Kimiko Yo
Japanese actress (born 1956)
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Kimiko Yo (余 貴美子, Yo Kimiko; born 12 May 1956) is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies.[1][2] She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Departures and Dear Doctor respectively.[3][4]
Kimiko Yo | |
|---|---|
余 貴美子 | |
| Born | 12 May 1956 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987 – present |
Family
Yo was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Her mother is Japanese and her father, who moved to Japan for business and later founded the Hakka Association in Japan, is Hakka Taiwanese.
Filmography
Films
- Chōchin (1987)
- A Sign Days (1989)
- Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
- Yumeji (1991)
- Evil Dead Trap 3: Broken Love Killer (1993)
- Ghost Pub (1994)
- Sharaku (1995)
- School Ghost Stories (1995)
- Moonlight Serenade (1997)
- Wait and See (1998)
- Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven (2000)
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000)
- Suicide Club (2002)
- Aiki (2002)
- Café Lumière (2003)
- Drugstore Girl (2004)
- Tokyo Tower (2005)
- Break Through! (2005)
- Yamato (2005)
- Virgin Snow (2007)
- The Ramen Girl (2008)
- Departures (2008)
- Air Doll (2009)
- Dear Doctor (2009)
- Villain (2010)
- The Lone Scalpel (2010)
- Rebirth (2011)
- Hoshi Mamoru Inu (2011)
- Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite (2011)
- Dirty Hearts (2011)
- Bread of Happiness (2012)
- Ace Attorney (2012)
- Gaiji Keisatsu (2012)
- Ai to Makoto (2012)
- Anata e (2012)
- Shield of Straw (2013)
- A Story of Yonosuke (2013)
- Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
- Shinya Shokudō (2015)
- A Stitch of Life (2015), Hiroe Minami
- Shin Godzilla (2016)[5]
- Black Widow Business (2016)
- Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
- Perfect Revolution (2017)
- Ringside Story (2017)
- Sleep in the Shadows (2019), Akiho Yoshimura
- Show Me the Way to the Station (2019)
- AI Amok (2020)
- Step (2020)
- Shape of Red (2020)
- Any Crybabies Around? (2020)
- Hotel Royal (2020)[6]
- Peaceful Death (2021)
- First Gentleman (2021), Takako Sōma[7]
- Noise (2022)[8]
- A Winter Rose (2022), Michiko[9]
- Everything Will Be Owlright! (2022), Minoshima[10]
- To Every You I've Loved Before (2022), old Kazune (voice)[11]
- To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022), old Kazune (voice)[12]
- Mentai Piriri: Flower of Pansy (2023), Tsuru Yoshida[13]
- 52-Hertz Whales (2024), Noriko Okada[14]
- The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat (2026)[15]
- Euthanasia Special Zone (2026)[16]
Television
- Churasan (2001), Yoko Ikehata[17]
- Atsuhime (2008), Fusahime[18]
- Half Blue Sky (2018), Kimika Okada
- Innocent Days (2018)
- Kuroido Goroshi (2018), Tsuneko Raisen
- The Naked Director (2019)
- The Fugitive (2020), Hanae Yonemoto
- Sanctuary (2023), Sanae
- Trillion Game (2023), Shizuki Mitsuzono[19]
- The Tiger and Her Wings (2024), Yuri Hoshi[20]
- Straight to Hell (2026)[21]
Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (2019)[22]
