Mayuko Nishiyama

Acting

Mayuko Nishiyama

Born January 21, 1978 · Tokyo, Japan (age 48)

Mayuko Nishiyama (西山 繭子, Nishiyama Mayuko, January 21, 1978) is a Japanese actress and writer born in Tokyo, who is affiliated with the agency FLaMme. She is 165 cm tall and her blood type is A. Her father is the writer Shizuka Ijūin (伊集院 静, Ijūin Shizuka).

Known For

SabuSabu · 2002
Sabu
6.82002
MovieDramaAction
When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
My Little Nightmare: The MovieMy Little Nightmare: The Movie · 2014
My Little Nightmare: The Movie
6.72014
MovieAdventure
New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.
Collage of Our LivesCollage of Our Lives · 2003
Collage of Our Lives
6.22003
MovieComedyDrama
A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.
The NameThe Name · 2018
The Name
7.62018
MovieDrama
Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao would be toyed around by Emiko, but little by little he started taking a liking to her loveliness. As days went by, Masao started opening up to Emiko – something that he rarely did to others. However, there was just something about Emiko – something that bothered Masao - that wouldn’t go away.
Rain of LightRain of Light · 2001
Rain of Light
6.02001
MovieDramaHistory
This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was discovered that they had murderously turned upon themselves in a bizarre extension of their radical philosophy. This event virtually marked the end of the Student Revolution.
Balloon Club RevisitedBalloon Club Revisited · 2006
Balloon Club Revisited
6.72006
MovieDrama
Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long. Five years after their time in the Balloon Club ended, the members' former club leader brings them back together and rekindles old flames.
横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」 · 2003
横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」
2003
MovieTV Movie
Astral Abnormal SuzukiAstral Abnormal Suzuki · 2019
Astral Abnormal Suzuki
2019
MovieDrama
Suzuki Rara is left behind in the countryside due to mischief. She becomes a YouTuber, goes both crazy and offbeat. Wearing an eye-patch, loose track pants and often holding a sledgehammer she begins interacting with the locals, families and visitors.

Filmography

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Detective School QDetective School Q · 2007
Detective School Q
8.02007
SeriesMysteryKids
The city is filled with countless urban legends. Strange incidents that occur in the midst of these legends lead people into a labyrinth... It is the five young detective hatchlings who take on these difficult cases. Overflowing with intellectual curiosity, they make the most of their abilities. They are full of intellectual curiosity and show their abilities to the fullest as they run through the city and get to the bottom of the mystery. And what lurks behind the scenes is a professional criminal planner... Through fierce battles with the enemy and encounters with various people, they are sometimes hurt, but they gradually grow up. This is a pop youth mystery that depicts the friendship and adventures of a group of talented detectives.

Tomoe Fukunaga

Police in a PodPolice in a Pod · 2021
Police in a Pod
8.12021
SeriesComedyDrama
20-year-old rookie police officer Kawai Mai works hard at a police box and feels both physically and mentally drained. She has never felt appreciated even though she supposedly works for the sake of the area’s residents. In addition, she does not find working at a police box rewarding. Mai is about to hand in her resignation when she meets 30-year-old Fuji Seiko, the former ace detective of the Criminal Investigations Division. Seiko is said to have been forced to transfer to the police box for harassing a subordinate at work but … … This encounter between Mai and Seiko will significantly change their lives as they are suddenly paired up. This odd pair struggle to help and support each other in cases, routine duties and romance?! And Seiko’s true reason for coming to the police box is revealed.
The Locked Room MurdersThe Locked Room Murders · 2012
The Locked Room Murders
7.22012
SeriesDramaMystery
Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and calm, unapproachable, a maniac in Physics, Science, Architecture and profound in other basic theoretical foundation. He is certain and proud of the fact that there is no key which he cannot unlock. One day, Kei is asked to help reveal a mystery behind a locked room murderer. While he lacks any interest in solving the mystery, he is inevitably intrigued by the term, "Closed Doors" and decides to take on the position. He works side by side with Aoto Junko and Serizawa Gou, who are lawyers working at a major law firm. Junko is pure and forward, acting upon her instincts while Serizawa is a prideful elitist who sees time as money, and therefore, will not take on any job that is unprofitable. Possessing a vast amount of knowledge and acute insightfulness, Kei is able to unlock the closed doors and unravel the secrets leading to the solution. Never before has there been a drama focused solely on closed doors.

Itou Hiromi

Ruri's IslandRuri's Island · 2005
Ruri's Island
9.02005
SeriesDramaFamily
Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.

Matsukuma Natsumi