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Aliases: 안도 사쿠라 , Sakura Andô , Sakura Andou , あんどう さくら , Sakura Andō , Sakura Andoh , Sakura Andow , 安藤 サクラ , 安藤樱

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Homepage: http://www.humanite.co.jp/actor.html?id=16&lang=en

Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

Biography

With parents in the show business perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando would become an actress and, moreover, also end up marrying an actor. She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18.02.1986. 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 disease made her dizzy, lose her balance and more throughout her childhood. Her brain would shut down. She would opt for her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion picked her for his film Love Exposure and gave her a major start on the big screen. She won an award as the Best Supporting Actress for her work in it 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 movies and serials and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012. She had met him on a train in 2008 and had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which was fortunate since she had practiced boxing when she was fourteen-years-old. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won the award for Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work on 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of several top young actresses in Japan next to Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi and perhaps Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.

Most Famous Work

Shoplifters
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8

Shoplifters

(2018) Nobuyo Shibata
Monster
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8

Monster

(2023) Saori Mugino
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
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8

Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!

(2018) Mokonyan (voice)
Godzilla Minus One
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8

Godzilla Minus One

(2023) Sumiko Ota
Manpuku
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9

Manpuku

(2018) Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
Penance
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8

Penance

(2012) Akiko Takano
ATARU
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7

ATARU

(2012) Eiko Sasai
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
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7

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

(2017) Grim Reaper

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Lizzie (voice)
Sumiko Ota
Miyashita Akane
Neri Hashioka
Saori Mugino
Kondo Asami
2022 Rie Taniguchi
Omine
Erika Oka
2021 Ubume
N/A
Haruko
Daisy
2020 Scared wife
2019 N/A
N/A
2018 Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
Nobuyo Shibata
Mokonyan (voice)
2017 Grim Reaper
Yu Mikami
宫下茜
Ryoko Nishina
Aya Koike
2016 Yuko Kitagawa
Yumeko
Onchi Eiko
Akane Miyashita
N/A
2015 Terako
Misaki Akimoto
2014 Ichiko Saito
Sawa
Yuri Nakagawa
Misa
2013 N/A
Kyoko
Akiko Takano
Motoko
Sasayama Yuki
Kanyu the dog (voice)
Shiori Kurosawa
Haruko Hatsuyama
2012 Mika
Rie
Gum-ko
Eiko Sasai
Akiko Takano
2010 N/A
N/A
N/A
Kayo
Miyako
N/A
2009 Miyuki Matsunaka
Mina
Rika Kinoshita
N/A
N/A
Momo Mimikawa
Koike
Meiko
2008 Chizu
2007 Mariko Iwata
2006 Waitress
Year Character Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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