Sakura Ando

Known for ActingBorn 1986-02-18 (age 40)Tokyo, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"

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Mampuku

Rebooting

Brothers in Arms

Climbing to Spring

The Hot Spot

We're Millennials. Got a Problem?

Hello Life from 55

Monster

Love Exposure

Shoplifters

Korosuna

Penance

Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!

The Imaginary

Godzilla Minus One

Girl Gun Lady

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

0.5 mm

Ryuukou Kanbou

Today's Nekomura

Penance

Crime or Punishment?!?

100 Yen Love

A Man

Bad Lands

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

The Stork Nest

Radio

For Love's Sake

Reminiscence

Tornado Girl

A Long Walk

ATARU

Shomuni

Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi

Petal Dance

Ain't No Tomorrows

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

Make the Last Wish

A Very Straight Neck

Sound of Waves

Yellow Elephant

Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi

Our Homeland

8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

Oh, My Buddha!

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