People
Kimiko Yo
Biography:
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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52-Hertz Whales as Noriko Okada | 2024-03-01 |
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy | 2023-06-09 |
Omokage | 2023-03-27 |
To Every You I've Loved Before as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice) | 2022-10-07 |
To Me, the One Who Loved You as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice) | 2022-10-07 |
The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs as Minoyama | 2022-09-23 |
Winter Rose as Michiko Wataguchi | 2022-06-03 |
Noise as Hanae Shoji | 2022-01-27 |
First Gentleman | 2021-09-23 |
Any Crybabies Around? as Setsuko Goto | 2020-11-20 |
Hotel Royal as Miko Noshiro | 2020-11-13 |
Peaceful Death | 2020-07-25 |
Step as Michiyo Muramatsu | 2020-07-17 |
Red as Ogata Yoko | 2020-02-21 |
AI Amok as Eiko Tanaka | 2020-01-31 |
Show Me the Way to the Station | 2019-10-18 |
Aging Police / Resurrection Special | 2019-09-29 |
Sleep in the Shadows | 2019-09-06 |
An Artist of the Floating World as Mrs. Saito | 2019-03-30 |
BON-UTA, A Song from Home as (voice) | 2019-02-15 |
Giwaku | 2019-02-03 |
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday") | 2018-06-22 |
Enokida Trading Co. | 2018-06-09 |
Kuroido Goroshi | 2018-04-14 |
Omotenashi as Mitsuko | 2018-03-03 |
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」 | 2017-12-24 |
Perfect Revolution as Akiko | 2017-09-29 |
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter as Koto | 2017-04-18 |
The Blue Hearts as (segment “Hammer”) | 2017-04-08 |
Midnight Diner 2 as Chieko | 2016-11-05 |
The Ice Ruts as 요네자와 사유리 | 2016-11-05 |
Black Widow Business as Eiko Segawa | 2016-08-27 |
Zen and Bones as Kô Mittwer | 2016-08-26 |
Beef tongue set meal with seafood bowl of Onagawa in Sendai | 2016-08-03 |
Shin Godzilla as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense | 2016-07-29 |
Going against the Grain in Fukushima as Speaker | 2015-06-03 |
Parasyte: Part 2 as Izumi Nobuko | 2015-04-25 |
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment as Motoko Ueno | 2015-04-11 |
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion as Motoko Ueno | 2015-03-07 |
A Stitch of Life as Hiroe Minami | 2015-01-31 |
Parasyte: Part 1 as Izumi Nobuko | 2014-11-29 |
Midnight Diner as Chieko Hanawa | 2014-11-01 |
300 Million Yen Robbery as Ryoko Nakaoka | 2014-01-18 |
My Little Sweet Pea as Ayako Akaike | 2013-12-21 |
A Tale of Samurai Cooking as Mitsuru Funaki | 2013-12-14 |
Galileo XX as Yoriko Takasaki | 2013-06-22 |
Shield of Straw | 2013-04-25 |
Nobody's Perfect | 2013-03-23 |
A Story of Yonosuke as Taeko Yokomichi | 2013-02-23 |
The Housekeeper as Haruko Inamura | 2012-12-22 |
Dearest as Tamiko Hamasaki | 2012-08-25 |
Dirty Hearts as Naomi | 2012-07-21 |
For Love's Sake as Toyo Taiga | 2012-06-16 |
Black Dawn as Kumi Muramatsu | 2012-06-02 |
悪女について as Suzuki Tane | 2012-04-30 |
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai | 2012-03-17 |
Ace Attorney as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey) | 2012-02-11 |
Bread of Happiness as Yoko | 2012-01-28 |
Father of the Bride | 2012-01-08 |
Crossroads | 2011-12-03 |
My SO Has Got Depression as Satoko Kurita | 2011-10-08 |
Star Watching Dog as Innkeeper | 2011-06-10 |
Rebirth as Angel | 2011-04-29 |
Soup Opera as Yasuko Tanaka | 2010-10-02 |
Villain as Yoriko Shimizu | 2010-09-11 |
A Lone Scalpel as Shizuka Takei | 2010-06-05 |
Rinco's Restaurant as Ruriko | 2010-02-06 |
Air Doll as Receptionist Yoshiko | 2009-09-26 |
