Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 18, 1986
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
71 titles
Sakura Ando
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.
Known For
Filmography
Godzilla Minus Zero
Sumiko Ota
Dora
Nami
Brothers in Arms
Narration
A Very Straight Neck
The Hot Spot
Hiroko Takahashi
The Imaginary
Lizzie (voice)
Godzilla Minus One
Sumiko Ota
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
Miyashita Akane
Bad Lands
Neri Hashioka
Monster
Saori Mugino
Rebooting
Kondo Asami
A Man
Rie Taniguchi
Korosuna
Omine
Tabiya Okaeri
Erika Oka
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Ubume
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
Self
Ryuukou Kanbou
Haruko
Girl Gun Lady
Daisy
Today's Nekomura
Scared wife
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！
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Misaki Tamiya
Mampuku
Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
Shoplifters
Nobuyo Shibata
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Mokonyan (voice)
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Grim Reaper
Tornado Girl
Yu Mikami
Reminiscence
Ryoko Nishina
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Aya Koike
Sound of Waves
Yuko Kitagawa
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Yumeko
Like a Girl Playing House
Onchi Eiko
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
Akane Miyashita
Seed
Asleep
Terako
Her Granddaughter
Misaki Akimoto
100 Yen Love
Ichiko Saito
0.5 mm
Sawa
Hello Life from 55
Climbing to Spring
Yuri Nakagawa
Homeland
Misa
The Stork Nest
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Kyoko
Penance
Akiko Takano
Petal Dance
Motoko
Radio
Yuki Sasayama
Yellow Elephant
Kanyu the dog (voice)
The Brothers Karamazov
Shiori Kurosawa
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Haruko Hatsuyama
The Samurai That Night
Mika
Our Homeland
Rie