Sakura Ando

Sakura Ando
Sakura Ando
安藤サクラ
	Ando at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2017
Born	February 18, 1986 (age 38); Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Tasuku Emoto (m. 2012)
Children	1
Parent	Eiji Okuda (father) Kazu Ando (mother)
Relatives	Momoko Ando (sister); Takeru Inukai (grandfather); Akira Emoto (father-in-law); Tokio Emoto (brother-in-law);

Sakura Ando (安藤サクラ, Andō Sakura, born February 18, 1986) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for appearing in critically-acclaimed films such as Sion Sono's Love Exposure, Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters (2018) and Monster (2023), as well as Takashi Yamazaki's Academy Award–winning kaiju epic Godzilla Minus One (2023).

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Ando won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival 2010 for Love Exposure, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and Tsumitoka batsutoka.^[1]^{[clarification needed]} She was also nominated for the award for best supporting actress at 4th Asian Film Awards 2010 for A Crowd of Three.^[2]

She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama Penance.^[3]

She has also appeared in films such as The Samurai That Night,^[4] Our Homeland,^[5] and Petal Dance.^[6]

In 2015, Ando received the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York.^[7]

In 2018, Ando received high praise for her performance as Nobuyo Shibata in director Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters, being called "fantastic"^[8] and "the stand-out",^[9] with film critic Simon Abrams stating that "Kore-eda gave Andô her character's (strictly metaphorical) dance steps, but she realizes and owns every maneuver she was asked to (and then some).... No small feat... given how subtly complicated her dance steps are."^[10]

In June 2023, Ando was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[11]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2006	A Long Walk	Waitress	Eiji Okuda		^[12]
2007	Out of the Wind	Mariko Iwata	Eiji Okuda	Leading role	^[13]
2008	Love Exposure	Koike	Sion Sono		^[12]
2008	Ain’t No Tomorrows	Chizu	Yuki Tanada		^[12]
2009	The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio	Rika	Daihachi Yoshida		^[12]
2009	Crime or Punishment?!?	Momo Mimikawa	Keralino Sandorovich		^[12]
2010	Sweet Little Lies	Miyako	Hitoshi Yazaki		^[12]
2010	A Crowd of Three	Kayo	Tatsushi Ōmori	Leading role	^[12]
2012	Our Homeland	Rie	Yang Yong-hi	Leading role	^[12]
	For Love's Sake	Gamuko	Takashi Miike		^[12]
	The Samurai That Night	Mika	Masaaki Akahori		^[12]
2013	Petal Dance	Motoko	Hiroshi Ishikawa		^[12]
2013	Yellow Elephant	Kan'yu (voice)	Ryūichi Hiroki		^[12]
2014	Homeland	Misa	Nao Kubota		^[12]
	Her Granddaughter	Misaki Akimoto	Ryūichi Hiroki		^[12]
	0.5 mm	Sawa Yamagishi	Momoko Ando	Leading role	^[12]
	100 Yen Love	Ichiko Saito	Masaharu Take	Leading role	^[14]
2015	Asleep	Terako	Shingo Wakagi	Leading role	^[12]
2016	Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys	Yumeko	Kazuyoshi Kumakiri		^[12]
2017	Reminiscences	Ryōko Nishina	Yasuo Furuhata		^[12]
	Tornado Girl	Yū Mikami	Hitoshi Ōne		^[12]
	Sound of Waves	Yūko	Kaze Shindō	Leading role	^[15]
	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	The Grim Reaper	Takashi Yamazaki		^[16]
2018	Shoplifters	Nobuyo Shibata	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Leading role	^[17]
2021	The Great Yokai War: Guardians	Kokakuchō	Takashi Miike		^[18]
2022	A Man	Rie Taniguchi	Kei Ishikawa		^[19]
2023	Monster	Saori	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Leading role	^[20]
	Bad Lands	Neri	Masato Harada	Leading role	^[21]
	We're Millennials. Got a Problem?: The Movie	Akane Miyashita	Nobuo Mizuta		^[22]
	The Imaginary	Lizzie (voice)	Yoshiyuki Momose		^[23]
	Godzilla Minus One	Sumiko Ota	Takashi Yamazaki		^[24]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2011	Still, Life Goes On		Fuji TV
2011	Ohisama	Mitsu Miyamoto	NHK	Asadora
2012	Penance		Wowow	Miniseries
2015	Mamagoto	Hideko Onji	NHK	Leading role
2015	We're Millennials. Got a Problem?	Akane Miyashita	NTV		^[22]
2018	Magical × Heroine Magimajo Pures!	Mokonyan (voice)	TV Tokyo
2018–19	Manpuku	Fukuko Tachibana	NHK	Leading role, Asadora
2019	Mango no Ki no Shita de	Misaki Tamiya	NHK	TV movie
	Idaten	Masae Kasai	NHK	Taiga drama
	Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky	An anime's narrator	NHK	Asadora
2021	Ryūkō Kanbō	Haruko	NHK	TV movie	^[25]
2022	Rebooting	Asami Kondō	NTV	Leading role	^[26]

