Kaori Momoi
Kaori Momoi (桃井 かおり, Momoi Kaori, born April 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Momoi was born in Tokyo, and at the young age of 12 traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years she returned to Tokyo, later graduating from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's Ai Futatabi (To Love Again) beginning a career that has already spanned 35 years and over 60 films.
As an actress, she has worked with some of the most notable films directors in Japan, including Akira Kurosawa (Kagemusha, 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (Seishun no Satetsu, 1974), Yoji Yamada (The Yellow Handkerchief, 1977 and Otoko wa Tsuraiyo, 1979), Shohei Imamura (Why Not?, 1981), Shunji Iwai (Swallowtail Butterfly, 1996), Jun Ichikawa (Tokyo Yakyoku, 1997), Mitani Koki (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, 1997), Yoshimitsu Morita (Like Asura, 2003) and, most recently, Takashi Miike (IZO, Sukiyaki Western Django).
She has also performed in The Sun (2005) directed by Alexander Sokurov and appeared in director Rob Marshall's film Memoirs of a Geisha.
For her film performances in Japan, Momoi has won many awards. She has won the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actress twice and Best Supporting Actress once and was selected Best Actress at the 1983 New York International Film Festival for her role in Giwaku (Suspicion).
Popular among Japanese of all ages and a recognized trend setter, Momoi is never idle, pursuing various projects in producing, directing, screenwriting, and design in addition to her acting. She has also released some 15 record albums as a singer and is a much sought after essayist.
She won the award for best actress at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Giwaku.
Her latest movie is Maris Martinson's movie "Amaya", which was released on September 17, 2010.
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Films (88)
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
2022
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
The Brightest Roof in the Universe
2022 · Mrs. Hoshi
I Never Shot Anyone
2020 · Hikaru Tamayodo
Get to the Punchline
2019 · Grandmother
Sagi no Ko
2019
Magic Kimono
2017 · Keiko
Tales of Mexico
2017 · Esperanza
Ghost in the Shell : Le film
2017 · Hairi
Greetings from Fukushima
2016 · Satomi
Hee
2016 · Azusa, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Art Direction, Costume Design
Greater Things
2015
Candy Boys
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Oh Lucy!
2014 · Setsuko / Lucy
OKI - In the Middle of the Ocean
2014 · Oki
Crimes de guerre
2012 · Mitsuko Kajima
Helter Skelter
2012 · Hiroko Tada
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · (segment "Heartquake"), Director
Toriko 3D : Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure !!
2011 · (voice)
Hong Kong Confidential
2010 · Amaya
Last Chestnuts
2010
Le Mouchoir jaune
2009 · Motel Owner
USB
2009
Dance, Subaru !
2009 · Isuzu Hibino
Dreaming Awake
2008
Making Of: “The Spirit of the Miike Crew Lingers in Yudamura”
2008 · Self
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007 · Ruriko
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2007 · the President of Toraoh
Faces of a Fig Tree
2006 · Director, Writer
L'âme du samouraï
2006 · Ine Hatano
Mémoires d'une geisha
2005 · Mother
Le Soleil
2005 · Empress Kojun
The Many Faces of Chika
2005 · Chika IV
Revival Blues
2004 · Kayo
Izo
2004 · Saya
Like Asura
2003 · Toyoko Masukawa
Crossfire
2000 · Chikako Ishizu, the Detective
The Island Tales
2000 · Marianne
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
1998
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1997 · Takako Nakaura
Call Girls
1997 · Saki
Dream Stadium
1997
Tokyo Lullaby
1997 · Tami Ohsawa
円都 YEN TOWN
1996
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996 · Suzukino
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
1996 · Fujimoto's mother
The Girl of Silence
1995 · Akemi Tanaka
Like a Rolling Stone
1994
Goaisatsu
1991 · Director
The Most Suitable Profession for Women
1990 · Kinu
Ready to Shoot
1990 · Ritsuko
Don't Mind
1990
READY! LADY
1989 · Moeko
Tomorrow
1988 · Tsuruko Miura
Love Bites Back
1988 · Chikako Koga
The Yen Family
1988 · Noriko Kimura
Hawaiian Dream
1987 · Reiko Caine
Carefree Goddesses
1987 · Sakie
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
No More Comics!
1986
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985 · Mitsuko Ishii
Main Theme
1984 · Kayoko Ise
Single Girl
1983
Kidnapping Blues
1982 · Young Girl's Mother
Suspicion
1982 · Kumako Onizawa
Gate of Youth 2
1982 · Kaoru
Gone Without Saying Goodbye!
1981
The Woman Next Door
1981 · Sachiko Tokizawa
Eijanaika
1981 · Ine
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
1980
Until Evening
1980 · Sugiko Emori
Kagemusha
1980 · Otsuyanokata
Heaven Sent
1979 · Sayoko Morisaki
No More Easy Life
1979 · Mariko
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 · 入江伊美
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977 · Akemi Ogawa
I'm No Angel
1977 · Yuki
The Youth Killer
1976 · Ikuko Ishikawa
Light of Africa
1975 · Fujiko
Invitation of Lust
1975 · Yasuko
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974 · Tae
Bitterness of Youth
1974 · Tomiko Ohashi
Sweet Scent of Eros
1973 · Etsuko
Did the Red Bird Escape?
1973
Lost Lovers
1971
To Love Again
1971
Séries (26)
Un peu too much
2025 · Aiko Remen
I AM NON
2019 · Self
遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます
2018
SCANDAL
2008 · Sindo Tamaki
Madam Mari
2003 · Madam Mari
The Life of Bangaku
2002
Beauty 7
2001 · Shouko Iijima
純情商店街ゆうれい殺人事件
2001
R-17
2001
ランデヴー
1998
Gift
1997 · Rie Kitsukawa（橘川 梨江）
SMAP×SMAP
1996 · Bistro Guest
Heavenly Blue
1994 · Yukiko Hata
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
Yume ni Mita Hibi
1989 · Tsuchiya Taeko
Female Detective Yuko Kasumi
1985 · Kasumi Yuko
Fufu seikatsu
1985
Nettaiya
1983
Haguregumo
1978
浮浪云
1978
The Roads Men Travel
1976 · Etsuko
前略おふくろ様
1975
Priest of Darkness
1975 · Ochiyo
Pieces of Autumn
1973
Downtown Story
隅田川・夢運河