Dear Doctor as Akemi Ohtake | 2009-07-27 |
Where The Legend Lives | 2008-11-01 |
Departures as Yuriko Kamimura | 2008-09-13 |
Oka wo koete | 2008-05-17 |
The Ramen Girl as Reiko | 2008-02-08 |
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven as Kita no mandokoro | 2007-12-22 |
The Yakuza Principal | 2007-10-01 |
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here | 2007-06-20 |
Tokyo Rhapsody | 2007-05-12 |
Virgin Snow as Mayumi Sasaki | 2007-05-12 |
Invisible War as Kinu Murozono | 2007-02-10 |
Yamato | 2005-12-17 |
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP as Ando Yukiko [Teacher] | 2005-03-27 |
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke as Tezuka Yukino | 2005-02-26 |
Pacchigi! | 2005-01-22 |
Tokyo Tower | 2005-01-15 |
Chicken Is Barefoot | 2004-11-13 |
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari | 2004-11-01 |
Café Lumière as Yoko's Stepmother | 2004-09-01 |
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao | 2004-08-22 |
Fireflies: River of Light | 2004-06-05 |
Worst by Chance as Hatsuko Kim | 2003-09-13 |
Farewell, Kuro as Eri Yuki | 2003-07-01 |
Suspicion | 2003-03-22 |
Aiki | 2002-11-29 |
Hotel Hibiscus as Mieko's Mother | 2002-10-28 |
Oh My God | 2002-07-06 |
Music of Remembrance -Gb- as Rume | 2002-06-22 |
Dog Star | 2002-04-27 |
The Lonely Affair of the Heart | 2002-03-16 |
Suicide Club | 2001-10-29 |
Asako in Ruby Shoes as Aya's Mother | 2000-12-09 |
Another Battle | 2000-11-25 |
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌 | 2000-08-05 |
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5 | 2000-05-12 |
Hysteric | 2000-05-07 |
Timeless Melody as Chikako's Mother | 2000-03-18 |
Free and Easy 11 | 2000-02-05 |
The Exam as Midori Chiaki | 1999-07-03 |
Wait and See as Wife of Hiroshi's Brother | 1998-12-19 |
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage as Kuramoto | 1998-10-17 |
Amagi Pass | 1998-01-01 |
Immoral Affairs | 1997-10-18 |
20th Century Nostalgia as Anzu's Mother | 1997-07-26 |
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件 | 1997-07-11 |
Time Leap | 1997-06-07 |
An Angel with Many Scars | 1997-04-19 |
Happy-Go-Lucky as Man's Lover in TV Drama | 1997-03-17 |
Moonlight Serenade | 1997-03-15 |
The President's Christmas Tree | 1996-11-23 |
Gonin 2 as Ran | 1996-06-29 |
Haunted School as Yukawa | 1995-07-08 |
Keikoku! Nozoki ari. | 1995-06-09 |
Sharaku | 1995-06-02 |
Sumomo mo momo | 1995-05-13 |
Alone in the Night | 1994-10-22 |
Can you collect it? Complete | 1994-09-09 |
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2 | 1994-05-01 |
A Night in Nude as Nami Tsuchiya | 1993-12-18 |
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark | 1993-10-08 |
The Brutal Insanity of Love as Nami Muraki | 1993-06-26 |
Passion | 1992-04-25 |
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral | 1991-12-16 |
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女 | 1991-12-16 |
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki | 1991-08-25 |
Orchids Under the Moon | 1991-06-27 |
The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses | 1991-06-14 |
Yumeji as Jiro | 1991-05-31 |
Hiruko the Goblin as Reiko's Mother | 1991-05-11 |
Hiruko the Goblin | 1991-05-11 |
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo) | 1991-01-11 |
Baian the Assassin | 1990-12-26 |
Maria's Stomach | 1990-07-21 |
Via Okinawa | 1989-06-09 |
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You as Managing Director's Daughter | 1988-11-26 |
Love Bites Back as Sanae Ebino | 1988-07-01 |
The Heartbreak Yakuza | 1987-09-12 |