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Kimiko Yo
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Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese dire…
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Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
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BODY OF WORK
Kimiko Yo's Filmography
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The Canary's Lullaby
Two Cigarettes, Three Nights
The Invisibles
Sinsin and the Mouse
Sheep in the Box
as Nobuyo Nishimura
Euthanasia Special Zone
The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat
52-Hertz Whales
as Noriko Okada
橋ものがたり「約束」
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Omokage
To Every You I've Loved Before
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
To Me, the One Who Loved You
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
Everything Will Be Owlright!
as Minoyama
Winter Rose
as Michiko Wataguchi
Noise
as Hanae Shoji
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
First Gentleman
Any Crybabies Around?
as Setsuko Goto
Hotel Royal
as Miko Noshiro
Peaceful Death
Step
as Michiyo Muramatsu
Red
as Ogata Yoko
AI Amok
as Eiko Tanaka
Show Me the Way to the Station
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
Sleep in the Shadows
An Artist of the Floating World
as Mrs. Saito
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)
Giwaku
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Enokida Trading Co.
as Yoko Shima
The Murder of Kuroido
Omotenashi
as Mitsuko
ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜
Perfect Revolution
as Akiko
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
as Koto
The Blue Hearts
as (segment “Hammer”)
Midnight Diner 2
as Chieko
The Ice Ruts
as 요네자와 사유리
Black Widow Business
as Eiko Segawa
Zen and Bones
as Kô Mittwer
Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan
Shin Godzilla
as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
as Speaker
Parasyte: Part 2
as Izumi Nobuko
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
as Motoko Ueno
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
as Motoko Ueno
A Stitch of Life
as Hiroe Minami
Parasyte: Part 1
as Izumi Nobuko
Midnight Diner
as Chieko Hanawa
300 Million Yen Robbery
as Ryoko Nakaoka
My Little Sweet Pea
as Ayako Akaike
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
as Mitsuru Funaki
The After-Dinner Mysteries SP: Inspector Kazamatsuri's Case File
Galileo XX
as Yoriko Takasaki
Shield of Straw
Nobody's Perfect
as Chieko Kuroki
A Story of Yonosuke
as Taeko Yokomichi
The Housekeeper
as Haruko Inamura
Dearest
as Tamiko Hamasaki
Dirty Hearts
as Naomi
For Love's Sake
as Toyo Taiga
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
悪女について
as Suzuki Tane
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Ace Attorney
as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Bread of Happiness
as Yoko
Father of the Bride
Crossroads
My SO Has Got Depression
as Satoko Kurita
Star Watching Dog
as Innkeeper
Rebirth
as Angel
Soup Opera
as Yasuko Tanaka
Villain
as Yoriko Shimizu
A Lone Scalpel
as Shizuka Takei
Rinco's Restaurant
as Ruriko
Air Doll
as Receptionist Yoshiko
Dear Doctor
as Akemi Ohtake
Where The Legend Lives
Departures
as Yuriko Kamimura
Oka wo koete
The Ramen Girl
as Reiko
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Kita no mandokoro
The Yakuza Principal
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Virgin Snow
as Mayumi Sasaki
Tokyo Rhapsody
Invisible War
as Kinu Murozono
Yamato
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
as Ando Yukiko [Teacher]
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
as Tezuka Yukino
We Shall Overcome Someday
Tokyo Tower
Chicken Is Barefoot
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Café Lumière
as Yoko's Stepmother
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Fireflies: River of Light
Drugstore Girl
as Hideko Mukai
Worst by Chance
as Hatsuko Kim
Farewell, Kuro
as Eri Yuki
Suspicion
An Autumn Afternoon
as Akiko Hirayama
Aiki
Hotel Hibiscus
as Mieko's Mother
Oh My God
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
as Rume
Dog Star
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
Suicide Club
Asako in Ruby Shoes
as Aya's Mother
Another Battle
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
No Poster
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Hysteric
Timeless Melody
as Chikako's Mother
Free and Easy 11
The Exam
as Midori Chiaki
Wait and See
as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
as Kuramoto
Amagi Pass
Immoral Affairs
20th Century Nostalgia
as Anzu's Mother
No Poster
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
Time Leap
An Angel with Many Scars
Happy-Go-Lucky
as Man's Lover in TV Drama
Moonlight Serenade
The President's Christmas Tree
Gonin 2
as Ran
Haunted School
as Professor Yukawa
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
Sharaku
Sumomo mo momo
Alone in the Night
Can you collect it? Complete
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
A Night in Nude
as Nami Tsuchiya
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
as Suzuki
The Brutal Insanity of Love
as Nami Muraki
Gorotsuki 2
Passion
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
No Poster
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Orchids Under the Moon
as Nami / Yoko
The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
Yumeji
as Jiro
Hiruko the Goblin
as Reiko's Mother
Hiruko the Goblin
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Baian the Assassin
Maria's Stomach
Via Okinawa
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
as Managing Director's Daughter
Love Bites Back
as Sanae Ebino
