Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono (尾野真千子, Ono Machiko; born November 4, 1981) is a Japanese actress.

Machiko Ono
Born	(1981-11-04) November 4, 1981 (age 43) Nishiyoshino, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present

Career

Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's Suzaku,^[1] which earned the filmmaker the Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role.^[3] After appearing in films by directors such as Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and Isao Yukisada, Ono again starred in a Kawase film, The Mourning Forest, which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]

Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role in NHK's Asadora entitled Carnation which began broadcasting in October 2011.^[5]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Japanese Title	English Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	萌の朱雀 Moe no Suzaku	Suzaku	Michiru	Lead role
2000	Eureka	Eureka	Mikiko Sawai
2004	世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ	Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
	茶の味	The Taste of Tea
2006	ナイスの森～The First Contact～	Funky Forest	Mīko
	こおろぎ	Crickets
2007	殯の森 Mogari no mori	The Mourning Forest	Machiko	Lead role
2008	クライマーズ・ハイ	Climber's High	Chizuko Tamaki
2011	小川の辺	Ogawa no Hotori	Ikuhisa
2012	外事警察	Gaiji Keisatsu	Hina Matsuzawa
	のぼうの城	The Floating Castle	Chiyo
	大奥〜永遠〜［右衛門佐・綱吉篇］	The Castle of Crossed Destinies	Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
2013	探偵はBARにいる2 ススキノ大交差点	The Detective Is in the Bar 2	Yumiko Kawashima
	謝罪の王様	The Apology King	Misaki Ube
	そして父になる	Like Father, Like Son	Midori Nonomiya
2014	ニシノユキヒコの恋と冒険	Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken	Manami
	魔女の宅急便	Kiki's Delivery Service	Osono
2015	神様はバリにいる	Bali Big Brother	Shōko Terukawa
	ソロモンの偽証	Solomon's Perjury	Ryōko Nakahara
	きみはいい子	Being Good	Masami
	起終点駅 ターミナル	Kishūteneki Terminal	Saeko Yūki
2016	エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺	Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki	Ryōko Kishi
	TOO YOUNG TO DIE! 若くして死ぬ	Too Young To Die!	Naomi Kamei[6]
	後妻業の女	Black Widow Business	Tomomi Nakase
	ミュージアム	Museum	Haruka
2017	ブルーハーツが聴こえる	The Blue Hearts
	いつまた、君と ～何日君再来～	When Will You Return?	Tomoko Ashimura	Lead role
	ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟	Miracles of the Namiya General Store	Harumi Tamura
2018	素敵なダイナマイトスキャンダル	Dynamite Graffiti	Tomiko
	クソ野郎と美しき世界	Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai
	ちいさな英雄－カニとタマゴと透明人間	Modest Heroes	Mama (voice)
2019	台風家族	The Stormy Family	Miyoko Suzuki
	影踏み	Shadowfall	Hisako Anzai		[7]
2021	ヤクザと家族 The Family	A Family	Yuka Kudō		[8]
	明日の食卓	Tomorrow's Dinner Table	Asumi		[9]
	茜色に焼かれる	A Madder Red	Ryōko Tanaka	Lead role	[10]
2022	20歳のソウル	Soul at Twenty	Keiko Asano		[11]
	ハケンアニメ！	Anime Supremacy!	Kayako Arishina		[12]
	サバカン SABAKAN	Sabakan / Summer Days 1986			[13]
	こちらあみ子	This Is Amiko	Amiko's mother		[14]
	千夜、一夜	Thousand and One Nights	Nami		[15]
2023	PLASTIC	Plastic			[16]
	渇水	The Dry Spell	Kazumi Iwakiri		[17]
	おまえの罪を自白しろ	Confess to Your Crimes	Hatsumi Teranaka		[18]
2024	DitO	DitO			[19]
2025	おいしくて泣くとき	Taste and Tears	Yuka (30 years later)		[20]
	新幹線大爆破	Bullet Train Explosion	Yuko Kagami		[21]
2026	仏師	Busshi	Satomi Iida		[22]

Television

Year	Japanese Title	English Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	いもたこなんきん	Imo Tako Nankin	Hanaoka Masae	Asadora
2008	なでしこ隊	Nadeshiko Tai	?
	空飛ぶタイヤ	The Flying Tire	Sugimoto
2009	火の魚	Hi no Sakana	Orimi Tochiko
	外事警察	Gaiji Keisatsu	Hina Matsuzawa
	警官の血	The Policeman's Lineage	Kumiko Moriya	Miniseries
2010	マザー	Mother	Michiki Hitomi
	ジョーカー 許されざる捜査官	Joker: Yurusarezaru Sōsakan	Nezu Miyoko
	ニセ医者と呼ばれて 〜沖縄・最後の医介輔〜	They Call Me a Fake Doctor: The Last Nurse Practitioner	Nakazen Yumi	TV movie
2011	名前をなくした女神	Namae o Nakushita Megumi	Anno Chihiro
	カーネーション	Carnation	Ohara Itoko	Lead role; Asadora	[23]
2013	最高の離婚	Matrimonial Chaos	Hamasaki Yuka
	夫婦善哉	Meoto Zenzai	Chyouko	Lead role
2014	極悪がんぼ	Gokuaku Ganbo	Kaoru Kanzaki
2015	フジコ	Fujiko	Fujiko Uehara
2016	はじめまして、愛しています。	Hello, I Love You	Mina Umeda	Lead role
	夏目漱石の妻	Soseki Natsume and his Wife	Kyoko Nakane	Lead role
	狙撃	Sogeki	Ryōko Kōzuki	Lead role; TV movie
2018	この世界の片隅に	In This Corner of the World	Keiko Kuromura
2019	絶叫	The Voice Calling Your Name	Youko Suzuki	Lead role; miniseries
2020–21	麒麟がくる	Awaiting Kirin	Iroha-dayū	Taiga drama	[24]
2022	すべて忘れてしまうから	Because We Forget Everything	F		[25]
2024	虎に翼	The Tiger and Her Wings	Narrator	Asadora	[26]
2024	ライオンの隠れ家	Light of My Lion	Aoi Tachibana		[27]
2025	阿修羅のごとく	Asura	Makiko	Lead role	[28]

Dubbing

• Minions: The Rise of Gru (Belle Bottom)^[29]