Yukie Nakama

Acting

Yukie Nakama

Born October 30, 1979 · Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan (age 46)

Yukie Nakama (born October 30, 1979) is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single "Moonlight to Daybreak" was released in 1996), and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday (2000)." …

Known For

Shinobi: Heart Under BladeShinobi: Heart Under Blade · 2005
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
6.62005
MovieAction
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
Ring 0Ring 0 · 2000
Ring 0
6.22000
MovieHorrorThriller
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
Love & PopLove & Pop · 1998
Love & Pop
7.71998
MovieDrama
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final AlchemyFullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy · 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
6.32022
MovieActionAdventure
The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat.
Gamera 3: Revenge of IrisGamera 3: Revenge of Iris · 1999
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
7.41999
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
g@me.g@me. · 2003
g@me.
6.82003
MovieCrimeThriller
A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to play the victim of his bogus kidnapping. The movie is based on the novel Geimu No Na Wa Yuukai ('The name of the game is kidnapping') by popular mystery novelist Keigo Higashino.
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku WomanHarassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman · 2020
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
7.02020
MovieTV Movie
Gokusen: The MovieGokusen: The Movie · 2009
Gokusen: The Movie
6.62009
MovieComedyDrama
A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this epic finale to the Japanese TV series.

Movies

Shinobi: Heart Under BladeShinobi: Heart Under Blade · 2005
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
6.62005
MovieAction
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
Ring 0Ring 0 · 2000
Ring 0
6.22000
MovieHorrorThriller
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
Love & PopLove & Pop · 1998
Love & Pop
7.71998
MovieDrama
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final AlchemyFullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy · 2022
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy
6.32022
MovieActionAdventure
The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat.
Gamera 3: Revenge of IrisGamera 3: Revenge of Iris · 1999
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
7.41999
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
g@me.g@me. · 2003
g@me.
6.82003
MovieCrimeThriller
A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to play the victim of his bogus kidnapping. The movie is based on the novel Geimu No Na Wa Yuukai ('The name of the game is kidnapping') by popular mystery novelist Keigo Higashino.
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku WomanHarassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman · 2020
Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
7.02020
MovieTV Movie
Gokusen: The MovieGokusen: The Movie · 2009
Gokusen: The Movie
6.62009
MovieComedyDrama
A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this epic finale to the Japanese TV series.
Giovanni's IslandGiovanni's Island · 2014
Giovanni's Island
7.52014
MovieAnimationDrama
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of DarknessMartian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness · 1998
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness
7.41998
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
Two years have passed since the Great War. Akito and Yurika have vanished. The Jovians and the Earthlings have joined forces and Ruri is now captain of Nadesico B. As the popularity of Boson Jumping grows, a vast transportation network has been developed. Dubbed the Hisago Plan, this network of Chulip portals holds the answers to the mysteries behind Bose particles and their power. If those secrets should fall into the wrong hands, it could mean big trouble. And big trouble there is. A Martian splinter group has launched an offensive, leaving the United Forces befuddled and desperate. So much so, in fact, that the former crew of the Nadesico is called back to active duty for a special unsanctioned mission-to save us all. Does this menagerie of misfits have what it takes? Who will win the race for the Boson technology? And what the heck happened to Akito and Yurika?
