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Rie Miyazawa

1973-04-06 (51 years old) in Tokyo, Japan

Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego. She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).

Movies

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Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower
20 %|Nov 3, 2023
Animation, Science Fiction
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The Moon
50 %|Oct 13, 2023
Crime, Mystery
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I Am Makimoto
75 %|Sep 30, 2022
Drama
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The Sunday Runoff
60 %|Jan 7, 2022
Comedy, Drama
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Seven Days War
64 %|Dec 13, 2019
Animation, Drama, Action
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No Longer Human
61 %|Sep 13, 2019
Drama, Thriller
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Her Love Boils Bathwater
71.06 %|Oct 29, 2016
Drama
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Too Young To Die!
64 %|Jun 25, 2016
Romance, Fantasy, Music, Horror, Comedy
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疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜
0 %|Jan 2, 2016
Documentary, TV Movie
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Pieta in the Toilet
70 %|Jun 6, 2015
Drama, Romance
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Pale Moon
63 %|Nov 15, 2014
Crime, Drama
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Kiki's Delivery Service
60 %|Mar 1, 2014
Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
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The After-Dinner Mysteries
55 %|Oct 30, 2013
Drama, Mystery
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Oceans
74.02 %|Jan 22, 2010
Documentary, Family
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Gelatin Silver, Love
63 %|Mar 7, 2009
Thriller
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Dreaming Awake
0 %|Oct 18, 2008
Drama
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Hana
66.55 %|Jun 3, 2006
Action, Drama, History, Comedy
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The Book of the Dead
62 %|Jul 1, 2005
Animation, Drama, Romance, History, Fantasy
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Ashura
53 %|Apr 16, 2005
Fantasy, Action, Horror
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Tony Takitani
67.03 %|Jan 27, 2005
Drama
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The Face of Jizo
67 %|Jul 31, 2004
Drama
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The Twilight Samurai
77.72 %|Nov 2, 2002
Drama, Romance
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Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
50 %|Aug 27, 2002
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Utsutsu
0 %|Jun 1, 2002
Thriller, Mystery
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Peony Pavilion
67 %|Dec 7, 2001
Drama, Romance
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The Cabbie
69 %|Oct 10, 2000
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
0 %|Feb 21, 1998
Mystery, Comedy
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The Tale of Himeji Castle
65 %|Sep 9, 1995
Fantasy, Horror, Romance
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Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
60 %|Jun 9, 1995
Drama, TV Movie
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47 Ronin
74.76 %|Oct 22, 1994
Action, Drama
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Youth Peony Lantern
0 %|Aug 21, 1993
Drama, Romance, Horror, TV Movie
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Erotic Liaisons
45 %|Oct 17, 1992
Mystery, Crime, Drama
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Don't Steal My Heart
0 %|Sep 29, 1992
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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
60 %|May 22, 1992
Drama, TV Movie
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Basara: The Princess Goh
68 %|Apr 11, 1992
History, Drama
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Defeat the Devil!
0 %|Jan 6, 1990
TV Movie, Horror
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Why Do I Choose?
0 %|Aug 26, 1989
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Oshare dorobō
0 %|May 9, 1989
Romance
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Seven Days War
60 %|Aug 13, 1988
Action, Comedy, Drama

Series

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Asura
0 %|Jan 9, 2025
Drama
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Phoenix: Eden17
68 %|Sep 13, 2023
Animation
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The 13 Lords of the Shogun
83 %|Jan 9, 2022
Drama
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Guilty Flag
80 %|Oct 10, 2021
Crime, Mystery, Drama
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FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
67 %|Mar 29, 2021
Drama
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North Light
75 %|Dec 12, 2020
Mystery
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The Naked Director
73 %|Aug 8, 2019
Comedy, Drama
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Ashiato Hime
0 %|Jan 18, 2017
Drama
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Gu Gu the Cat
60 %|Oct 18, 2014
Drama, Family
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Leaders
0 %|Mar 22, 2014
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神様のボート
0 %|Mar 10, 2013
Drama
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Blackboard
80 %|Apr 5, 2012
Drama
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Blackboard
80 %|Apr 5, 2012
Drama
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Princess Go
80 %|Jan 9, 2011
Drama
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Princess Go
80 %|Jan 9, 2011
Drama
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Natsumeke no Shokutaku
0 %|Jan 5, 2005
Drama
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Musashi
82.86 %|Jan 5, 2003
Drama
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Food Fight
80 %|Jul 1, 2000
Drama
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Romance
0 %|Apr 12, 1999
Drama
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Genroku Ryoran
70 %|Jan 10, 1999
Drama
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Precious Time
78 %|Jul 7, 1998
Drama
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Concerto
0 %|Oct 11, 1996
Drama
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SMAP×SMAP
85 %|Apr 15, 1996
Comedy
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Tokyo Elevator Girl
0 %|Jan 10, 1992
Drama
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同屋三分亲
0 %|Oct 30, 1990
Drama
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梦中情人
0 %|Jan 11, 1990
Drama