Sayuri Kokusho

Acting

Sayuri Kokusho

Born December 22, 1966 · Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan (age 59)

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Known For

EurekaEureka · 2001
Eureka
★ 7.82001
MovieDrama
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
One Week FriendsOne Week Friends · 2017
One Week Friends
★ 6.72017
MovieRomanceDrama
High school student Yuki Hase wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. Even though Kaori tells Yuki why she doesn't want to become friends, Yuki still wants to become close to her.
Falling into the EveningFalling into the Evening · 1998
Falling into the Evening
★ 7.01998
MovieDrama
Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo's good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica's conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but inscrutable woman named Hanako.
One Bowl of KakesobaOne Bowl of Kakesoba · 1992
One Bowl of Kakesoba
★ 8.01992
MovieDrama
Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis! · 1986
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
★ 7.01986
MovieComedy
The story revolves around a hardcore Onyanko Club fanatic who decides he wants to kill the girls to prevent the young, cute idols from getting old and married - in a sense, to preserve their youth for eternity.
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Spring SpecialTales of the Bizarre: 2011 Spring Special · 2011
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Spring Special
★ 5.52011
MovieTV MovieHorror
Murder in the KairoteiMurder in the Kairotei · 2011
Murder in the Kairotei
★ 6.22011
Movie
A woman (Takako Tokiwa) risks her life to exact revenge for her murdered lover.
The Goblin of Mt. KuramaThe Goblin of Mt. Kurama · 2001
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
2001
MovieActionDrama
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?

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One Bowl of KakesobaOne Bowl of Kakesoba · 1992
One Bowl of Kakesoba
★ 8.01992
MovieDrama
Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...
Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 68: Disappearing Woman in YamagataKyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 68: Disappearing Woman in Yamagata · 2017
Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery 68: Disappearing Woman in Yamagata
2017
MovieDrama
Inspector Totsugawa of the First Investigation Division goes to Tsuruoka in Yamagata to attend the wedding of the son of Inspector Mukai, his former colleague who now works for the Yamagata Prefectural Police. While sightseeing at Mt. Haguro after the ceremony, he notices a young woman drawing him in her sketchbook. She introduces herself as Yuka Shiraishi and says she came to draw the Dewa Sanzan. Signing the drawing of Totsugawa next to the five-story pagoda with her initial, a 'Y' in the corner, she gives it to him as a present. The next morning, the corpse of a young woman who has been stabbed is discovered in a forest in Tsuruoka. When Totsugawa, on his way back, hears that a sketchbook signed with a 'Y' was found at the scene, he follows Mukai there. However, the body is not Yuka, the woman Totsugawa had met, and while no items pointing to her identity are found, the sketchbook is the same one Yuka had the day before.

Misako Kuroki

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo · 2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
★ 7.52002
SeriesDramaCrime
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.