Takako Tokiwa

Takako Tokiwa (常盤 貴子, Tokiwa Takako; born 30 April 1972 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress.

Takako Tokiwa
Tokiwa at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival
Born	(1972-04-30) April 30, 1972 (age 53) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Keishi Nagatsuka ​ (m. 2009)​

Career

Tokiwa was nominated for the "Best Actress" award at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2005 for her performance in Akai Tsuki.^[1]

She co-starred with Hidetoshi Nishijima in Amir Naderi's 2011 film Cut.^[2]

Filmography

Film

• Moonlight Express (1999)
• A Fighter's Blues (2000)
• Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2001)
• Get Up! (2003)
• Akai Tsuki (2004)
• Shining Boy & Little Randy (2005)
• Mamiya kyodai (2006)
• Brave Story (2006)
• Metro ni Notte ^[ja] (2006)
• Awakening (2007)
• 20th Century Boys (2008)
• Tsuribaka Nisshi 19 (2008)
• After School (2008)
• Listen to My Heart (2009)
• Dirty Hearts (2011)
• Cut (2011)
• Seven Weeks (2014), Nobuko Shimizu^[3]
• Dareka no Mokkin (2016)
• Hanagatami (2017)
• Kodomo Shokudō (2018)
• Kikyo – The Return (2019)
• Labyrinth of Cinema (2020), Yuriko Tachibana
• Perfect Strangers (2021)
• Ware Yowakereba: Yajima Kajiko-den (2022), Yajima Kajiko^[4]
• The Lump In My Heart (2023)^[5]
• Ranpo no Gen'ei (2024), Fuyō^[6]
• My Mom, My Angel: A Journey of Love and Acceptance (2024)^[7]

Television

• Eve wa Hatsukoi no Yoni (1991)
• Taiheiki (1991)
• Ai wa Doda (1992)
• Junen ai (1992)
• Akuma no Kiss (1993)
• The Wide Show (1994)
• Coming Home (1994)
• Watashi no Unmei (1994–1995)
• Kinjirareta Asobi (1995)
• Tell Me That You Love Me (1995)
• Mada koi wa Hajimaranai (1995)
• Minikui Hhiru no Ko (1996)
• Mahiru no Tsuki (1996)
• Hitori Gurashi (1996)
• Risou no Kekkon (1997)
• Saigo no Koi (1997)
• Meguriai (1998)
• Tabloid (1998)
• Utsukushii Hito (1999)
• Kabachitare (2000)
• Beautiful Life (2000)
• The Long Love Letter (2002)
• Renai Hensachi (2002)
• Ryuten no Ohi: Saigo no Kotei (2003)
• The Hit Parade (2006)
• Gyokuran (2007)
• Bizan (2007)
• Life in Additional Time (2008)
• Tenchijin (2009)
• Kamisama no Nyobo (2011)
• Mare (2015)
• The Good Wife (Japanese TV series) (2019)^[8]
• The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023)^[9]

Awards

• 20th Elan d'or Awards: Newcomer of the Year^[10]