Sakura Ando
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.
Fotos
Películas (53)
Godzilla Minus Zero
2026 · Sumiko Ota
Dora
2026 · Nami
A Very Straight Neck
2025
ゴジラ-1.0／Ｃ
2024 · 太田澄子
The Imaginary
2023 · Lizzie (voice)
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · Sumiko Ota
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
2023 · Miyashita Akane
Bad Lands
2023 · Neri Hashioka
Monster
2023 · Saori Mugino
A Man
2022 · Rie Taniguchi
Korosuna
2022 · Omine
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021 · Ubume
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
2021 · Self
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021 · Haruko
孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令！ 成田～福岡～釜山 弾丸出張編！
2019
Shoplifters
2018 · Nobuyo Shibata
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 · Grim Reaper
Tornado Girl
2017 · Yu Mikami
Reminiscence
2017 · Ryoko Nishina
Sound of Waves
2017 · Yuko Kitagawa
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
2016 · Yumeko
Seed
2016
Asleep
2015 · Terako
Her Granddaughter
2015 · Misaki Akimoto
100 Yen Love
2014 · Ichiko Saito
0.5 mm
2014 · Sawa
Climbing to Spring
2014 · Yuri Nakagawa
Homeland
2014 · Misa
The Stork Nest
2013
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
2013 · Kyoko
Penance
2013 · Akiko Takano
Petal Dance
2013 · Motoko
Radio
2013 · Yuki Sasayama
Yellow Elephant
2013 · Kanyu the dog (voice)
The Samurai That Night
2012 · Mika
Our Homeland
2012 · Rie
For Love's Sake
2012 · Gum-ko
Teto
2010
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
2010
A Crowd of Three
2010 · Kayo
Sweet Little Lies
2010 · Miyako
All to the Sea
2010
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
2009 · Miyuki Matsunaka
Torso
2009 · Mina
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009 · Rika Kinoshita
Oh, My Buddha!
2009 · Junko
Crime or Punishment?!?
2009 · Momo Mimikawa
Make the Last Wish
2009 · Meiko
Love Exposure
2008 · Koike
Ain't No Tomorrows
2008 · Chizu
Out of the Wind
2007 · Mariko Iwata
A Long Walk
2006 · Waitress
다마코
Series (20)
Brothers in Arms
2026 · Narration
The Hot Spot
2025 · Hiroko Takahashi
Rebooting
2023 · Kondo Asami
Tabiya Okaeri
2022 · Erika Oka, 惠理子
Girl Gun Lady
2021 · Daisy
Today's Nekomura
2020 · Scared wife
Mango no Ki no Shita de
2019 · Misaki Tamiya
Mampuku
2018 · Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
2018 · Mokonyan (voice)
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
2017 · Aya Koike
Like a Girl Playing House
2016 · Onchi Eiko
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
2016 · Akane Miyashita
Hello Life from 55
2014
The Brothers Karamazov
2013 · Shiori Kurosawa
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
2013 · Haruko Hatsuyama
ATARU
2012 · Eiko Sasai
Penance
2012 · Akiko Takano
My Name is Noda
2010
Chance!
2009
Shomuni
1998 · Reiko Abe