Sakura Ando
Acting
Born 1986-02-18
Tokyo, Japan
71 credits
Read biography
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.
Not enough member ratings yet.
Sign in to rate.
Filmography
— top 60 of 71
Godzilla Minus One
Monster
Mampuku
Shomuni
Shoplifters
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Rebooting
Godzilla Minus Zero
Brothers in Arms
The Hot Spot
Love Exposure
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Penance
ATARU
Today's Nekomura
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
The Imaginary
Girl Gun Lady
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
100 Yen Love
The Brothers Karamazov
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Out of the Wind
A Man
Bad Lands
Climbing to Spring
0.5 mm
Ain't No Tomorrows
Hello Life from 55
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Dora
Her Granddaughter
Tabiya Okaeri
Reminiscence
Penance
Tornado Girl
For Love's Sake
Ryuukou Kanbou
野田ともうします。
Asleep
Torso
Homeland
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Yellow Elephant
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Petal Dance
Like a Girl Playing House
Our Homeland
A Long Walk
The Samurai That Night
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
A Crowd of Three
Crime or Punishment?!?
Make the Last Wish
Chance!
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
The Stork Nest
All to the Sea
Oh, My Buddha!
Track what you watch
DuckTrack members see which of these they have already watched,
right here on this page.
Create a free account
Comments
0 commentsNo comments yet. Sign in to be the first.