
Cast
Sakura Ando
Acting
Cast
Sakura Ando
Known for
Acting
Born
1986-02-18
From
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as 안도 사쿠라, Sakura Andô, Sakura Andou
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.

Godzilla Minus One
as Sumiko Ota

Monster
as Saori Mugino

Shoplifters
as Nobuyo Shibata

The Imaginary
as Lizzie (voice)

Love Exposure
as Koike

The Great Yokai War: Guardians
as Ubume

Dora
as Nami

Tornado Girl
as Yu Mikami

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
as Grim Reaper

100 Yen Love
as Ichiko Saito

Her Granddaughter
as Misaki Akimoto

0.5 mm
as Sawa

Bad Lands
as Neri Hashioka

A Man
as Rie Taniguchi

Climbing to Spring
as Yuri Nakagawa

Ain't No Tomorrows
as Chizu

Reminiscence
as Ryoko Nishina

Homeland
as Misa

For Love's Sake
as Gum-ko

Petal Dance
as Motoko

Sound of Waves
as Yuko Kitagawa

Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
as Yumeko

Penance
as Akiko Takano

We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
as Miyashita Akane

Crime or Punishment?!?
as Momo Mimikawa

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
as Rika Kinoshita

Yellow Elephant
as Kanyu the dog (voice)

A Crowd of Three
as Kayo

Torso
as Mina

8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
as Self

All to the Sea

Ryuukou Kanbou
as Haruko

Radio
as Yuki Sasayama

Our Homeland
as Rie

The Stork Nest

A Long Walk
as Waitress

Make the Last Wish
as Meiko

Korosuna
as Omine

The Samurai That Night
as Mika

Asleep
as Terako

Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
as Kyoko

Sweet Little Lies
as Miyako

We'll Keep Walking, That's All
as Miyuki Matsunaka

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!

Oh, My Buddha!

Out of the Wind
as Mariko Iwata

Teto

Seed