Trick the Movie: Last StageTrick the Movie: Last Stage · 2014
Trick the Movie: Last Stage
7.52014
MovieMysteryComedy
Trade company employee Shinichi recommends to Naoko and Jiro to go to a beautiful place abroad. There, Naoko and Jiro meets tribal shaman and sees through her tricks. The shaman has refused to leave her place.
Sleeping ForestSleeping Forest · 2014
Sleeping Forest
7.12014
MovieTV MovieMystery
A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense case, but after an investigation there's doubts in that claim. Then, the director of the Takayanagi Ballet Company is poisoned to death. Are the cases related?
I Want to Be a ShellfishI Want to Be a Shellfish · 2008
I Want to Be a Shellfish
8.32008
MovieTV MovieWar
1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...
Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle RoyaleTrick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale · 2010
Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
6.72010
MovieActionThriller
Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama), a female magician, and Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe), a genius physicist, are back again to solve the mystery of supernatural happenings. In a village where people are cured, a battle royale is held to find the successor for shamen Kamahaeri. Naoko attempts to gain big money by participating in the battle royale, while Jiro is invited to the village to stop this custom. Naoko and Ueda then challenges this amazing trick ..
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner PalaceOh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace · 2006
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
7.02006
MovieDramaHistory
The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.
The Big BeeThe Big Bee · 2015
The Big Bee
5.72015
MovieThriller
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.
Drowning FishDrowning Fish · 2001
Drowning Fish
7.72001
MovieDramaAction
When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Oboreru Sakana". The "big guns" are a misfit duo of ethically questionable characters who must infiltrate a gay nightclub and "fit in" while they search for clues. What ensues is both hilarious and action-packed. Oboreru Sakana is a rather ambitious and often hilarious contemporary crime thriller. Its narrative swings from the grisly to the humorous and pulls in as many pop culture elements as it can manage.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up · 2013
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
5.52013
MovieDrama
Arrangement instructor Makiko Norita (Yukie Nakama) displays a dignified smile, but she also makes bitting remarks. Nevertheless, with her magic arrangement skills, arrangement instructor Makiko Norita makes people happy. Based on the book "Jinsei ga Tokimeku Katazuke no Maho" by Marie Kondo (published December 27, 2010 by Sunmark Publishing,Inc.). Marie Kondo is a cleaning consultant and developed popular "KonMari Method" for organizing and storing household items.
Abacus and SwordAbacus and Sword · 2010
Abacus and Sword
6.22010
MovieDrama
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
Trick: The MovieTrick: The Movie · 2002
Trick: The Movie
6.62002
MovieComedyCrime
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are many would-be deities there, each posing as a god. When a series of bizarre incidents occur, Naoko is cornered with a genius physicist (Hiroshi Abe) and Detective Yabe (Katsuhisa Namase). Do deities actually exist, or are they charlatans?
AIBOU: The Movie IVAIBOU: The Movie IV · 2017
AIBOU: The Movie IV
9.32017
MovieCrimeMystery
A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.
Trick: The Movie 2Trick: The Movie 2 · 2006
Trick: The Movie 2
6.82006
MovieComedyCrime
Ueda employes Yamada to go a mysterious island in search of a girl (played by Maki Horikita) that disappeared 10 years ago. They discover the island is run by Kobako Sachiko, who can appear and disappear via boxes, among other strange powers.
Ryujin Mabuyer The Movie: Nanatsu no MabuiRyujin Mabuyer The Movie: Nanatsu no Mabui · 2012
Ryujin Mabuyer The Movie: Nanatsu no Mabui
7.52012
MovieActionScience Fiction
Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special AlertBayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert · 1997
Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert
7.31997
Movie

