1986-02-18 ( 39 years old ) in Tokyo, Japan
With parents in the show business perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando would become an actress and, moreover, also end up marrying an actor.
She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18.02.1986. 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 disease made her dizzy, lose her balance and more throughout her childhood. Her brain would shut down. She would opt for her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion picked her for his film Love Exposure and gave her a major start on the big screen. She won an award as the Best Supporting Actress for her work in it 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 movies and serials and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012. She had met him on a train in 2008 and had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which was fortunate since she had practiced boxing when she was fourteen-years-old. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won the award for Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work on 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of several top young actresses in Japan next to Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi and perhaps Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.
Movies
The Imaginary
2023-12-15
Godzilla Minus One
2023-11-03
Bad Lands
2023-09-29
Monster
2023-06-02
A Man
2022-11-18
Korosuna
2022-01-28
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021-07-01
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
2021-05-19
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021-04-10
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！
2019-12-31
Shoplifters
2018-06-02
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017-12-09
Tornado Girl
2017-09-16
Reminiscence
2017-05-06
Sound of Waves
2016-10-30
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
2016-09-03
Seed
2016-02-17
Asleep
2015-04-25
Her Granddaughter
2015-02-14
100 Yen Love
2014-11-15
0.5 mm
2014-11-08
Climbing to Spring
2014-06-14
Homeland
2014-03-01
The Stork Nest
2013-11-25
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
2013-08-24
Penance
2013-05-29
Petal Dance
2013-04-19
Radio
2013-03-26
Yellow Elephant
2013-02-02
The Samurai That Night
2012-11-17
Our Homeland
2012-07-01
For Love's Sake
2012-06-16
Teto
2010-11-16
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
2010-06-26
A Crowd of Three
2010-06-12
Sweet Little Lies
2010-03-13
All to the Sea
2010-01-23
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
2009-11-15
Torso
2009-11-13
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009-10-10
Oh, My Buddha!
2009-08-15
Crime or Punishment?!?
2009-02-28
Love Exposure
2009-01-31
Make the Last Wish
2009-01-09
Ain't No Tomorrows
2008-11-22
Out of the Wind
2007-12-22
A Long Walk
2006-04-01
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