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Nanako Matsushima
Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子 Matsushima Nanako, born October 13, 1973 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also a main character in A Story of Love, where she starred next to Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Ryuji Takayama in Ring. On Febr... more

Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子 Matsushima Nanako, born October 13, 1973 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also a main character in A Story of Love, where she starred next to Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Ryuji Takayama in Ring.

On February 21, 2001, she married Takashi Sorimachi who co-starred with her in Great Teacher Onizuka. They have two daughters together, born on May 31, 2004 and November 30, 2007.

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Ringu
(1998)
Horror, Thriller
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Hideo Nakata
Cast:
Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô
7.2
97%
N/A
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When Marnie Was There
(2014)
Animation, Drama
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Cast:
Kasumi Arimura, Sara Takatsuki, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi
7.8
91%
72
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Ringu 2
(1999)
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the bo...
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Hideo Nakata
Cast:
Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Satô, Kyoko Fukada, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kenjiro Ishimaru
5.9
N/A
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Shield of Straw
(2013)
Crime, Thriller
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Takashi Miike
Cast:
Nanako Matsushima, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takao Osawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masatō Ibu
6.3
44%
35
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Boys Over Flowers: Final
(2008)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Domyoji holds an extravagant press conference to announce his wedding to Makino the following spring. The press is playing her up like a modern-day Cinderella and everything seems to be going well. Later, the families offer congratulations to the couple. Even Domyoji’s mother, who was formerly opposed to the relationship and tried desp...
Runtime:
131 min
Director:
Yasuharu Ishii
Cast:
Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Abe
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The Crimes That Bind
(2018)
Mystery, Thriller
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection b...
Runtime:
119 min
Cast:
阿部宽, 阿部宽, Nanako Matsushima, Nanako Matsushima, Junpei Mizobata
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Grave of the Fireflies
(2005)
Drama
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not en...
Runtime:
148 min
Director:
Tôya Satô
Cast:
Mayuko Fukuda, Mao Inoue, Nanako Matsushima
7.7
N/A
N/A
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Whiteout
(2000)
Action, Thriller
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, t...
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Setsurô Wakamatsu
Cast:
Yûji Oda, Nanako Matsushima, Koichi Sato, Ken Ishiguro, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
(2006)
Mystery, Thriller
Inugami Sahei (Nakadai Tatsuya), who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko (Fuji Sumiko), Takeko (Matsuzaka Keiko) and Umeko (Manda Hisako), all of whom have different mothers, and for their sons (Sahei's grandsons), as well as for Nonomiya Tamay...
Runtime:
134 min
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Ghost
(2010)
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Nanami Hoshino, a wealthy entrepreneur, marries Korean potter Kim Jun-ho, and they both live a seemingly happy life. Then, one year after their marriage, Nanami is killed by a biker on her way home. This tragedy leaves Jun-ho completely devastated. At the hospital, Nanami's ghost arises from her body, and upon meeting a ghost child, sh...
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Tarô Ohtani
Cast:
Nanako Matsushima, Song Seung-heon, Sawa Suzuki, Kirin Kiki
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Bizan
(2007)
Drama
Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushima on Shikoku. The town is famous for its annual Awa Dance Festival. She is told by doctor, Terasawa Daisuke, that her mother has terminal cancer.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Isshin Inudô
Cast:
Nanako Matsushima, Takao Ohsawa, Nobuko Miyamoto, Aya Enjoji, Hirotaro Honda
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future
(2009)
Animation
Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commission a private company, "Eternal Earth", to create an artificial jungle to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. Leo, son of Panja, is born in this artificial world. The story starts when Leo and Kenichi, the son of the Eternal Earth company's CEO, meet. Ken...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Goro Taniguchi
Cast:
Akiko Yajima, Nanako Matsushima, Saburo Tokito, Saeko Chiba, Taeko Kawata
N/A
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