Yoko Maki

Maki Yoko, born October 15, 1982 in Inzai, Chiba, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Maki has appeared in several films including 2003 film Infection and the 2004 American remake The Grudge. Maki made her film debut at the age of 19 in 2001 film Drug. Her film career sprung when receiving a role as Aya in the highly modernized remake of the Japanese vengeance film Lady Snowblood (later re-titled as The Princess Blade). Maki later began performing on stage in the 2002 play Cross. In November 2008, Maki announced that she had married a 26-year old man not in the Japanese entertainment industry.

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Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ai Maeda  •  Shugo Oshinari

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ai Maeda  •  Shugo Oshinari

Infection (2004)

Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Michiko Hada  •  Mari Hoshino  •  Tae Kimura  •  Yoko Maki

Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Michiko Hada  •  Mari Hoshino  •  Tae Kimura  •  Yoko Maki

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

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In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Lin
CAST:  Lucas Black  •  Shad Moss  •  Nathalie Kelley  •  Brian Tee

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Lin
CAST:  Lucas Black  •  Shad Moss  •  Nathalie Kelley  •  Brian Tee

The Grudge (2004)

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Jason Behr  •  William Mapother  •  Clea DuVall

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Jason Behr  •  William Mapother  •  Clea DuVall

Dark Tales of Japan (2004)

Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yoshihiro Nakamura  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Shôzô Endô  •  Yoshinori Okada  •  Kanako Fukaura

Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yoshihiro Nakamura  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Shôzô Endô  •  Yoshinori Okada  •  Kanako Fukaura

Pacchigi! (2005)

Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults perpetrated by several of his idiotic class-mates on two Korean ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Shun Shioya  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Hiroyuki Onoue

Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults perpetrated by several of his idiotic class-mates on two Korean ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Shun Shioya  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Hiroyuki Onoue

Kamikaze Girls (2004)

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Kyoko Fukada  •  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Sadawo Abe

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Kyoko Fukada  •  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Sadawo Abe

Veronika Decides to Die (2005)

Towa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is informed that she has only 7 days to live. Isolated within their worlds, strange people live in this sanatorium and try to avoid making any contact with her. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Horie
CAST:  Yoko Maki  •  Lee Wan  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Tomoko Nakajima

Towa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is informed that she has only 7 days to live. Isolated within their worlds, strange people live in this sanatorium and try to avoid making any contact with her. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Horie
CAST:  Yoko Maki  •  Lee Wan  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Tomoko Nakajima

In the Pool (2005)

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Seiichi Tanabe

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Seiichi Tanabe

Genome Hazard (2014)

Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigami realizes all his memories are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Sung-soo
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Masatô Ibu  •  Yoko Maki  •  Kim Hyo-jin

Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigami realizes all his memories are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Sung-soo
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Masatô Ibu  •  Yoko Maki  •  Kim Hyo-jin

The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)

In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information was provided by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Yoko Maki  •  Shima Onishi  •  Arata Iura  •  Anne Suzuki

In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information was provided by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Yoko Maki  •  Shima Onishi  •  Arata Iura  •  Anne Suzuki

Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2013)

Su-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationship with a married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Ko Shibasaki  •  Yoko Maki  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Megumi Sato

Su-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationship with a married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Ko Shibasaki  •  Yoko Maki  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Megumi Sato

Before the Vigil (2013)

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Goro Kishitani

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Goro Kishitani

Love Strikes! (2011)

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto (Mirai Moriyama) doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Riisa Naka  •  Yoko Maki  •  Hirofumi Arai

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto (Mirai Moriyama) doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Riisa Naka  •  Yoko Maki  •  Hirofumi Arai

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma (2011)

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Yoko Maki  •  Mikako Tabe

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Yoko Maki  •  Mikako Tabe

Black Dawn (2012)

In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, leaked information comes in about enriched uranium from the Korean peninsula. Sumimoto of the external affairs fourth division suspects that a conspiracy has been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentarō Horikirizono
CAST:  Atsuro Watabe  •  Kim Kang-woo  •  Machiko Ono  •  Yoko Maki

In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, leaked information comes in about enriched uranium from the Korean peninsula. Sumimoto of the external affairs fourth division suspects that a conspiracy has been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentarō Horikirizono
CAST:  Atsuro Watabe  •  Kim Kang-woo  •  Machiko Ono  •  Yoko Maki

Looking for a True Fiancée (2011)

A three-timing 29 year-old man loses part of his memory after taking a nasty fall at a skating rink. The man, who works as pharmaceutical salesman, then discovers an engagement ring in his briefcase. Later, he comes across three different women who all claim to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Iwata
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Manami Konishi  •  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Yoko Maki

A three-timing 29 year-old man loses part of his memory after taking a nasty fall at a skating rink. The man, who works as pharmaceutical salesman, then discovers an engagement ring in his briefcase. Later, he comes across three different women who all claim to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Iwata
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Manami Konishi  •  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Yoko Maki

Hard Romanticker (2011)

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Kaname Endo

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Kaname Endo

The Vanished (2006)

A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tanaka
CAST:  Soko Wada  •  Yoko Maki  •  Riko Narumi  •  Tsutomu Takeshige

A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tanaka
CAST:  Soko Wada  •  Yoko Maki  •  Riko Narumi  •  Tsutomu Takeshige
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