Known for Acting
Yuko Nakamura is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.
Born
January 7, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Fukui, Japan
Filmography
53 films, 8 shows
showing 52 of 53 films
Satoko Always
2026
country: Japan
Satoko is a 15-year-old junior high school student. After a brief encounter with herclassmate Hayase at the ENT clinic, she begins to write a story sparked by herfeelings for him. Satoko is a 35-year-old working at a film publicity company. After being stabbed bythe wife of her married lover and hospitalized, she starts writing a story. Satoko is a 55-year-old housewife. On the last day of making lunchboxes for herthree sons, she remembers her childhood dream of becoming a writer and beginsto write.
Love on Trial
2026 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Mai, a rising J-Pop idol, is finally about to have her big break when she unexpectedly falls in love. But in a treacherous industry where young singers must maintain an image of flawless purity, love is forbidden. When her relationship is exposed, Mai's agency takes drastic action, dragging the couple to court over the "no love" clause in her contract, throwing her life into chaos.
Slow Train
2025 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Set in Kamakura and Busan. The Shibuyas who live in Kamakura lost their grandmother and parents in an accident. On the 23rd anniversary of the death, Tsuko suddenly reveals her plan of moving to Busan to Yoko and Ushio, so the three siblings find themselves at the crossroads of their lives.
The Box Man
2024 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the world through a cardboard box placed over his head.
Worlds Apart
2024 · 2h 19m
country: Japan
Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her sibling's married partner die in a car accident. Makio Kōdai attends their funeral and meets her 15-year-old niece Asa Takumi, who is now left alone due to her parents’ death. The other relatives at the funeral speak insensitive words around Asa Takumi. Makio Kōdai gets furious at them and decides to take in her niece. Makio Kōdai, who has problems having relationships with other people, and Asa Takumi now begin to live together.
Bushido
2024 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
Kakunoshin, renowned for his skills with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the samurai code. Falsely accused of a theft, he is forced to become a lowly ronin. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin uncovers the truth behind his downfall. With the real culprit exposed, the go board flips, and a hellstorm of righteous vengeance follows.
Following the Sound
2024 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
Haru, a bookstore clerk, talks to Yukiko pretending to ask for directions. Haru has detected deep sorrow on Yukiko's face. Meanwhile, Haru has been spending days following Tsuyoshi discretely and checking his expressions.
Egoist
2023 · 2h
country: Japan
A lonely magazine editor finds romance with his personal trainer until a confession changes everything. Based on the novel by Makoto Takayama.
Small, Slow But Steady
2022 · 1h 39m
country: France
Keiko surprises everyone when she overcomes adversity to win her first two boxing fights. But when an unexpected incident threatens the closure of her gym, she is pushed further than she thought possible.
Goldfish Princess
2020 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a beautiful girl and she suddenly turns into a human form and appears in front of Jun. Called Ryu, she is looking for the legendary black ranchu and asks Jun for his help. The two strangers begin living together and growing closer. Their fate goes in an unexpected direction.
Moonlit Winter
2019 · 1h 46m
country: South Korea
The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.
Until I Meet September's Love
2019 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Shiori has just moved to a new apartment. One evening, she hears a mysterious voice that claims to be "from the future" asking her to trail Susumu Hirano, who lives next door. Shiori in an attempt to solver the mystery began to investigating more and more about Hirano until she gets attracted to him.
LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
2018 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Sin meets Fūka, who is a street musician. When Fūka sings, her voice is so small. Due to Fūka, Sin looks back upon his past.
Amy Said
2017 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Twenty years have passed since the sudden disappearance of Amy, who was the femme fatale in her film studies group. Something that Naoko said triggers emotions that were frozen in time for the group's members, who see each other for the first time after a long absence: Asada Iida,Naoko,Okamoto,Miho,Goto and Kizuka.
Tomato No Shizuku
2017 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over inviting Sakura's estranged father to their upcoming wedding.
The Sun
2016 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with a virus but survived and consequently they carry an antibody. Most are young, healthy and have high intelligence, but they have a high sensitivity to ultraviolet rays and are active mostly during the night. The other group are the Kyurio. They survived by never having the virus. The Nokusu discriminates against the Kyurio. Tetsuhiko Okudera is a Kyurio. He was born in a poor village. He isn't happy with being a Kyurio and wishes he could be a Nokusu. Yui Ikuta is Tetsuhiko’s childhood friend. She tries to revive the poor village.
Fires on the Plain
2015 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Our Little Sister
2015 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
Good Stripes
2015 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Midori Mantani and Masao Minamisawa are both 28-years-old. They have dated for 4 years, but their relationship seems to be just going through the motions. They think about breaking up. At that time, Midori becomes pregnant. Midori and Masao decide to marry. While preparing for their wedding, they become more familiar with each other's background. Midori Mantani grew up with parents who ran an iron factory in a provincial city that didn't offer much in terms of culture. Unlike Midori, Masao Minamisawa grew up in Tokyo and his family was wealthy. His father worked as a photographer and his mother was a doctor. He now works as a web designer. The couple begin to have a better understanding of each other.
A Farewell to Jinu
2015 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.
Strangers When We Meet
2013 · 45m
country: Unknown
The minimalistically staged Strangers When We Meet displays similarities with Kobayashi's The Rebirth (2007) and provides a sensitive observation of a couple who, tormented by loss, blame and guilt, adhere rigidly to their daily routine. Will they ever find each other again?
