Sakura Ando
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 18, 1986 (age 40)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Credits
- 72
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.
Known for
Filmography
Godzilla Minus Zero
2026Movie
Sumiko Ota
Dora
2026Movie
Nami
Brothers in Arms
2026TV
Narration
A Very Straight Neck
2025Movie
The Hot Spot
2025TV
Hiroko Takahashi
The Imaginary
2023Movie
Lizzie (voice)
Godzilla Minus One
2023Movie
Sumiko Ota
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
2023Movie
Miyashita Akane
Bad Lands
2023Movie
Neri Hashioka
Monster
2023Movie
Saori Mugino
Rebooting
2023TV
Kondo Asami
A Man
2022Movie
Rie Taniguchi
Korosuna
2022Movie
Omine
Tabiya Okaeri
2022TV
Erika Oka, 惠理子
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021Movie
Ubume
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
2021Movie
Self
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021Movie
Haruko
Girl Gun Lady
2021TV
Daisy
Today's Nekomura
2020TV
Scared wife
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2019Movie
Mango no Ki no Shita de
2019TV
Misaki Tamiya
Mampuku
2018TV
Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
Shoplifters
2018Movie
Nobuyo Shibata
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
2018TV
Mokonyan (voice)
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017Movie
Grim Reaper
Tornado Girl
2017Movie
Yu Mikami
Reminiscence
2017Movie
Ryoko Nishina
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
2017TV
Aya Koike
Sound of Waves
2017Movie
Yuko Kitagawa
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
2016Movie
Yumeko
Like a Girl Playing House
2016TV
Onchi Eiko
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
2016TV
Akane Miyashita
Seed
2016Movie
Asleep
2015Movie
Terako
Her Granddaughter
2015Movie
Misaki Akimoto
100 Yen Love
2014Movie
Ichiko Saito
0.5 mm
2014Movie
Sawa
Climbing to Spring
2014Movie
Yuri Nakagawa
Hello Life from 55
2014TV
Homeland
2014Movie
Misa
The Stork Nest
2013Movie
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
2013Movie
Kyoko
Penance
2013Movie
Akiko Takano
Petal Dance
2013Movie
Motoko
Radio
2013Movie
Yuki Sasayama
Yellow Elephant
2013Movie
Kanyu the dog (voice)
The Brothers Karamazov
2013TV
Shiori Kurosawa
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
2013TV
Haruko Hatsuyama
The Samurai That Night
2012Movie
Mika
Our Homeland
2012Movie
Rie
For Love's Sake
2012Movie
Gum-ko
ATARU
2012TV
Eiko Sasai
Penance
2012TV
Akiko Takano
Teto
2010Movie
My Name is Noda
2010TV
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
2010Movie
A Crowd of Three
2010Movie
Kayo
Sweet Little Lies
2010Movie
Miyako
All to the Sea
2010Movie
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
2009Movie
Miyuki Matsunaka
Torso
2009Movie
Mina
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009Movie
Rika Kinoshita
Oh, My Buddha!
2009Movie
Junko
Chance!
2009TV
Crime or Punishment?!?
2009Movie
Momo Mimikawa
Make the Last Wish
2009Movie
Meiko
Love Exposure
2008Movie
Koike
Ain't No Tomorrows
2008Movie
Chizu
Out of the Wind
2007Movie
Mariko Iwata
A Long Walk
2006Movie
Waitress
Shomuni
1998TV
Reiko Abe
다마코
Movie