Megumi Okina

Megumi Okina  (born 6 August 1979) is a Japanese actress, and J-Pop singer in the 1990s. Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of The Grudge. She married Susumu Fujita in January 2004, however they divorced on 22 July 2005. Megumi's latest movie was a remake of a 2004 Thai film, "Shutter". It was released March 21, 2008, despite the fact that in 2007, she stated that she was retiring from the entertainment business. She portrayed ghost Megumi Tanaka. Around March 12, 2009, she announced that she was 4 months pregnant and planning on marrying her boyfriend of two years, a businessman.

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō  •  Kanji Tsuda

Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō  •  Kanji Tsuda

Jellyfish (2013)

Based on 16-year-old writer Sarie Hinakura’s award winning story Jellyfish is centered around two adolescent girls disconnected from their immediate environment of school and mates. They first get together while staring into a jellyfish tank at a local aquarium. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Mio Ohtani  •  Rumi Hanai  •  Naomi Akimoto  •  Yû Chidai

Based on 16-year-old writer Sarie Hinakura’s award winning story Jellyfish is centered around two adolescent girls disconnected from their immediate environment of school and mates. They first get together while staring into a jellyfish tank at a local aquarium. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Mio Ohtani  •  Rumi Hanai  •  Naomi Akimoto  •  Yû Chidai

Crime or Punishment?!? (2009)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Riko Narumi  •  Sakura Ando  •  Eriko Sato

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Riko Narumi  •  Sakura Ando  •  Eriko Sato

Tales of the Bizarre: The Movie (2000)

A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki  •  Mamoru Hoshi  •  Masayuki Ochiai  •  Hisao Ogura
CAST:  Kazuyuki Aijima  •  Izumi Inamori  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Takashi Kashiwabara

A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki  •  Mamoru Hoshi  •  Masayuki Ochiai  •  Hisao Ogura
CAST:  Kazuyuki Aijima  •  Izumi Inamori  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Takashi Kashiwabara

Red Shadow (2001)

The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Akakage, Aokage, and Asuka are rookie ninjas under the tutelage of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Jun Murakami  •  Masanobu Ando

The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Akakage, Aokage, and Asuka are rookie ninjas under the tutelage of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Jun Murakami  •  Masanobu Ando

St. John's Wort (2001)

Nami has been creating artwork for a new video game based on images she's been seeing in her dreams. With one of the game producers, she travels out to an abandoned house that seems to match her visions. As they explore the old mansion, Nami begins to have more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Youichirou Saitou  •  Koji Ohkura  •  Reiko Matsuo

Nami has been creating artwork for a new video game based on images she's been seeing in her dreams. With one of the game producers, she travels out to an abandoned house that seems to match her visions. As they explore the old mansion, Nami begins to have more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Youichirou Saitou  •  Koji Ohkura  •  Reiko Matsuo

Shutter (2008)

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Joshua Jackson  •  Rachael Taylor  •  Megumi Okina  •  David Denman

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Joshua Jackson  •  Rachael Taylor  •  Megumi Okina  •  David Denman

Samurai Sensei (2018)

Hanpeita Takeichi, a samurai, finds that he has travelled through time to modern-day Japan. He's taken in by an old man who runs a cram school, and begins to work as a teacher there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazushi Watanabe
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Megumi Okina  •  Gaku Oshida

Hanpeita Takeichi, a samurai, finds that he has travelled through time to modern-day Japan. He's taken in by an old man who runs a cram school, and begins to work as a teacher there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazushi Watanabe
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Megumi Okina  •  Gaku Oshida

Howling Village (2020)

After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Ayaka Miyoshi  •  Ryota Bando  •  Rinka Otani  •  Tsuyoshi Furukawa

After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Ayaka Miyoshi  •  Ryota Bando  •  Rinka Otani  •  Tsuyoshi Furukawa

Night Head (1994)

The movie version of the TV series that gained cult popularity. One day, the Kirihara brothers who have supernatural powers meet a supernatural power girl named Sakie Tengen, and fight against an organization that has noticed her ability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Iida
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Megumi Okina  •  Eisuke Sasai  •  Etsushi Toyokawa

The movie version of the TV series that gained cult popularity. One day, the Kirihara brothers who have supernatural powers meet a supernatural power girl named Sakie Tengen, and fight against an organization that has noticed her ability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Iida
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Megumi Okina  •  Eisuke Sasai  •  Etsushi Toyokawa

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1995)

One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yuta Yamazaki  •  Takayuki Sorita  •  Kenji Kohashi

One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yuta Yamazaki  •  Takayuki Sorita  •  Kenji Kohashi

The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side (1999)

A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yuta Yamazaki  •  Kenji Kohashi  •  Kuniko Asagi

A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yuta Yamazaki  •  Kenji Kohashi  •  Kuniko Asagi

The Aurora (2000)

Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Sugano
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Toshio Furukawa  •  Takaya Hashi  •  Megumi Okina

Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Sugano
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Toshio Furukawa  •  Takaya Hashi  •  Megumi Okina

My Summertime Map (2013)

Elementary student Tanabe Kento is struggling to draw a map of his town for his summer vacation homework. One day, a fracas occurs involving a mysterious man, junkman. After that, Kento discovers a Hiroshima that he'd never known, and decides to draw a map of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Taro Yamamoto  •  Megumi Okina  •  Yura Arimoto  •  Shô Inoue

Elementary student Tanabe Kento is struggling to draw a map of his town for his summer vacation homework. One day, a fracas occurs involving a mysterious man, junkman. After that, Kento discovers a Hiroshima that he'd never known, and decides to draw a map of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Taro Yamamoto  •  Megumi Okina  •  Yura Arimoto  •  Shô Inoue

Cosmetic Wars (2017)

Misawa Akane is a corporate spy out working undercover for competitive and industrial purposes. She manages to successfully infiltrate the ranks of a successful cosmetics' company, go through training, make friends and apply the products in order to gain access to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kosuke Suzuki
CAST:  Aya Omasa  •  Megumi Okina  •  Gota Watabe  •  Masahiro Inoue

Misawa Akane is a corporate spy out working undercover for competitive and industrial purposes. She manages to successfully infiltrate the ranks of a successful cosmetics' company, go through training, make friends and apply the products in order to gain access to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kosuke Suzuki
CAST:  Aya Omasa  •  Megumi Okina  •  Gota Watabe  •  Masahiro Inoue

Infinity (2001)

Takahashi travels to Boracay in the Philippines to write a novel. After a while, the real world and the world of the novel begin to intersect  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iwao Takahashi
CAST:  Hideki Tougi  •  Megumi Okina  •  Kenta Harada

Takahashi travels to Boracay in the Philippines to write a novel. After a while, the real world and the world of the novel begin to intersect  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iwao Takahashi
CAST:  Hideki Tougi  •  Megumi Okina  •  Kenta Harada