Sakura Ando
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 18, 1986 (age 40)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
With parents in show business, perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando became an actress and, moreover, later married an actor. She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18 February 1986. Her great-grandfather was Prime Minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade. She was often ill as a child; her illness made her dizzy, caused balance problems, and at times her brain would shut down. She chose her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion cast her in his film Love Exposure and gave her a major break on the big screen. She won Best Supporting Actress for that role at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. Earlier, her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa (Outside the Wind) alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple films and TV series and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012; they met on a train in 2008 and she had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which suited her because she had practiced boxing at age fourteen. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work in 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of the top young actresses in Japan alongside Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi, and possibly Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.
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Filmography
다마코
Movie
Dora
Movie · as Nami
Godzilla Minus Zero
Movie · as Sumiko Ōta
Brothers in Arms
TV · as Narration · 44 eps
A Very Straight Neck
Movie
The Hot Spot
TV · as Hiroko Takahashi · 1 ep
ゴジラ-1.0／Ｃ
Movie · as 太田澄子
Bad Lands
Movie · as Neri Hashioka
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
Movie · as Miyashita Akane
The Imaginary
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
Godzilla Minus One
Movie · as Sumiko Ota
Monster
Movie · as Saori Mugino
Rebooting
TV · as Kondo Asami · 10 eps
Korosuna
Movie · as Omine
A Man
Movie · as Rie Taniguchi
Tabiya Okaeri
TV · as Erika Oka, 惠理子 · 4 eps
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Movie · as Ubume
Ryuukou Kanbou
Movie · as Haruko
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
Movie · as Self
Girl Gun Lady
TV · as Daisy · 10 eps
Today's Nekomura
TV · as Scared wife · 24 eps
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Movie
Mango no Ki no Shita de
TV · as Misaki Tamiya · 1 ep
Shoplifters
Movie · as Nobuyo Shibata
Mampuku
TV · as Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko · 151 eps
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
TV · as Mokonyan (voice) · 51 eps
Sound of Waves
Movie · as Yuko Kitagawa
Reminiscence
Movie · as Ryoko Nishina
Tornado Girl
Movie · as Yu Mikami
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Movie · as Grim Reaper
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
TV · as Aya Koike · 10 eps
Seed
Movie
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Movie · as Yumeko
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
TV · as Akane Miyashita · 10 eps
Like a Girl Playing House
TV · as Onchi Eiko · 8 eps
Asleep
Movie · as Terako
Her Granddaughter
Movie · as Misaki Akimoto
Homeland
Movie · as Misa
0.5 mm
Movie · as Sawa
Climbing to Spring
Movie · as Yuri Nakagawa
100 Yen Love
Movie · as Ichiko Saito
Hello Life from 55
TV · 5 eps
Yellow Elephant
Movie · as Kanyu the dog (voice)
Petal Dance
Movie · as Motoko
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Movie · as Kyoko
Penance
Movie · as Akiko Takano
The Stork Nest
Movie
Radio
Movie · as Yuki Sasayama
The Brothers Karamazov
TV · as Shiori Kurosawa · 11 eps
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
TV · as Haruko Hatsuyama · 10 eps
Our Homeland
Movie · as Rie
For Love's Sake
Movie · as Gum-ko
The Samurai That Night
Movie · as Mika
Penance
TV · as Akiko Takano · 5 eps
ATARU
TV · as Eiko Sasai · 1 ep
A Crowd of Three
Movie · as Kayo
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
Movie
Sweet Little Lies
Movie · as Miyako
Teto
Movie
All to the Sea
Movie
My Name is Noda
TV · 20 eps
Oh, My Buddha!
Movie · as Junko
Torso
Movie · as Mina
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Movie · as Rika Kinoshita
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Movie · as Miyuki Matsunaka
Crime or Punishment?!?
Movie · as Momo Mimikawa
Make the Last Wish
Movie · as Meiko
Chance!
TV · 2 eps
Love Exposure
Movie · as Koike
Ain't No Tomorrows
Movie · as Chizu
Out of the Wind
Movie · as Mariko Iwata
A Long Walk
Movie · as Waitress
Shomuni
TV · as Reiko Abe · 10 eps