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Year	Award ceremony	Category	Work(s)	Result
2010	31st Yokohama Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	Love Exposure	Won
2010	4th Asian Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	A Crowd of Three	Nominated
2011	84th Kinema Junpo Award	Best Supporting Actress	A Crowd of Three	Won
2012	37th Hochi Film Award	Best Supporting Actress	For Love's Sake, The Samurai That Night	Won
2012	34th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	For Love's Sake, The Samurai That Night	Won
2013	86th Kinema Junpo Award	Best Supporting Actress	For Love's Sake, The Samurai That Night, etc.	Won
	86th Kinema Junpo Award	Best Actress	Our Homeland	Won
	55th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Won
	22nd Japanese Film Critics Awards	Best Actress		Won
	67th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	For Love's Sake	Won
2015	38th Japan Academy Prize	Best Actress	0.5 mm	Nominated
	57th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress	0.5 mm, 100 Yen Love	Won
	24th Japanese Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	0.5 mm, 100 Yen Love	Won
	88th Kinema Junpo Award	Best Actress	100 Yen Love	Won
	69th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actress	0.5 mm	Won
2016	39th Japan Academy Prize	Best Actress	100 Yen Love	Won
2018	27th Tokyo Sports Film Award	Best Supporting Actress	Reminiscence	Nominated
	43rd Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	Shoplifters	Nominated
	31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress	Shoplifters	Won
	31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	Nominated
	23rd Florida Film Critics Circle Award	Best Supporting Actress	Shoplifters	Won
2019	40th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actress		Won
	73rd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actress		Won
	73rd Mainichi Film Awards	Kinuyo Tanaka Award	Herself	Nominated
	61st Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress	Shoplifters	Nominated
	28th Tokyo Sports Film Award	Best Actress		Won
	92nd Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Won
	42nd Japan Academy Prize	Best Actress		Won
	13th Asian Film Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
2020	44th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Won^[27]
2022	47th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	A Man	Nominated^[28]
2023	77th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	A Man	Nominated^[29]
	65th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actress	A Man and Korosuna	Nominated^[30]
	46th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	A Man	Won^[31]
	16th Asian Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	A Man	Nominated^[32]
	26th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Actress	Rebooting	Won^[26]
	36th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress	Monster and Bad Lands	Nominated^[33]
2024	78th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actress	Bad Lands	Nominated^[34]
	66th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress	Bad Lands	Nominated^[35]
	47th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress	Monster	Won^[36]
	47th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Godzilla Minus One	Won^[37]

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Yutaka Ando

Masako Ogino

Kazue Tsunogae

Sakura Ando

unknown daughter^[38]

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Official profile
Sakura Ando at IMDb

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"第３１回ヨコハマ映画祭２００９年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2010.

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"島々清しゃ（しまじまかいしゃ）". eiga.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

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"DESTINY 鎌倉ものがたり". eiga.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

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