Yūko Nakamura

Yūko Nakamura
Born (1975-01-07) 7 January 1975 (age 49)
OccupationActress

Yūko Nakamura (中村優子, Nakamura Yūko) is a Japanese actress, born on 7 January 1975 in Fukui, Japan.[1] She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly (Hotaru) and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
1999 Jubaku: Spellbound Masato Harada
2000 TRUTH : A STREAM Higuchi Kaori Masahiro Tsuchihashi
2001 Firefly (Hotaru) Ayako Mizusawa Naomi Kawase Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Best Actress
2003 Rodeo Drive Kana Tadanori Kanou
like a Desperado Under the Eaves' Noriko Shinji Aoyama Short film for Jeonju International Film Festival
Suicide Manual Ricky Fukutani Osamu
2004 Suicide Manual 2 Ricky Fukutani Osamu
Hotel Water Moon Ryotaro Kawahara
Bridge Tadanori Kanou
Over Drive Takefumi Tsutsui
Blood and Bones Kiyoko Yamanashi Yoichi Sai
2005 Ugoki, Hibiki, Hikari Masahiro Tsuchihashi
DOUBLE SUICIDE ELEGY Asami Tanaka Ryo Kamei
The Samurai I Loved Okimi Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
In the Pool Satoshi Miki
2006 I, my, me, mine. Ayako Kenichi Watanabe
Akiba Yuko Yuichi Onuma
Colors Kensaku Kakimoto
Strawberry Shortcakes Akiyo Hitoshi Yazaki Yokohama Film Festival for Best Supporting Actress
Yotsuya Kaidan Yoko Chihiro Ikeda
2007 AWAKING Etsuko Junji Sakamoto
Welcome to the Quiet Room Kurita Suzuki Matsuo
2008 A Glass Play In Kobe Haruka Kanzaki Masahiro Tsuchihashi
2009 Firefly (Hotaru) - Cannes film festival version Ayako Mizusawa Naomi Kawase Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Best Actress
Kuhio Taisa Michiko Daihachi Yoshida
A Midsummer Night's Dream Rinka Yuji Nakae
Machiakari no mukou ni Yukako Aki Yamamoto
Visitors (segment "Koma") Hatsuko Naomi Kawase Short film for Jeonju International Film Festival
2010 Tetsuo: The Bullet Man Mitsue Shinya Tsukamoto
TORSO Michiko Yutaka Yamazaki
BOX – THE HAKAMADA CASE Hideko Hakamada Banmei Takahashi
2011 Love and Treachery Machiko Hitoshi Yazaki
Tada's Do-It-All House Mari's mother Tatsushi Ōmori
2012 Women on the Edge Second daughter Masahiro Kobayashi
Ace Attorney Sayuri Haine Takashi Miike
Look Over Here, Momose Miyazaki Tetsuko Saiji Yakumo
2013 Strangers When We Meet Yukiko Kawamura Masahiro Kobayashi Jeonju Digital Project 2013
2015 Kamurobamura-e Natsu Suzuki Matsuo
Good Strips Sayoko Kudo Yukiko Sode
Our Little Sister Yoko Asano Hirokazu Kore-eda
Fires on the Plain Tamura's Wife Shinya Tsukamoto
2016 Natsumi no Hotaru Miyako Ryūichi Hiroki
The Sun Junko Okudera Yu Irie
RESPECT Naomi Kawase Short film
2017 Tomato no shizuku Shinobu Hideo Sakaki
Amy Said Naoko Iida Taishi Muramoto
2019 Moonlit Winter Jun Lim Dae-hyung
2022 Small, Slow But Steady Sho Miyake [3]
2023 Egoist Shizuko Saito Daishi Matsunaga [4]
2024 The Box Man Gakuryū Ishii [5]
Worlds Apart Minori Kōdai Natsuki Seta [6]

Television

Year Title Network Role
2007 Dondo Bare (どんど晴れ) / Perfect Blue Sky NHK Kiyomi Ishihara
2008 Judge II (ジャッジII ～島の裁判官　奮闘記～) NHK
2010-2011 Carnation (カーネーション) NHK Kanako Yoshizawa (cancer patient)
2013 Henshin Interviewer no Yuuutsu (変身インタビュアーの憂鬱) / Transformation Interviewer's Depression TBS Manami Makabe
2014 Wakamono Tachi (若者たち2014) / All About My Siblings Fuji TV Shiho Nakagawa (ep.2-5)
2015 Mare NHK Shiori Okesaku
2015 Chanpon Tabetaka (ちゃんぽん食べたか) / I Want to Eat Nagasaki Champon Noodles NHK Kaori Mimura
2015 64 (ロクヨン) NHK Murakushi
2017 Hokuto Aru Satsujinsha no Kaishin (北斗 ある殺人者の回心) / Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion WOWOW Misako Hashizume
2017 Deddo Sutokku~Michi e no Chosen ( デッドストック～未知への挑戦～) / Dead Stock TV Tokyo
2019 Giri/Haji BBC/Netflix

References

  1. ^ "Yûko Nakamura | Actress, Additional Crew". IMDb.
  2. ^ 第２８回ヨコハマ映画祭 ２００６年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  3. ^ "岸井ゆきの、プロボクサー役に挑戦「かけがえのない時間でした」『ケイコ 目を澄ませて』公開決定". Cinema Cafe. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ^ "エゴイスト". eiga.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ "箱男". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. ^ "違国日記". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.