The best Sakura Ando’s movies

Sakura Ando

Sakura Ando

18/02/1986 (38 años)
We present our ranking of the best Sakura Ando’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Sakura Ando.
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Love Exposure

Love Exposure
8/10
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing - which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian - dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

Shoplifters

Shoplifters
7.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/06/2018
  • Character: Nobuyo Shibata
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.

100 Yen Love

100 Yen Love
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/11/2014
  • Character: Ichiko Saito
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence...

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
6.6/10
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.

Yellow Elephant

Yellow Elephant
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 02/02/2013
  • Character: Kanyu the dog (voice)
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...

For Love's Sake

For Love's Sake
6.4/10
Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.

The Great Yokai War –Guardians–

The Great Yokai War –Guardians–
5.6/10
Kei Watanabe is a fifth grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from being destroyed, Kei Watanabe challenges a war against the yōkai.

Petal Dance

Petal Dance
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/04/2013
  • Character: Motoko
Four women, who have their own different sorrows, embark on a road trip. They look back at their past and restart their lives... Jinko and Motoko have been friends since their university days. One day, they hear a rumor about their former classmate and friend Miki. The rumor is that Miki ran into the sea, but got out safely. Jinko and Motoko decide to visit Miki to see if she is OK. In addition, Haraki who Jinko met at the library where she works, joins their trip as a driver. Their one night and two days road trip begins.

Reminiscence

Reminiscence
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 06/05/2017
  • Character: Ryoko Nishina
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.

Penance

Penance
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/05/2013
  • Character: Akiko Takano
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.

The Samurai That Night

The Samurai That Night
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/11/2012
  • Character: Mika
Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/10/2009
  • Character: Rika Kinoshita
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I (the first King of Hawaii) and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score.

Her Granddaughter

Her Granddaughter
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 14/02/2015
  • Character: Misaki Akimoto
Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, one day she encounters a middle-aged man in the house, who tells Tsugumi that her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house when he was her student. The two share the property, although Tsugumi still does not know the exact relationship that her grandmother had with this man.

0.5 mm

0.5 mm
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/11/2014
  • Character: Sawa
Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a kindly old man, gaining access to a portion of the immense wealth held by Japan's aging population. She continues with similar encounters, and while these begin as scams or revenge on rampant sexism, they ultimately become vulnerable intergenerational exchanges.

Climbing to Spring

Climbing to Spring
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/06/2014
  • Character: Yuri Nakagawa
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?

Sound of Waves

Sound of Waves
4.9/10
  • Release: 30/10/2016
Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violinist Yuko arrives from Tokyo to play a concert on Umi’s small island near Okinawa, and gradually befriends the girl. Both struggle with friendships and family relationships, but are brought together by music. Director Kaze Shindo, acclaimed for her debut LOVE/JUICE (2000), returns after 11 years with this drama, starring brilliant child actor Aoi Ito and Japan Academy Prize-winning actress Sakura Ando (100 Yen Love), which movingly captures island life and the power of music. Featuring Tsuneo Fukuhara’s song “Shima Jima Kaisha”.

Crime or Punishment?!?

Crime or Punishment?!?
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/02/2009
  • Character: Momo Mimikawa
Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs at a convenience store and instead of letting a real police chief deal with the robbery she decides to take the matter into her own hands.

Ain't No Tomorrows

Ain't No Tomorrows
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/11/2008
  • Character: Chizu
Based on a manga by Saso Akira, the film caters to a high school or older audience, marked by the frequent addition of profanity, nudity, and scenes of (mostly attempted) sex. It is an unexpectedly dark film, with infrequent scenes of comedy that may make you chuckle, but not laugh. Ain't No Tomorrows is not the most likable film out there, but it is not completely dissatisfying. It is a film that succeeds in establishing itself as unique and apart from the typical teenage drama, but feels like a surface film–one that should not be thought too deeply about.

Asleep

Asleep
5.6/10
Terako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long and wakes up only when Iwanaga calls her.

Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys

Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
4.5/10
About 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect themselves, the illegals create a secret organisation. The organisation has a bank which Japanese Financial Services Agency is not involved with, a hospital that is not authorized by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and an illegals police force called "Dias Police." The only police officer in the organisation is Saki Kubozuka (Shota Matsuda). His age and nationality is unknown. Saki Kubozuka does not speak much, but he has a warm heart and strong sense of justice. He takes care of the weak and tries to maintain public order.

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