy Said

as Naoko Iida
Released: 2017-09-30

Twenty years have passed since the sudden disappearance of Amy, who was the femme fatale in her...

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Egoist

as Shizuko Saito
Released: 2023-02-10

After losing his mother at the age of 14, Kōsuke spent his depressed adolescence hiding his gay...

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LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!

as Kinomoto
Released: 2018-10-12

Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is...

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Akiba

as uncredited
Released: 2006-12-23

A Japanese film about a bunch of otaku (or the cool cinema versions) in Akihabara who form a...

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Awakening

as uncredited
Released: 2007-01-27

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy...

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The Suicide Manual

as Rikki
Released: 2003-10-24

After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound...

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Good Stripes

as uncredited
Released: 2015-05-30

Midori Mantani and Masao Minamisawa are both 28-years-old. They have dated for 4 years, but...

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Goldfish Princess

as Jun's mother
Released: 2020-03-29

One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish...

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Like a Desperado Under The Eaves

as uncredited
Released: 2003-04-26

The main character Akihiko lives in an old apartment. He plays the guitar and sings his own...

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Tomato No Shizuku

as Shinobu Haru
Released: 2017-01-14

With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over...

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The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage

as uncredited
Released: 2003-12-26

There has been a surge in the number of people killing themselves; a mysterious DVD is found on...

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Strangers When We Meet

as uncredited
Released: 2013-05-02

The minimalistically staged Strangers When We Meet displays similarities with Kobayashi's The...

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Double Suicide Elegy

as uncredited
Released: 2005-02-26

Mashiro works for a law firm in Kagurazaka. It takes 2 hours for him to commute one way. Kyoko...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Rika
Released: 2009-07-25

Yuriko (Yuki Shibamoto) is tired of her relationship with a married man. She leaves Tokyo and...

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Firefly

as Ayako
Released: 2001-03-24

Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when...

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Koma

as Hatsuko
Released: 2009-11-12

Kawase explores the fragile and often tense history between Korea and Japan through the...

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Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project

as uncredited
Released: 2003-01-01

Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets;...

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Strangers

as uncredited
Released: 2013-04-26

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9

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-01

Film by Nobuaki Kubo

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Truths: A Stream

as uncredited
Released: 2000-11-11

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Giri/Haji

as Rei Mori
First aired: 2019-10-17

Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder...

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The Swallows Don't Come Back

as uncredited
First aired: 2024-04-30

Riki, who works as a temp, is distressed when her colleague invites her to earn money by...

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Quartet

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-01-17

Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet....

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Living, Dying, Father, etc.

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-04-13

Tokiko’s mother died 20 years ago and her father Tetsuya is now in his 70's. Her father has a...

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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

as Yuka Kotaki
First aired: 2020-01-11

A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and...

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Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-03-25

Why did an abused solitary boy become a murderer? A sad but powerful gut-wrenching drama...

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