Hiroko Yakushimaru

Acting

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Born June 9, 1964 · Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan (age 62)

After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and …

Known For

Always - Sunset on Third StreetAlways - Sunset on Third Street · 2005
Always - Sunset on Third Street
★ 7.72005
MovieComedyDrama
In 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, dream, and grow together as rapid modernisation transforms their lives beneath the shadow of the newly rising Tokyo Tower.
TwinkleTwinkle · 1992
Twinkle
★ 4.41992
MovieComedyDrama
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a ‘good’ Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student.
The Homeless Student 2The Homeless Student 2 · 2009
The Homeless Student 2
2009
MovieDrama
Sequel to the 2008 film.
Blue PeriodBlue Period · 2024
Blue Period
★ 7.32024
MovieDramaComedy
Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately… a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst—and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!
Cafe Funiculi FuniculaCafe Funiculi Funicula · 2018
Cafe Funiculi Funicula
★ 6.62018
MovieFantasyDrama
Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice.
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 · 2012
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
★ 7.22012
MovieComedyDrama
As the Tokyo Olympics usher in a wave of rapid modernisation, the residents of Third Street face new beginnings as Mutsuko becomes involved with a seemingly perfect young doctor who may not be all he appears, while Chagawa struggles with his stalled writing career and what it truly means to be a father to the boy he has raised as his own.
Legend of the Eight SamuraiLegend of the Eight Samurai · 1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai
★ 5.81983
MovieFantasyAdventure
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Sailor Suit and Machine GunSailor Suit and Machine Gun · 1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaAction
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

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Detective LovesickDetective Lovesick · 2010
Detective Lovesick
★ 7.22010
SeriesComedyDrama
He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee from his life. Now "Detective Lovesick" finds his crime-fighting mojo and his chance at rising through the police hierarchy slipping away. Spending his days in a desperate search for the love of his life, Detective Lovesick is a man in love with himself and idolizes his drinking buddy, who is a romance psychologist. He loses himself to love easily, even at work, falling for every femme fatale he investigates and after a lot of hair pulling, ending each case with a marriage proposal. "Marry me or be under arrest." But will any woman accept such a proposal? Suspense, comedy and romance all converge in a libido-rich police drama unlike any you've ever seen.

Nobuko Maehara

The Full Throttle GirlThe Full Throttle Girl · 2011
The Full Throttle Girl
★ 7.22011
SeriesComedyFamily
Devoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work pays off when she lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata. Wakaba loathes kids and nursing, but unwillingly takes on the job as she is fixated on wealth and success. One day when she goes to a preschool to pick up Hinata, she meets a man named Yamada Sota. Sota is a man without higher education, wealth, or a future goal, someone that Wakaba absolutely cannot stand, the complete opposite of her ideals. Once again, contrary to her will, she ends up looking after Hinata and a few other kids along with Sota. Despite being exhausted from all the first-time experiences in child care, Wakaba begins to realize what is truly important to her.

Sakuragawa Shoko