Sakura Ando
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Godzilla Minus One
Sumiko Ota
2023
Film
Monster
Saori Mugino
2023
Series
Mampuku
Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
2018
Series
Rebooting
Kondo Asami
2023
Series
Shomuni
Reiko Abe
1998
Series
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Mokonyan (voice)
2018
Film
Shoplifters
Nobuyo Shibata
2018
Film
Godzilla Minus Zero
Sumiko Ota
2026
Series
Brothers in Arms
Narration
2026
Series
The Hot Spot
Hiroko Takahashi
2025
Series
Penance
Akiko Takano
2012
Series
ATARU
Eiko Sasai
2012
Film
Love Exposure
Koike
2008
Series
Today's Nekomura
Scared wife
2020
Series
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Aya Koike
2017
Series
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
Akane Miyashita
2016
Series
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Haruko Hatsuyama
2013
Series
Girl Gun Lady
Daisy
2021
Series
The Brothers Karamazov
Shiori Kurosawa
2013
Film
100 Yen Love
Ichiko Saito
2014
Film
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Grim Reaper
2017
Film
The Imaginary
Lizzie (voice)
2023
Film
Out of the Wind
Mariko Iwata
2007
Series
Tabiya Okaeri
Erika Oka
2022
Series
Tabiya Okaeri
惠理子
2022
Film
A Man
Rie Taniguchi
2022
Film
Bad Lands
Neri Hashioka
2023
Film
0.5 mm
Sawa
2014
Film
Dora
Nami
2026
Film
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Ubume
2021
Film
Ain't No Tomorrows
Chizu
2008
Series
Like a Girl Playing House
Onchi Eiko
2016
Film
Tornado Girl
Yu Mikami
2017
Series
Hello Life from 55
2014
Series
野田ともうします。
2010
Film
For Love's Sake
Gum-ko
2012
Film
Reminiscence
Ryoko Nishina
2017
Film
Her Granddaughter
Misaki Akimoto
2015
Film
Climbing to Spring
Yuri Nakagawa
2014
Series
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Misaki Tamiya
2019
Film
Ryuukou Kanbou
Haruko
2021
Film
Penance
Akiko Takano
2013
Film
Yellow Elephant
Kanyu the dog (voice)
2013
Film
Torso
Mina
2009
Film
Homeland
Misa
2014
Film
A Crowd of Three
Kayo
2010
Film
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Rika Kinoshita
2009
Film
Asleep
Terako
2015
Film
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
Miyashita Akane
2023
Film
Petal Dance
Motoko
2013
Series
Chance!
2009
Film
Our Homeland
Rie
2012
Film
The Samurai That Night
Mika
2012
Film
A Long Walk
Waitress
2006
Film
Sweet Little Lies
Miyako
2010
Film
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Yumeko
2016
Film
All to the Sea
2010
Film
Make the Last Wish
Meiko
2009
Film
The Stork Nest
2013
Film
Crime or Punishment?!?
Momo Mimikawa
2009
Film
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
2010
Film
A Very Straight Neck
2025
Film
Radio
Yuki Sasayama
2013
Film
Sound of Waves
Yuko Kitagawa
2017
Film
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
Film
Teto
2010
Film
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Kyoko
2013
Film
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Miyuki Matsunaka
2009
Film
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
Self
2021
Film
Oh, My Buddha!
2009
Film
Korosuna
Omine
2022
Film
Seed
2016