Rie Miyazawa
Known for: Acting
Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego. She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).
Filmography
Series
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest
1996
Series
The Naked Director
Etsuko Takamiya
2019
Series
Princess Go
Chacha / Yododono
2011
Series
The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Maki no kata
2022
Series
Guilty Flag
2021
Series
Musashi
Oshino
2003
Series
Genroku Ryoran
Aguri
1999
Series
Blackboard
Hisako Shirahama
2012
Series
Blackboard
Shirahama Hisako
2012
Film
The Twilight Samurai
Tomoe Iinuma
2002
Series
Asura
Tsunako
2025
Series
Phoenix: Eden17
Romi (voice)
2023
Series
あてなよる
2015
Series
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
Eve (The First Woman)
2021
Series
Food Fight
Miyazono Saeka
2000
Series
Human Specimens
Rumi Ichinose
2025
Series
Precious Time
Lisa Takimura
1998
Series
Matrilineal Family
Fumino Hamada
2021
Series
Tears of a Swan
Mika Hazuki
1989
Series
Gu Gu the Cat
Asako Kojima
2014
Film
Gelatin Silver, Love
Assasin
2009
Series
Queen of Mars
Suzuki Takima
2025
Series
Concerto
1996
Series
Tokyo Elevator Girl
1992
Film
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kokiri
2014
Film
Seven Days War
Hitomi Nakayama (voice)
2019
Series
Leaders
Yukino Higashiyama
2014
Film
Intermission
Self (archive footage)
2026
Series
North Light
2020
Film
No Longer Human
Michiko Tsushima
2019
Series
The Devil's Ballad
2026
Film
Hana
Osae
2006
Series
いつも誰かに恋してるッ
1990
Film
47 Ronin
Karu
1994
Series
神様のボート
노지마 요코
2013
Film
リア王
2025
Film
Last Man -FIRST LOVE-
2025
Film
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Futaba Kono
2016
Series
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2005
Film
The Moon
Yoko
2023
Film
Too Young To Die!
Adult Hiromi Tezuka
2016
Film
Pieta in the Toilet
Takuto's Mother
2015
Film
Tony Takitani
Konuma Eiko / Hisako
2004
Film
Pale Moon
Rika Umezawa
2014
Film
Peony Pavilion
Cui Hua
2001
Film
Erotic Liaisons
Rie
1992
結婚式場 花嫁介添人がゆく
1994
Series
Romance
1999
Series
いつか誰かと朝帰りッ
1990
Film
Numb
2026
Film
Ashura
Tsubaki
2005
Film
Seven Days War
Hitomi Nakayama
1988
Film
I Am Makimoto
Miharu Imae
2022
Series
Ashiato Hime
2017
Series
一番大切な人は誰ですか？
Nakamichi Toko
2004
Film
Basara: The Princess Goh
Princess Goh
1992
Film
What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020
2020
Film
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
Film
Utsutsu
Ikuko Obara
2002
Film
The Cabbie
Chuang Ching-wen
2000
Film
The After-Dinner Mysteries
Miho Kumazawa
2013
Film
Saiyūki
三藏法师
1993
Film
Who Do I Choose?
Namiko
1989
Film
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Toyo Toyota
2007
Film
The Sunday Runoff
2022
Film
The Face of Jizo
Mitsue Fukuyoshi
2004
Film
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
Fumiyo Yoshinaga
2002
Film
Youth Peony Lantern
1993
Film
Defeat the Devil!
Maki Hoshigawa
1990
Film
The Book of the Dead
Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)
2005
Film
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
Film
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Film
PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower
Romi (voice)
2023
Dreaming Awake
2008
Film
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
Film
Independence of Japan
2020
Film
The Miracle on a Christmas Night
1995
Film
Oshare dorobō
1989
Film
Sunny Home
Self
2005
Film
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Kido Kubo
2001
Film
The Kiss of an Invisible Man
2004
Film
Don't Steal My Heart
1992
Film
昭和から騒ぎ
2025
Film
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2010
Film
Orlando
2024
疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜
2016