Strangers
2013 · 2h 23m
country: Indonesia
A couple who have lived under the same roof for years without speaking a word, as if practicing a silent meditation. Marina, who came to Sawai Island in search of a legendary love story, and another foreigner, a young man with the same name as the legendary protagonist. The landscape of foreigners living difficult lives in Guro-dong, Garibong-dong, Sillim-dong, and Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Director Kobayashi Masahiro, beloved by Cannes, Edwin, the future of Indonesian cinema, and cineaste Jang Ryul unfold a story of "people who feel alone even when together."
Ace Attorney
2012 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
Kotoko
2011 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
When a single mother suffers a nervous breakdown, she is suspected of child abuse and her child is taken away. Her mental suffering escalates as she succumbs to her darkest fantasies.
Women on the Edge
Women on the Edge
2011 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Following the 2011 tsunami, three women reunite in the family home only to rekindle tense, ruinous relationships.
Tada's Do-It-All House
2011 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. With no explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home. Eventually, Tada accepts Gyoten as his assistant and together they become involved in various cases concerning an assortment of people from different walks of life.
Love and Treachery
2011 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Kyosuke, an editor at a publishing company, keeps his concerns about his stagnant relationship with his wife hidden. As he struggles with his feelings, he meets Reika, the lover of an talented up-and-coming novelist, and becomes obsessed with her.
Box: The Hakamada Case
2010 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
2010 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
When the son of an American man and a Japanese women is killed in a car crash, the man transforms into a rageful metallic being thirsty of blood and vengance.
Torso
2009 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Hiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her sister discovers her secret desire.
Koma
2009 · 34m
country: South Korea
Kawase explores the fragile and often tense history between Korea and Japan through the relationship that develops between a third generation Korean-Japanese man, who unexpectedly visits the small and quiet village of Koma, and a Japanese woman, a somewhat mysterious inhabitant of the village.
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2009 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Yuriko (Yuki Shibamoto) is tired of her relationship with a married man. She leaves Tokyo and goes back to her hometown of Yugafu, which is located on small island in Okinawa. The married man though follows Yuriko to the small island. In addition, the married man's wife also arrives on the island. They married couple causes all kinds of disturbances...
Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.
5 Centimeters per Second
2007 · 1h 3m
country: Japan
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
Awakening
2007 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for herself, she finds her life moving into unchartered waters as she faces her 60th birthday.
Akiba
2006 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
A Japanese film about a bunch of otaku (or the cool cinema versions) in Akihabara who form a company and find themselves pitted against an evil corporation.
Strawberry Shortcakes
2006 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
Colors
Colors
2006 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
The Samurai I Loved
2005 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clan lord after learning of a plot to kill her and her infant child. Bunshiro Maki is a skilled swordfighter who's lethal with a blade, yet still can't rise through the ranks of the system. After his father is accused of plotting against his clan and forced to commit ritual suicide, his longtime love Fuku is sent to Edo to become the clan lord's concubine. A few years later, Fuku has bore the clan lord a son. When Maki learns that the clan has hatched a plan to kill Fuku and her son to secure succession to the throne, he recruits two childhood friends to help thwart the diabolical plot.
In the Pool
2005 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.
ENCLOSURE
ENCLOSURE
2005 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Japanese mystery film made in 2003.
Double Suicide Elegy
2005 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Mashiro works for a law firm in Kagurazaka. It takes 2 hours for him to commute one way. Kyoko works at the counter in a real-estate agency in Yurakucho. It takes 2 1/2 hours for her to commute one way. They meet each other in a 'double-suicide room' in Nishi-Shinjuku on a pre-arranged day. They are in love and planning to die together.
The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
2003 · 1h 25m
country: Japan
There has been a surge in the number of people killing themselves; a mysterious DVD is found on the bodies of the victims... Nozomi falls under the spell of a deadly cult. Yousuke, the policeman she is dating, soon realizes that the cult has something to do with the DVD. Then one day all trace of the group disappear--along with Nozomi.
The Suicide Manual
2003 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual.
Rodeo Drive －ロデオドライブ－
2003
country: Japan
Like a Desperado Under the Eaves
2003 · 41m
country: Japan
The main character Akihiko lives in an old apartment. He plays the guitar and sings his own pieces on the street, but this cannot be called his dream. He has a girlfriend. The owner of the apartment next-door constantly repeats Buddhist prayers night and day. On the floor above, there lives a strange middle-aged man who wants to be kicked out of the apartment. Such an ordinary day exists. Akihiko is standing still on the street at dawn.
Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project
2003
country: Unknown
Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a living by making the Iranian traditional instrument 'Daf', but does not neglect to play every night; A film director who travels around Seoul with a digital camera .
Firefly
2001 · 2h 44m
country: Japan
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
Truths: A Stream
2000 · 3h 2m
country: Japan
After four years, Kyoko receives a surprise visit from her ex-boyfriend Shunichi, who asks her to die with him. Kyoko agrees. She suffers from the conflict between her inner desire for freedom and her hopeless situation as the secretary of her father, a politician. Kyoko and Shunichi set off for a piece of land belonging to Kyoko's deceased grandfather, hidden away in the mountains. In the great outdoors, the two don't just think about dying. They want to do something in their last weeks that enriches their lives.
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank's top executives continue to vacillate, a quartet of middle-management reformers, led by straight-arrow Kitano (Koji Yakusho), decide to stage a boardroom coup and install a new, clean management team. With the aid of a hotshot news anchor (Mayumi Wakamura) and a hard-nosed prosecutor (Kenichi Endo), heads begin to roll.
9
1999 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Film by Nobuaki Kubo