
Acting
Jan 6, 1975
Fukui, Fukui, Japan
Yuko Nakamura
Acting
Biography
Yuko Nakamura is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.
Feature Films (55)

Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
5 Centimeters per Second

After four years, Kyoko receives a surprise visit from her ex-boyfriend Shunichi, who asks her to die with him. Kyoko agrees. She suffers from the conflict between her inner desire for freedom and her hopeless situation as the secretary of her father, a politician. Kyoko and Shunichi set off for a piece of land belonging to Kyoko's deceased grandfather, hidden away in the mountains. In the great outdoors, the two don't just think about dying. They want to do something in their last weeks that enriches their lives.
Truths: A Stream

Keiko surprises everyone when she overcomes adversity to win her first two boxing fights. But when an unexpected incident threatens the closure of her gym, she is pushed further than she thought possible.
Small, Slow But Steady

When the son of an American man and a Japanese woman is killed in a car crash, the man transforms into a rageful metallic being thirsty of blood and vengeance.
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
Strawberry Shortcakes

Following the 2011 tsunami, three women reunite in the family home only to rekindle tense, ruinous relationships.
Women on the Edge

After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual.
The Suicide Manual

Haru, a bookstore clerk, talks to Yukiko pretending to ask for directions. Haru has detected deep sorrow on Yukiko's face. Meanwhile, Haru has been spending days following Tsuyoshi discretely and checking his expressions.
Following the Sound

Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
Firefly

With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over inviting Sakura's estranged father to their upcoming wedding.
Tomato No Shizuku

The main character Akihiko lives in an old apartment. He plays the guitar and sings his own pieces on the street, but this cannot be called his dream. He has a girlfriend. The owner of the apartment next-door constantly repeats Buddhist prayers night and day. On the floor above, there lives a strange middle-aged man who wants to be kicked out of the apartment. Such an ordinary day exists. Akihiko is standing still on the street at dawn.
Like a Desperado Under the Eaves
Television & Series (8)

A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and Jiro respectively. Older one (Ichiro) is very serious while the younger one (Jiro) is trying to start rental father/uncle service and they have to deal with issues from their clients.
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

Why did an abused solitary boy become a murderer? A sad but powerful gut-wrenching drama portraying the destiny of humans seeking love, starting up-and-coming actor Yuma Nakayama.
Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion

Tokiko’s mother died 20 years ago and her father Tetsuya is now in his 70's. Her father has a free spirit and is cute. Tokiko is in her mid 40's and still single. She has a strong personality. In their past, Tokiko and Tetsuya did not have a good relationship. It got so bad that they almost ended their relationship, but now they occasionally meet. They go out to eat together and have conversations. Tokiko decides to publish an essay about her father Tetsuya. To collect information for her essay, she meets Tetsuya and listens to various stories, but it's not just pleasant memories.
Living, Dying, Father, etc.

Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet. They even begin to live together in Karuizawa during the winter, but there is a big hidden secret.
Quartet

Riki, who works as a temp, is distressed when her colleague invites her to earn money by donating her eggs. However, after taking the interview, she realizes it’s not for egg donation but for surrogacy. A former ballet dancer, Kusaoke Motoi, and his wife, Yuko, are looking for a surrogate mother to bear their child in exchange for high rewards.




