Acting
Rinko Kikuchi
- Born
- January 6, 1981
- Place
- Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
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.
Filmography
Known for
7.2Babel
2006
6.5Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
The Dancing Kettle
2020
6.5The Brothers Bloom
2008
6.0Yoko
2023
6.5Genius Party
2007
4.6Assault Girls
2009
Menstrual Uncle and His Daughter
2023
6.7The Sky Crawlers
2008
4.9Kill
2008
6.247 Ronin
2013
5.2Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009
6.9Pacific Rim
2013
5.7Hole in the Sky
2001
6.4Norwegian Wood
2010
5.2The Warped Forest
2011
4.7Sideways
2009
6.0Tokyo Serendipity
2007