Tomoko Yamaguchi

Acting

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Born October 20, 1964 · Tochigi, Japan (age 61)

​Tomoko Yamaguchi (born October 20, 1964) is a Japanese actress and singer from Tochigi. She is the lead actress for the classic j-drama Long Vacation, which features her starring alongside with Takuya Kimura. She has been married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tomoko Yamaguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

PonyoPonyo · 2008
Ponyo
7.82008
MovieAnimationFantasy
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
今すぐ買える!お酒に合う最強おつまみGP今すぐ買える!お酒に合う最強おつまみGP · 2025
今すぐ買える!お酒に合う最強おつまみGP
2025
MovieTV Movie
The TrapThe Trap · 1996
The Trap
6.81996
MovieDramaThriller
When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified.
Swallowtail ButterflySwallowtail Butterfly · 1996
Swallowtail Butterfly
7.51996
MovieDramaCrime
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Shichi-nin no otaku: Cult sevenShichi-nin no otaku: Cult seven · 1992
Shichi-nin no otaku: Cult seven
5.11992
MovieActionComedy
Several otaku band together to save the baby of a Filipina mother.
UndoUndo · 1994
Undo
6.01994
MovieDramaRomance
Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but neither is allowed in their apartment.
Coo of the Far SeasCoo of the Far Seas · 1993
Coo of the Far Seas
6.71993
MovieAnimationAdventure
After a storm hits their island, Yusuke (driving his jet-ski) finds a baby dinosaur. He show it to his dad, they keep it and call it Coo. But there are other parties interested in a 65 million year old creature...
Ghost PubGhost Pub · 1994
Ghost Pub
6.01994
MovieDramaComedy
One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.

Movies

PonyoPonyo · 2008
Ponyo
7.82008
MovieAnimationFantasy
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
今すぐ買える!お酒に合う最強おつまみGP今すぐ買える!お酒に合う最強おつまみGP · 2025
今すぐ買える!お酒に合う最強おつまみGP
2025
MovieTV Movie
The TrapThe Trap · 1996
The Trap
6.81996
MovieDramaThriller
When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified.
Swallowtail ButterflySwallowtail Butterfly · 1996
Swallowtail Butterfly
7.51996
MovieDramaCrime
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Shichi-nin no otaku: Cult sevenShichi-nin no otaku: Cult seven · 1992
Shichi-nin no otaku: Cult seven
5.11992
MovieActionComedy
Several otaku band together to save the baby of a Filipina mother.
UndoUndo · 1994
Undo
6.01994
MovieDramaRomance
Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but neither is allowed in their apartment.
Coo of the Far SeasCoo of the Far Seas · 1993
Coo of the Far Seas
6.71993
MovieAnimationAdventure
After a storm hits their island, Yusuke (driving his jet-ski) finds a baby dinosaur. He show it to his dad, they keep it and call it Coo. But there are other parties interested in a 65 million year old creature...
Ghost PubGhost Pub · 1994
Ghost Pub
6.01994
MovieDramaComedy
One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
Broken HeartBroken Heart · 1995
Broken Heart
9.01995
MovieRomance
Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park. In the neon-lit amusement park, budding romances unfold, along with scenes of breakups. As the Ferris wheel slowly rotates, couples with varying moods sit inside: some on secret rendezvous, some hastily formed couples, and others; lovers with ulterior motives. This film depicts the love stories of eight couples in the amusement park.
One Last BloomOne Last Bloom · 2023
One Last Bloom
7.02023
MovieDrama
Forty years after leaving Japan for a boxing career in the U.S. that never panned out, Jin returns to restart his life with his old boxing buddies. When hotheaded young boxer Shogo asks for Jin’s help to get him back into the ring after an unfair loss, the two men decide to seize their final chance at glory. A boxing film so authentic that it inspired co-star Yokohama Ryusei to qualify as a pro boxer, Zeze Takahisa’s boxing drama is one of the veteran director’s most crowd-pleasing films thanks to the touching father-son bond at its core.
BillikenBilliken · 1996
Billiken
7.01996
MovieFantasyDrama
The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. It's a small god with a pointed head, a fat belly and a characteristic smile. When the casket in which the statuette was found is broken, the spirit of Billiken is free. After that he tries to fulfill the wishes of all those who had prayed to him, but it doesn't always works.
円都 YEN TOWN円都 YEN TOWN · 1996
円都 YEN TOWN
1996
MovieDocumentary
Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIERLA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER · 2025
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
2025
MovieAnimation
To mark the opening of a new Cartier boutique in Tokyo's Ginza district, the French fashion house presented a seven-minute animated short film produced by Production I.G with creative input from Naoki Urasawa.
A Brief PartingA Brief Parting · 1996
A Brief Parting
1996
MovieDramaMystery
The head of a flower arrangement clan murders her overbearing teacher and rival during a flamenco recital. The one thing Furuhata, who was in the audience, can't quite figure out is how the killer found her victim in the dark auditorium.

