is a Japanese actress. She co-starred with Hiroshi Abe in the 2006 Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and in Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2008 film Still Walking.
Filmography
Film
Sora ga Konnani Aoi Wake ga Nai (1993) - Kaoru Aoki
Yoru ga Mata Kuru (1994) - Nami Tsuchiya
Kura (1995) - Seki Yamanaka
Gonin 2 (1996) - Saki
The Trap (1996) - Yuriko
Watashitachi ga Suki datta Koto (1997) - Aiko Shibata
Shikoku (1999) - Hinako Myoujin
Acacia no Michi (2001) - Kijima, Miwako
Distance (2001) - Kiyoka
Onmyōji (2001) - Fujiwara no Sukehime
Sotsugyō (2002) - Izumi
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002) - Shizu / Mitsu
Spy Sorge (2003) - Hideko Ozaki
Zatōichi (2003) - O-Shino, Hattori's Wife
Yudan Tateiki (2004) - Miss Makiko
Hana (2006) - Oryo
Tales from Earthsea (2006) - The Queen (voice) A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007) - Itoko Migita Still Walking (2008) - Yukari Yokoyama Ballad (2009) - Kawakami Misako The Lone Scalpel (2010) - Namiko Nakamura I Wish (2011) - Kyoko (Megumi's Mother) Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012) - Mari inoue Tokyo Family (2013) - Fumiko Hirayama A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013) - Tei The Little House (2014) - Yasuko Arai Solomon's Perjury (2015) - Kuniko Fujino Soromon no gishou: Kouhen saiban (2015) - Kuniko Fujino 125 Years Memory (2015) - Yuki What a Wonderful Family! (2016) - Fumie Hirata 64: Part I (2016) - Mikami, Minako 64: Part II (2016) - Mikami, Minako What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) - Fumie Hirata What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018) Red Snow (2019) - Sanae Etô The Day's Organ (2019) - Fusayo Yanai Hotel Royal (2020) The Silent Service (2023) - Hitomi Sonezaki
Television
Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten (1993) Aoi Tori (1997) - Kaori Machimura Net Violence (2000) Aru Hi Arashi no Yoni (2001) Proof of the Man (2004) - Kiriko Motomiya Yoshitsune (2005) - Akiko (Tomomori's wife) Grave of the Fireflies (2005, TV Movie) - Kyoko Yokokawa (Setsuko's mother) Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (2006) - Hayasaka Natsumi Toilet no Kamisama (2011) Galileo (2013) - Nogi Yuko Shizumanu Taiyō (2016) Meet Me After School (2018) - Aiko Kuroiwa The Fugitive (2020) - Yōko Kakurai Ann's Lyrics: Ann Sakuragi's Haiku Lessons (2021)