Sakura Ando
Acting
1986-02-18 · Tokyo, Japan
With parents in show business, perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando became an actress and, moreover, later married an actor. She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18 February 1986. Her great-grandfather was Prime Minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade. She was often ill as a child; her illness made her dizzy, caused balance problems, and at times her brain would shut down. She chose her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion cast her in his film Love Exposure and gave her a major break on the big screen. She won Best Supporting Actress for that role at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. Earlier, her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa (Outside the Wind) alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple films and TV series and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012; they met on a train in 2008 and she had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which suited her because she had practiced boxing at age fourteen. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work in 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of the top young actresses in Japan alongside Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi, and possibly Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.
Filmography
TheatersGodzilla Minus Zero
2026 · Movie
Dora
2026 · Movie
Brothers in Arms
2026 · Series
A Very Straight Neck
2025 · Movie
The Hot Spot
2025 · Series
The Imaginary
2023 · Movie
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · Movie
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
2023 · Movie
Bad Lands
2023 · Movie
Monster
2023 · Movie
Rebooting
2023 · Series
A Man
2022 · Movie
Korosuna
2022 · Movie
Tabiya Okaeri
2022 · Series
The Great Yokai War: Guardians
2021 · Movie
Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
2021 · Movie
Ryuukou Kanbou
2021 · Movie
Girl Gun Lady
2021 · Series
Today's Nekomura
2020 · Series
孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令！ 成田～福岡～釜山 弾丸出張編！
2019 · Movie
Mango no Ki no Shita de
2019 · Series
Mampuku
2018 · Series
Shoplifters
2018 · Movie
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
2018 · Series
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 · Movie
Tornado Girl
2017 · Movie
Reminiscence
2017 · Movie
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
2017 · Series
Sound of Waves
2017 · Movie
Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
2016 · Movie
Like a Girl Playing House
2016 · Series
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
2016 · Series
Seed
2016 · Movie
Asleep
2015 · Movie
Her Granddaughter
2015 · Movie
100 Yen Love
2014 · Movie
0.5 mm
2014 · Movie
Hello Life from 55
2014 · Series
Climbing to Spring
2014 · Movie
Homeland
2014 · Movie
The Stork Nest
2013 · Movie
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
2013 · Movie
Penance
2013 · Movie
Petal Dance
2013 · Movie
Radio
2013 · Movie
Yellow Elephant
2013 · Movie
The Brothers Karamazov
2013 · Series
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
2013 · Series
The Samurai That Night
2012 · Movie
Our Homeland
2012 · Movie
For Love's Sake
2012 · Movie
ATARU
2012 · Series
Penance
2012 · Series
Teto
2010 · Movie
My Name is Noda
2010 · Series
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
2010 · Movie
A Crowd of Three
2010 · Movie
Sweet Little Lies
2010 · Movie
All to the Sea
2010 · Movie
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
2009 · Movie
Torso
2009 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009 · Movie
Oh, My Buddha!
2009 · Movie
Chance!
2009 · Series
Crime or Punishment?!?
2009 · Movie
Make the Last Wish
2009 · Movie
Love Exposure
2008 · Movie
Ain't No Tomorrows
2008 · Movie
Out of the Wind
2007 · Movie
A Long Walk
2006 · Movie
Shomuni
1998 · Series