TV Shows

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.
GokusenGokusen · 2002
Gokusen
8.02002
SeriesDramaComedy
Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that she'll be teaching the class 3-D the hardest class to take care of. Class 3-D is a bunch of students who looks more like delinquents and trouble makers. The students show no respect to teachers nor a little kindness. Each and every student doesn't like teacher for almost everyone has no good memories of them. The leader of the class is Sawada Shin. He is well respected for there are rumors that he beat a teacher to death. The students try there hardest to bully and make fun of her so she'll quit but all there efforts went to waste because Yamaguchi ain't an ordinary Teacher. Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to Oedo group, a yakuza clan. Even though everyone in there clan wants her to the next leader, she made up her mind and so everyone accepted it.
Hanako & AnneHanako & Anne · 2014
Hanako & Anne
7.32014
SeriesDrama
A Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl's Christian school in Tokyo. She found her passion in English and step by step made her dream come true.
HeavenHeaven · 2017
Heaven
7.02017
SeriesMysteryDrama
An incident is talked about all over Japan. The case involves the Doizaki couple that killed their 15-year-old daughter and hid her body under their house for 16 years. One day, housewife Toshiko Hagitani visits Shigeko Maehata who works for a small editing company. Toshiko tells Shigeko that her 12-year-old son Hitoshi might have a special ability to see other people's memories. She pulls out a picture drawn by Hitoshi. The picture has a girl with a grey colored face lying in a house that has a bat shaped weather vane on its roof. The picture seems to depict the incident involving the Doizaki couple. Shigeko decides to do some research, but Hitoshi dies in a car accident. Meanwhile, the attorney for the Doizaki couple tells their second daughter Seiko that the couple has cut off all ties with her. Around that time, a female high student is confined.
ChimudondonChimudondon · 2022
Chimudondon
8.02022
SeriesFamilyDrama
Higa Nobuko was born and raised with her four siblings in a farmhouse in the "Yanbaru region" in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa. She aims to become a chef drawing inspiration from Okinawan cuisine. The four siblings follow very different paths, but the memories of their hometown connect their hearts and they're able to overcome their hardships as a family.
24 JAPAN24 JAPAN · 2020
24 JAPAN
7.62020
SeriesDrama
Japanese adaptation of the American TV Series "24". Genba Shido is the director of Team A in the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is excellent at his job and a reasonable person, but he often has to make drastic decisions to save lives.
TrickTrick · 2000
Trick
7.22000
SeriesComedyDrama
Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. After being fired once again, her boss shows her an ad of a physics professor, a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she comes to meet Professor Ueda. Falling prey to her simple magic tricks, Ueda is impressed, and enlists Naoko to help him uncover the tricks behind a local cult. Their hilarious antics, along with those of police officer Yabe, leads them onto further mysteries, all with tricks needing to be solved in sort of an "X-Files" meets "Scooby-Doo"...
MusashiMusashi · 2003
Musashi
8.42003
SeriesDrama
Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.
The Beautiful NeighborThe Beautiful Neighbor · 2011
The Beautiful Neighbor
6.02011
SeriesDramaMystery
A sudden encounter between a gracefully attractive but mysterious woman, Saki, and an ordinary housewife, Eriko, who has a happy family, causes Eriko's serene daily life to fall apart. Eriko's husband, Shinji becomes the target of Saki's advances and finds himself caught between her and his wife.
Love and GloryLove and Glory · 2006
Love and Glory
7.02006
SeriesDrama
Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Chiyo (1557-1617) was his wife, and was known in history for her dedication and devotion to her husband (like Matsu was to Toshiie in Toshiie to Matsu). She is the daughter of a samurai who served the feudal lord Asai.
D×D: Dangerous Angel × Death HunterD×D: Dangerous Angel × Death Hunter · 1997
D×D: Dangerous Angel × Death Hunter
5.01997
SeriesDramaCrime
After a botched robbery at the Kurokawa Financial Company leaves security guard Satoru Aizawa (Nagase Tomoya) fatally wounded, a freak lightning strike pulls him back from the brink of death, leaving him with the unwanted ability to see the dead. While hunting for the truth behind the heist that claimed his best friend's life, he crosses paths with Toranosuke Kihara (Okada Junichi), a cynical freelance detective who shares his strange gift. The two former strangers form an unlikely partnership, navigating the Tokyo underworld to settle scores for the living and find peace for the restless spirits left in the wake of the city's crimes.
