Hiromi Nagasaku

Hiromi Nagasaku
Hiromi Nagasaku
Born	October 14, 1970; Namegata, Ibaraki, Japan
Occupation	Actress; singer;
Years active	1989–present

Hiromi Nagasaku (永作博美, Nagasaku Hiromi, born October 14, 1970) is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of the J-pop group Ribbon. Mark Schilling of The Japan Times described her as "the best comic actress working in Japan today".^[1]

Career

Nagasaku appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film Doppelganger.^[2]^[3]

She played a supporting role in the 2007 film Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!, for which she won the awards for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Hochi Film Awards^[4] and the Kinema Junpo magazine.^[5]

She won the Best Supporting Actress award for Rebirth at the 35th Japan Academy Prize in 2012.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Doppelganger (2003)
Hanging Garden (2005)
Su-ki-da (2005)
Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007)
Dolphin Blue (2007)
Closed Note (2007)
Sex Is No Laughing Matter (2007)
Dosokai (2008)
R246 Story (2008)
The Clone Returns Home (2009)
Cast Me If You Can (2010), Aya
Rebirth (2011), Kiwako Nonomiya
Solomon's Perjury (2015)
The Furthest End Awaits (2015), Misaki Yoshida
True Mothers (2020), Satoko Kurihara

Television

Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006), Yodo-dono
Magerarenai Onna (2010)
Dirty Mama! (2012)
Chinmoku Hōtei (2017)
Mikazuki (2019), Chiaki Akasaka

Dubbing

Where the Wild Things Are, K.W. (Lauren Ambrose)^[7]

Discography

Albums

N (1993)
Here and Now (1994)

Singles

"My Home Town" (1993)
"Without You" (1994)
"Ai ni Kite" (1994)
"9:01 pm" (1998)

References

^ Schilling, Mark (August 15, 2008). "Dosokai". Japan Times.
^ Mes, Tom (April 15, 2004). "Doppelgänger". Midnight Eye.
^ Fainaru, Dan (October 3, 2003). "Doppelganger". Screen International.
^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
^ Gray, Jason (January 11, 2008). "Suo's I Just Didn't Do It wins top Kinema Junpo honours". Screen International.
^ Blair, Gavin J. (March 2, 2012). "'Youkame no Semi' Wins Big at Japan Academy Prize Awards". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "かいじゅうたちのいるところ". Star Channel. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

External links

Official website
Hiromi Nagasaku at IMDb

[1] Schilling, Mark (August 15, 2008). "Dosokai". Japan Times.

[2] Mes, Tom (April 15, 2004). "Doppelgänger". Midnight Eye.

[3] Fainaru, Dan (October 3, 2003). "Doppelganger". Screen International.

[4] 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on April 28, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2010.

[5] Gray, Jason (January 11, 2008). "Suo's I Just Didn't Do It wins top Kinema Junpo honours". Screen International.

[6] Blair, Gavin J. (March 2, 2012). "'Youkame no Semi' Wins Big at Japan Academy Prize Awards". The Hollywood Reporter.

[7] "かいじゅうたちのいるところ". Star Channel. Retrieved July 23, 2019.

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Hiromi Nagasaku
Born	October 14, 1970 Namegata, Ibaraki, Japan
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	1989–present