TV Shows

Sweet HomeSweet Home · 1994
Sweet Home
7.01994
SeriesDramaFamily
When the Inoue family just moves into their new residence, they are shocked to see everyone there so anxious about getting their children into good schools. In order not to be the one left out, they also join in the crowd and train their child hard to score well in the primary school entrance exam. Interestingly, their next door neighbor has a kid same age as theirs and always likes to compete with them. This makes the whole exam process more exciting and stressful, of course.
Jun-chan's Cheering SongJun-chan's Cheering Song · 1988
Jun-chan's Cheering Song
7.01988
SeriesDramaFamily
The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy that had been abandoned by his mother. The boy is Yuta and the family will adopt him.
Long VacationLong Vacation · 1996
Long Vacation
8.51996
SeriesDrama
Minami who is dumped by her ex-boyfriend, Asakura, on their wedding day. She later meets Sena, Asakura's ex-roommate and a pianist, and lives with him as she has no other place to stay. What will happen to her during this long vacation?
Hello, Detective HedgehogHello, Detective Hedgehog · 2017
Hello, Detective Hedgehog
6.62017
SeriesDramaMystery
Detective Goro Nanase and his colleagues of "Akatsuka Detective Office" are based in Shimo-Akazuka of Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. The detectives take on a string of challenging cases that no one else wants to take on.
王様のレストラン王様のレストラン · 1995
王様のレストラン
7.41995
SeriesDramaComedy
Going My HomeGoing My Home · 2012
Going My Home
7.12012
SeriesDrama
Ryota, a timid salaryman who has difficulties fitting in at home and work has his average life changed after his estranged father falls ill. Along with his wife Sae and their only child Moe, he travels to his father's country town, where he begins to uncover his father's mysterious past spent searching for a mythical creature.
DokyuuseiDokyuusei · 1989
Dokyuusei
1989
Series
Double KitchenDouble Kitchen · 1993
Double Kitchen
1993
SeriesDramaComedy
A heartwarming situation comedy about a newlywed couple sharing a house with the husband's parents in a suburb of Tokyo. Ordinary situations become hilarious cross-generational battlegrounds, as the wife and her mother-in-law pursue vastly different images of the ideal family. --TBS
29-sai no Christmas29-sai no Christmas · 1994
29-sai no Christmas
1994
SeriesDrama
Noriko is approaching 30 and is still unmarried. She is a fashion designer, dreaming of success and a Paris Collection. On her 29th birthday her world falls apart. Her boss transfers her from design to managing a bar. Her boyfriend betrays her for another woman. Shocked, Noriko decides to leave home and to move in with her best friend, Aya. The story of one woman's struggle to find happiness and love.
Crazy for MeCrazy for Me · 2015
Crazy for Me
8.02015
SeriesDramaComedy
Everyone has a worry or two in life. Not to mention all the anxieties of the modern world that add to our list of worries. Crazy For Me is a romantic comedy centered around 4 melancholy individuals who have all had their fill of failures and agonies in the past. Laugh and cry with them in their journey to overcome their problems in this light, heartwarming comedy.
LeadersLeaders · 2014
Leaders
2014
Series
Before World War II, the automobile industry in developed countries in Europe and the United States possessed formidable technological capabilities. A youth who saw this industrial might with his own eyes, returns to Japan fired up with the dream to develop the national automobile industry with his own hands. This young man’s name is Aichi Saichiro and this is the story of Aichi (Toyota) Motor Corporation.
Last SerenadeLast Serenade · 1989
Last Serenade
1989
SeriesDrama
This drama is about the lives of the men and the woman for more than fifty years. It shows how people's lives go. The two men love the same woman since they were children. Their love and hate continue till the end of their lives
I Won't Love Anyone AnymoreI Won't Love Anyone Anymore · 1991
I Won't Love Anyone Anymore
1991
SeriesDrama
Miyuki works in a bank with Sayuri and Takuya. Sayuri and Takuya plot to get the money each of them needs. Miyuki is violently hurt by their scheme and her relationship with her fiance is affected. When Miyuki discovers the people responsible for all that has happened to her, she plans her revenge.