Sakura Ando
Sakura Ando is a prominent Japanese actress known for her versatile roles in film and television. She gained recognition for her performances in movies such as 'Rage' and 'The Third Murder,' showcasing her ability to portray complex characters. With a reputation for depth and authenticity,... Read More
Known for
Shoplifters (2018)
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter...
Monster (2023)
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Personal details
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
DoraA family retreats to the seaside, far from the bustle of Seoul. Their daughter, Dora, suffers from a mysterious illness.... |
Nami | |
| 2026 |
Brothers in ArmsSet in the Sengoku period, this story follows the Toyotomi brothers—Hidenaga and Hideyoshi—and their unbreakable bond as they rise to... |
Narration | |
| 2025 |
A Very Straight NeckA woman descends into a surreal odyssey of fragmented memories after waking with excruciating neck pain. |
Unknown character | |
| 2025 |
The Hot SpotKiyomi Endo is a single mother working at a business hotel near Mount Fuji whose life takes an unexpected twist... |
Hiroko Takahashi | |
| 2023 |
The ImaginaryAmanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a... |
Lizzie (voice) | |
| 2023 |
Godzilla Minus OneIn postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in... |
Sumiko Ota | |
| 2023 |
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The MovieThree men, born in 1987, are from the yutori ("relaxed") generation, and they continue their attempts at finding love, friendship,... |
Miyashita Akane | |
| 2023 |
Bad LandsA grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts... |
Neri Hashioka | |
| 2023 |
MonsterAfter an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion... |
Saori Mugino | |
| 2023 |
RebootingA comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local... |
Kondo Asami | |
| 2022 |
A ManAkira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a... |
Rie Taniguchi | |
| 2022 |
KorosunaKotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is... |
Omine | |
| 2022 |
Tabiya OkaeriUsing her stage name, Oka Erika works as an entertainer and a program reporter. She is in her 30's and... |
Erika Oka | |
| 2022 |
Tabiya OkaeriUsing her stage name, Oka Erika works as an entertainer and a program reporter. She is in her 30's and... |
惠理子 | |
| 2021 |
The Great Yokai War: GuardiansFifth grader Kei Watanabe has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from destruction, Kei challenges... |
Ubume | |
| 2021 |
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"How did an intimate film made on a modest budget win a Palme d'Or and attract 4 million viewers in... |
Self | |
| 2021 |
Ryuukou KanbouThe novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paranoid about Saeko’s health,... |
Haruko | |
| 2021 |
Girl Gun LadyKoharu is a dull high school girl who is always alone. Her only hobby is making plastic models. One day,... |
Daisy | |
| 2020 |
Today's NekomuraA cat who dreams of reuniting with its owner & works as a housekeeper to save money. |
Scared wife | |
| 2019 | Unknown character | ||
| 2019 |
Mango no Ki no Shita deRinko and Aya, employed in the Philippines in 1944, escape one of the most gruesome battles of the Pacific War.... |
Misaki Tamiya | |
| 2018 |
MampukuBased on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and... |
Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko | |
| 2018 |
ShopliftersIn the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and... |
Nobuyo Shibata | |
| 2018 |
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!In an attempt to conquer the world, the Nuisance World has stolen the Majoka Jewels and have corrupted each into... |
Mokonyan (voice) | |
| 2017 |
Destiny: The Tale of KamakuraSet in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans.... |
Grim Reaper | |
| 2017 |
Tornado GirlKoroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works... |
Yu Mikami | |
| 2017 |
ReminiscenceA detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his... |
Ryoko Nishina | |
| 2017 |
Love Exposure: The TV-ShowThe story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as... |
Aya Koike | |
| 2017 |
Sound of WavesUmi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violinist Yuko arrives from Tokyo... |
Yuko Kitagawa | |
| 2016 |
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow BoysAbout 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect... |
Yumeko | |
| 2016 |
Like a Girl Playing HouseOnchi Eiko, the proprietress of a bar, is trapped in a sad, hidden past. One day, an old friend Shigeko... |
Onchi Eiko | |
| 2016 |
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work,... |
Akane Miyashita | |
| 2016 |
SeedNaomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy.... |
Unknown character | |
| 2015 |
AsleepTerako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is... |
Terako | |
| 2015 |
Her GranddaughterTsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house... |
Misaki Akimoto | |
| 2014 |
100 Yen LoveSlacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late... |
Ichiko Saito | |
| 2014 |
0.5 mmSawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which... |
