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Rinko Kikuchi
Born: 1981-01-06 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Rinko Kikuchi, born Yuriko Kikuchi, January 6, 1981, is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. The only other nominee was Miyoshi Umeki, who won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1957 for Sayonara.
Rated Filmography (47)
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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
8.5
By Player
2000
7.6
Love Strikes!
2011
7.6
The Taste of Tea
2004
7.3
Survive Style 5+
2004
7.3
At River's Edge
2011
7.2
Babel
2006
7.1
Trespassers
2024
7.0
Portrait of the Wind
2005
7.0
That Person Has Disappeared
2024
6.9
Pacific Rim
2013
6.9
The Motive
2004
6.8
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007
6.7
The Sky Crawlers
2008
6.6
We Are Little Zombies
2019
6.6
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014
6.6
The Brothers Bloom
2008
6.5
Genius Party
2007
6.5
69
2004
6.5
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
6.4
Norwegian Wood
2010
6.4
Will to Live
1999
6.4
Ya Boy Kongming! The Movie
2025
6.2
47 Ronin
2013
6.1
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018
6.1
Endless Night
2015
6.1
Shanghai
2010
6.1
Terra Formars
2016
6.0
Yoko
2023
6.0
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
6.0
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019
6.0
Last Summer
2014
6.0
42 One Dream Rush
2010
5.7
In Love and Deep Water
2023
5.7
Hole in the Sky
2001
5.5
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
2003
5.2
The Warped Forest
2011
5.2
Arch Angels
2006
5.2
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
4.9
Kill
2008
4.8
It's Getting Late
2012
4.7
Dear Deer
2015
4.7
Sideways
2009
4.6
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022
4.6
Assault Girls
2009
4.0
Highheels: Kodawari ga unda otogibanashi
2017
1.0
School Ghost Story F
1997