Nana Mori
Acting
2001-08-31 · Osaka, Japan
Nana Mori is a Japanese actress known for the earthy naturalism and grounded vulnerability she brings to contemporary independent and mainstream cinema. Discovered in her home prefecture of Oita at age 15, she bypassed traditional idol career tracks in favor of selective collaborations with prominent Japanese auteurs. She gained widespread international recognition in 2019 for her voice acting breakthrough as Hina Amano in Makoto Shinkai’s climate-anxiety anime masterpiece Weathering with You. Recognizing her chameleonic ability to balance youthful innocence with an understated melancholy, legendary filmmaker Shunji Iwai cast her in his 2020 epistolary romance Last Letter. Playing a dual role across fragmented timelines, her performance earned her the Newcomer of the Year award at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize. In the 2023 series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, Mori shines as Kiyo, a aspiring maiko who finds her true calling as a house cook. Her performance is the series’ emotional core, anchoring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s culinary world with a quiet, unforced warmth that eschews sentimentality for something genuinely lived-in.
Filmography
ROCK, PAPER, LANDMINES
2026 · Series
TheatersBeasts Clutching at Straws
2026 · Movie
TheatersOPTI
2026 · Movie
BURN
2026 · Movie
青い鳥
2026 · Movie
Hirayasumi
2025 · Series
5 Centimeters per Second
2025 · Movie
Frontline - Yokohama Bay
2025 · Movie
Kokuho
2025 · Movie
Golden SixTONES
2025 · Series
1st Kiss
2025 · Movie
Hen na koe
2024 · Movie
At the Bench
2024 · Movie
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 25 Shuunen Tokubetsu-hen
2024 · Movie
April, Come She Will
2024 · Movie
The Parades
2024 · Movie
The Window of non-REM Winter 2023
2023 · Movie
Cinderellas of Midsummer
2023 · Series
Insomniacs After School
2023 · Movie
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023 · Movie
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
2023 · Series
Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery
2022 · Movie
The Window of non-REM
2022 · Series
Duty and Revenge
2022 · Series
Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Fall Special
2021 · Movie
Liar x Liar
2021 · Movie
461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
2020 · Movie
A Warmed Up Love
2020 · Series
I Had a Dream of That Girl
2020 · Series
Blue, Painful, Fragile
2020 · Movie
Pops Loves Kawaii Stuff
2020 · Series
Tsukai TV Sukatto Japan
2020 · Series
Yell
2020 · Series
Last Letter
2020 · Movie
Little Letter
2020 · Movie
Hell Girl
2019 · Movie
The First Supper
2019 · Movie
Weathering with You
2019 · Movie
Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
2019 · Movie
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
2019 · Series
Weakest Beast
2018 · Series
Suits
2018 · Series
Eerie: Invisible Face
2018 · Series
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
2018 · Series
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017 · Series