Sakura Ando
Acting
Born: February 18, 1986 (age 40) · Tokyo, Japan
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
2023
Shoplifters
2018
Monster
2023
Love Exposure
2008
The Imaginary
2023
100 Yen Love
2014
A Man
2022
Rebooting
2023
Penance
2013
0.5 mm
2014
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
For Love's Sake
2012
Photos (6)
Movies (49)
Godzilla Minus One
Sumiko Ota
Monster
Saori Mugino
Shoplifters
Nobuyo Shibata
Love Exposure
Koike
The Imaginary
Lizzie (voice)
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Ubume
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Grim Reaper
A Man
Rie Taniguchi
Bad Lands
Neri Hashioka
100 Yen Love
Ichiko Saito
0.5 mm
Sawa
The Stork Nest
2013
Out of the Wind
Mariko Iwata
Dora
Nami
Petal Dance
Motoko
For Love's Sake
Gum-ko
Her Granddaughter
Misaki Akimoto
Penance
Akiko Takano
The Samurai That Night
Mika
Climbing to Spring
Yuri Nakagawa
Torso
Mina
Make the Last Wish
Meiko
Tornado Girl
Yu Mikami
Yellow Elephant
Kanyu the dog (voice)
Ryuukou Kanbou
Haruko
Reminiscence
Ryoko Nishina
Sound of Waves
Yuko Kitagawa
A Long Walk
Waitress
A Very Straight Neck
2025
Sweet Little Lies
Miyako
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
Miyashita Akane
Our Homeland
Rie
A Crowd of Three
Kayo
Crime or Punishment?!?
Momo Mimikawa
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Yumeko
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Miyuki Matsunaka
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
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
2010
Ain't No Tomorrows
Chizu
Korosuna
Omine
Homeland
Misa
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Rika Kinoshita
Seed
2016
Asleep
Terako
All to the Sea
2010
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Kyoko
Oh, My Buddha!
Junko
Radio
Yuki Sasayama
Teto
2010
TV Shows (21)
Mampuku
Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko · 151 eps
Shomuni
Reiko Abe · 10 eps
Rebooting
Kondo Asami · 10 eps
Brothers in Arms
Narration · 33 eps
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Mokonyan (voice) · 51 eps
The Hot Spot
Hiroko Takahashi · 1 eps
ATARU
Eiko Sasai · 1 eps
Penance
Akiko Takano · 5 eps
Girl Gun Lady
Daisy · 10 eps
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
Akane Miyashita · 10 eps
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Aya Koike · 10 eps
Today's Nekomura
Scared wife · 24 eps
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Haruko Hatsuyama · 10 eps
The Brothers Karamazov
Shiori Kurosawa · 11 eps
Hello Life from 55
5 eps
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Misaki Tamiya · 1 eps
Like a Girl Playing House
Onchi Eiko · 8 eps
My Name is Noda
20 eps
Tabiya Okaeri
Erika Oka · 4 eps
Tabiya Okaeri
惠理子 · 8 eps
Chance!
2 eps