Mischievous KissMischievous Kiss · 1996
Mischievous Kiss
8.01996
SeriesDramaComedy
Kotoko falls for the flawless Naoki after a brief meeting. Fate brings their families together under one roof, giving her a chance to pursue him. Despite his early rejection, Kotoko's unwavering devotion slowly melts Naoki's icy demeanor.
MR.BRAINMR.BRAIN · 2009
MR.BRAIN
7.12009
SeriesMysteryDrama
Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.
AntarcticaAntarctica · 2011
Antarctica
8.32011
SeriesDrama
Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to severe weather conditions. The dogs have to be left behind. The following year, the next team arrives at the Showa Base station and a miraculous reunion occurs between a dog handler accompanying the new tean and two dogs, Taro and Shiro, that are brothers.
Precious TimePrecious Time · 1998
Precious Time
7.71998
SeriesDrama
Masaki is fond of a music producer named Keigo, to get to his concert she ends up selling her body. She end up meeting him after the concert and fall in love with him, and he is interested in her. How ever Masaki has gotten HIV during the time she sold her body... How will this affect her relationship with Keigo?
The Laughing SalesmanThe Laughing Salesman · 2025
The Laughing Salesman
8.02025
SeriesDramaComedy
When I was a Child Everything Was FineWhen I was a Child Everything Was Fine · 2025
When I was a Child Everything Was Fine
7.02025
SeriesDrama
A middle-aged couple's seemingly stable marriage unravels when a forgotten 20-year-old promise to divorce once their child turns 20 resurfaces, exposing stifled ambitions and hidden resentments as they confront evolving identities beyond their roles as parents.
Haru and NatsuHaru and Natsu · 2005
Haru and Natsu
7.82005
SeriesDramaFamily
As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all contact, each must make her own way in an unforgiving world. Hardships abound in the struggle to survive in war-torn Japan and in the face of anti-Japanese sentiment in Brazil, financial ruin, familial pressure, abandonment and lost love. However they also experience the precious joy of survival and success. Now, after 70 years, Haru comes back to Japan to find her estranged sister.
KaoKao · 2003
Kao
6.52003
SeriesCrimeDrama
A drama set in a police department depicts how a woman grows and matures as a human being as she suffers from the gap between reality and ideals in an environment where women are looked down upon. Mizuho Hirano, a woman police officer whose work consists of drawing composite sketches of criminal suspects, has the unique ability to look deep into people's hearts.
JoshidekaJoshideka · 2007
Joshideka
6.52007
SeriesComedyCrime
A sharpshooting rookie and a veteran with a brilliant track record are paired to solve a number of different cases. The two incompatible women clash about everything, and we see them developing a friendship, hating one another, working as team, laughing and crying as they follow the trail of clues set by a serial killer.
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be backKimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back · 1999
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
6.51999
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
A college senior who suddenly dies returns to life four years earlier, and, with full memory of his future, attempts to correct past mistakes and realize that previously unaccomplished goals, only to die and be reborn again and again. Though the circumstances are different each time, he encounters people who form a common connecting thread.
Love 2000Love 2000 · 2000
Love 2000
7.52000
SeriesDrama
Yuri Maroev is a secret agent and assassin from the Ural Republic sent along with his brother on a mission to Japan. Once in Japan, he meets systems analyst Mashiro Rieru and uses her high-level security access to get top-secret information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His pretense of romance turns into genuine feelings of love, as Rieru falls deeper into the intricacies of Yuri's fateful covert operations.
Fake AffairFake Affair · 2019
Fake Affair
7.02019
SeriesComedyDrama
Hama Shoko is a 32-year-old single woman and a contract worker. She is not good at romance and does not have a boyfriend, but she wants to get married. For the past 2 years, she has been looking for a man to marry. Still unable to find the right guy, Shoko decides to take a solo trip. While on the airplane, she meets a handsome younger man. During her trip, she happens to meet the younger man again. Shoko lies to him and tells him that she is a married woman. The man tells her "let's have an affair during this trip."
SakiSaki · 2013
Saki
7.72013
SeriesDrama
From the 2011 drama, Utsukushi Rinjin, Nakama Yukie reprises the character Saki. This time round, as Saki Amihama, she will be targeting men. With the facade of an angel, she draws men to her, only to lead them to a destructive end. Like a moth to the flame... but where is the line drawn between the saint and the devil?