Sakura Ando
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.
Acted in
The Imaginary
2023
as Lizzie (voice)
Godzilla Minus One
2023
as Sumiko Ota
We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International
2023
as Miyashita Akane
Bad Lands
2023
as Neri Hashioka
Monster
2023
as Saori Mugino
Rebooting
2023
as Kondo Asami
A Man
2022
as Rie Taniguchi
Korosuna
2022
as Omine
Tabiya Okaeri
2022
as Erika Oka
Tabiya Okaeri
2022
as 惠理子
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021
as Ubume
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
2021
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021
as Haruko
Girl Gun Lady
2021
as Daisy
Today's Nekomura
2020
as 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！
2019
Mango no Ki no Shita de
2019
Manpuku
2018
as Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
Shoplifters
2018
as Nobuyo Shibata
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
2018
as Mokonyan (voice)
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
as Grim Reaper
Tornado Girl
2017
as Yu Mikami
Reminiscence
2017
as Ryoko Nishina
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
2017
as Aya Koike
Sound of Waves
2016
as Yuko Kitagawa
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
2016
as Yumeko
Like a Girl Playing House
2016
as Onchi Eiko
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
2016
as Akane Miyashita
Seed
2016
Asleep
2015
as Terako
Her Granddaughter
2015
as Misaki Akimoto
100 Yen Love
2014
as Ichiko Saito
0.5 mm
2014
as Sawa
Climbing to Spring
2014
as Yuri Nakagawa
Homeland
2014
as Misa
The Stork Nest
2013
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
2013
as Kyoko
Penance
2013
as Akiko Takano
Petal Dance
2013
as Motoko
Radio
2013
as Sasayama Yuki
Yellow Elephant
2013
as Kanyu the dog (voice)
The Brothers Karamazov
2013
as Shiori Kurosawa
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
2013
as Haruko Hatsuyama
The Samurai That Night
2012
as Mika
Our Homeland
2012
as Rie
For Love's Sake
2012
as Gum-ko
ATARU
2012
as Eiko Sasai
Penance
2012
as Akiko Takano
Teto
2010
野田ともうします。
2010
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
2010
A Crowd of Three
2010
as Kayo
Sweet Little Lies
2010
as Miyako
All to the Sea
2010
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
2009
as Miyuki Matsunaka
Torso
2009
as Mina
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009
as Rika Kinoshita
Oh, My Buddha!
2009
Chance!
2009
Crime or Punishment?!?
2009
as Momo Mimikawa
Love Exposure
2009
as Koike
Make the Last Wish
2009
as Meiko
Ain't No Tomorrows
2008
as Chizu
Out of the Wind
2007
as Mariko Iwata
A Long Walk
2006
as Waitress