Yūko Nakamura
Yūko Nakamura | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 January 1975 |
| Occupation | Actress |
Yūko Nakamura (中村優子, Nakamura Yūko) is a Japanese actress, born on 7 January 1975 in Fukui, Japan.[1] She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly (Hotaru) and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Jubaku: Spellbound | |||
| 2000 | Truth: A Stream | Higuchi Kaori | ||
| 2001 | Firefly (Hotaru) | Ayako Mizusawa | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Best Actress | |
| 2003 | Rodeo Drive | Kana | ||
| like a Desperado Under the Eaves' | Noriko | Short film for Jeonju International Film Festival | ||
| Suicide Manual | Ricky | |||
| 2004 | Suicide Manual 2 | Ricky | ||
| Hotel Water Moon | ||||
| Bridge | ||||
| Over Drive | ||||
| Blood and Bones | Kiyoko Yamanashi | |||
| 2005 | Ugoki, Hibiki, Hikari | |||
| DOUBLE SUICIDE ELEGY | Asami Tanaka | |||
| The Samurai I Loved | Okimi | |||
| In the Pool | ||||
| 2006 | I, my, me, mine. | Ayako | ||
| Akiba | Yuko | |||
| Colors | ||||
| Strawberry Shortcakes | Akiyo | Yokohama Film Festival for Best Supporting Actress | ||
| Yotsuya Kaidan | Yoko | |||
| 2007 | AWAKING | Etsuko | ||
| Welcome to the Quiet Room | Kurita | |||
| 2008 | A Glass Play In Kobe | Haruka Kanzaki | ||
| 2009 | Firefly (Hotaru) - Cannes film festival version | Ayako Mizusawa | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Best Actress | |
| Kuhio Taisa | Michiko | |||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Rinka | |||
| Machiakari no mukou ni | Yukako | |||
| Visitors (segment "Koma") | Hatsuko | Short film for Jeonju International Film Festival | ||
| 2010 | Tetsuo: The Bullet Man | Mitsue | ||
| TORSO | Michiko | |||
| BOX – THE HAKAMADA CASE | Hideko Hakamada | |||
| 2011 | Love and Treachery | Machiko | ||
| Tada's Do-It-All House | Mari's mother | |||
| 2012 | Women on the Edge | Second daughter | ||
| Ace Attorney | Sayuri Haine | |||
| Look Over Here, Momose | Miyazaki Tetsuko | |||
| 2013 | Strangers When We Meet | Yukiko Kawamura | Jeonju Digital Project 2013 | |
| 2015 | Kamurobamura-e | Natsu | ||
| Good Strips | Sayoko Kudo | |||
| Our Little Sister | Yoko Asano | [3] | ||
| Fires on the Plain | Tamura's Wife | [4] | ||
| 2016 | The Firefly Summers | Miyako | [5] | |
| The Sun | Junko Okudera | [6] | ||
| Resoect | Short film | |||
| 2017 | Tomato no shizuku | Shinobu | ||
| Amy Said | Naoko Iida | |||
| 2019 | Moonlit Winter | Jun | ||
| 2022 | Small, Slow But Steady | [7] | ||
| 2023 | Egoist | Shizuko Saito | [8] | |
| 2024 | The Box Man | [9] | ||
| Worlds Apart | Minori Kōdai | [10] | ||
| 2026 | Future | [11] |
Television
| Year | Title | Network | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dondo Bare (どんど晴れ) / Perfect Blue Sky | NHK | Kiyomi Ishihara |
| 2008 | Judge II (ジャッジII ～島の裁判官 奮闘記～) | NHK | |
| 2010-2011 | Carnation (カーネーション) | NHK | Kanako Yoshizawa (cancer patient) |
| 2013 | Henshin Interviewer no Yuuutsu (変身インタビュアーの憂鬱) / Transformation Interviewer's Depression | TBS | Manami Makabe |
| 2014 | Wakamono Tachi (若者たち2014) / All About My Siblings | Fuji TV | Shiho Nakagawa (ep.2-5) |
| 2015 | Mare | NHK | Shiori Okesaku |
| 2015 | Chanpon Tabetaka (ちゃんぽん食べたか) / I Want to Eat Nagasaki Champon Noodles | NHK | Kaori Mimura |
| 2015 | 64 (ロクヨン) | NHK | Murakushi |
| 2017 | Hokuto Aru Satsujinsha no Kaishin (北斗 ある殺人者の回心) / Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion | WOWOW | Misako Hashizume |
| 2017 | Deddo Sutokku~Michi e no Chosen ( デッドストック～未知への挑戦～) / Dead Stock | TV Tokyo | |
| 2019 | Giri/Haji | BBC/Netflix |
References
- ^ "Yûko Nakamura | Actress, Additional Crew". IMDb.
- ^ 第２８回ヨコハマ映画祭 ２００６年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ^ "海街diary". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "野火". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "夏美のホタル". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "太陽". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "岸井ゆきの、プロボクサー役に挑戦「かけがえのない時間でした」『ケイコ 目を澄ませて』公開決定". Cinema Cafe. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "エゴイスト". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "箱男". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "違国日記". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "未来". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 November 2025.