Sawa | |
| 2014 |
Hello Life from 55A fragment of the lives of five 55-year-old men and women. |
Unknown character | |
| 2014 |
Climbing to SpringToru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain... |
Yuri Nakagawa | |
| 2014 |
HomelandJiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village... |
Misa | |
| 2013 |
The Stork NestA small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn babies at a residential building. The name... |
Unknown character | |
| 2013 |
Case of Kyoko, Case of ShuichiKyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her... |
Kyoko | |
| 2013 |
PenanceThe murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili... |
Akiko Takano | |
| 2013 |
Petal DanceLong-time friends Jinko and Motoko hear that their college friend Miki has jumped into the ocean. They are joined by... |
Motoko | |
| 2013 | Yuki Sasayama | ||
| 2013 |
Yellow ElephantMarried couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works... |
Kanyu the dog (voice) | |
| 2013 |
The Brothers KaramazovSet in present day Japan in a provincial town, Bunzo Kurosawa, a greedy and violent father, is murdered in his... |
Shiori Kurosawa | |
| 2013 |
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no UebanashiThe drama is based on a novel by Sato Shogo called ‘Minoue Banashi‘. Its story revolves around a bookstore clerk... |
Haruko Hatsuyama | |
| 2012 |
The Samurai That NightFive years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind... |
Mika | |
| 2012 |
Our HomelandFrom the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea,... |
Rie | |
| 2012 |
For Love's SakeTroubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love... |
Gum-ko | |
| 2012 |
ATARUAtaru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve... |
Eiko Sasai | |
| 2012 |
PenanceThe murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates... |
Akiko Takano | |
| 2010 |
TetoTeto is a secret agent trainee. Hatoko is a high school student who lives on venting her anger in a... |
Unknown character | |
| 2010 | Unknown character | ||
| 2010 |
8000 Miles 2: Girls RapperWith Saitama no rappa 2 (AKA 8000 Miles 2 – Girls Rapper), Yu Irie tells the story of amateur girl... |
Unknown character | |
| 2010 |
A Crowd of ThreeA Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at... |
Kayo | |
| 2010 |
Sweet Little LiesA husband and wife, who have not had sex in three years, both fall into extra-marital affairs. |
Miyako | |
| 2010 |
All to the SeaNatsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one... |
Unknown character | |
| 2009 |
We'll Keep Walking, That's AllA young woman named Miyuki returns to her hometown, camera in hand, after a difficult breakup. As she walks and... |
Miyuki Matsunaka | |
| 2009 |
TorsoHiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her sister discovers her... |
Mina | |
| 2009 |
The Wonderful World of Captain KuhioSet in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as... |
Rika Kinoshita | |
| 2009 |
Oh, My Buddha!Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned... |
Unknown character | |
| 2009 | Unknown character | ||
| 2009 |
Crime or Punishment?!?Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a... |
Momo Mimikawa | |
| 2009 |
Make the Last WishKoike Minami returns from USA to Japan to accomplish her deceased twin sister's wish to win a competition and sing... |
Meiko | |
| 2008 |
Love ExposureThe story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as... |
Koike | |
| 2008 |
Ain't No Tomorrows17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who... |
Chizu | |
| 2007 |
Out of the WindHigh school student Mariko sings in the choir at the all-girls school she attends, and her biggest dream right now... |
Mariko Iwata | |
| 2006 |
A Long WalkA lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a... |
Waitress | |
| 1998 |
ShomuniShomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here are six women who... |
Reiko Abe |
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Got a question about Sakura Ando?
Sakura Ando's most successful films include 'Rage' (2016), 'The Third Murder' (2017), and 'A Song for You' (2018), all of which received critical acclaim and showcased her acting range.
Yes, Sakura Ando has received several awards, including the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2017 Japan Academy Prize for her role in 'The Third Murder.'
Sakura Ando made her film debut in 2007 with the movie 'Hula Girls,' which was well-received and marked the beginning of her acting career.
Sakura Ando's estimated net worth is approximately 5 million USD, reflecting her successful career in the Japanese film industry.
Yes, Sakura Ando has appeared in various television dramas in Japan, further showcasing her talent beyond the film industry.
Sakura Ando is known for her ability to convey deep emotions and authenticity in her performances, making her a standout actress in Japanese cinema.
Sakura Ando typically stars in drama and thriller genres, often taking on complex roles that challenge her as an actress.
Sakura Ando is married to Katsuhiko Sato since 2011 and they have one child together. Details about her personal life remain relatively private.