Yuri Nakamura

Born in Osaka, Japan as Sung Yu-Ri to a South Korean mother and a Japanese father of Korean descent in 1982. Yuri became active in the entertainment industry in 1998. She was accepted at TV Tokyo's Asayan audition in 1996 and formed the musical duo YuriMari with Izawa Mari, which made its debut in 1998. They broke up a year later. With the help of Avex Management she began acting in 2003 first on the small screen and subsequently on the silver one. She won the Rookie Award at the third Osaka Cinema Festival in 2008 for her role in Pacchigi! Love & Peace of 2007. She transferred to Alpha Agency from Avex Management in early 2013. Yuri also hosted a NHK documentary, called The World On A Bicycle: Uzbekistan, which was released in 2014. She has been pushing corporate products and services since the beginning of the century as well. She likes to travel.

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Parade (2010)

The story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment in suburban Tokyo. There are five residents ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-eight. They are not in any way romantically involved with one another, but one can see subtle hints of affection and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Keisuke Koide

The story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment in suburban Tokyo. There are five residents ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-eight. They are not in any way romantically involved with one another, but one can see subtle hints of affection and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Keisuke Koide

Sakuran (2006)

Tsuchiya Anna blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Ninagawa
CAST:  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Tsuchiya Anna blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Ninagawa
CAST:  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Sakurada Gate Incident (2010)

Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Kyoko Hasegawa  •  Akira Emoto  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Kyoko Hasegawa  •  Akira Emoto  •  Namase Katsuhisa

The Little Girl in Me (2012)

After Kensuke graduated from college, he began to work at a company. He didn't get along with his co-workers and six months later quit his job. Since that time he has stayed in his home for 5 years. One day, Kensuke learns about men who enjoy dressing up as women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kubota
CAST:  Naoki Kawano  •  Kōta Kusano  •  Yuri Nakamura  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

After Kensuke graduated from college, he began to work at a company. He didn't get along with his co-workers and six months later quit his job. Since that time he has stayed in his home for 5 years. One day, Kensuke learns about men who enjoy dressing up as women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoji Kubota
CAST:  Naoki Kawano  •  Kōta Kusano  •  Yuri Nakamura  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

Eden (2012)

When Miro's transsexual friend Noripee dies, Miro and his friends from the gay bar 'Eden' are once again reminded of the discrimination they are constantly facing from society. They decide to convince Noripee's parents, who disowned her, to bury Noripee's body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaharu Take
CAST:  Taro Yamamoto  •  Yuri Nakamura  •  Kazuya Takahashi  •  Houka Kinoshita

When Miro's transsexual friend Noripee dies, Miro and his friends from the gay bar 'Eden' are once again reminded of the discrimination they are constantly facing from society. They decide to convince Noripee's parents, who disowned her, to bury Noripee's body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaharu Take
CAST:  Taro Yamamoto  •  Yuri Nakamura  •  Kazuya Takahashi  •  Houka Kinoshita

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

A Sower of Seeds (2012)

Kinjiro, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is a good-natured fellow who goes around the country helping farm families. At his new appointment in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, he visits a tea-growing family he has known for a long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshi Shioya
CAST:  Rena Tanaka  •  Takanori Jinnai  •  Yuri Nakamura  •  Hisashi Yoshizawa

Kinjiro, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is a good-natured fellow who goes around the country helping farm families. At his new appointment in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, he visits a tea-growing family he has known for a long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshi Shioya
CAST:  Rena Tanaka  •  Takanori Jinnai  •  Yuri Nakamura  •  Hisashi Yoshizawa

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

Fly with the Gold (2012)

Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Max Changmin  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Kenta Kiritani

Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Max Changmin  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Kenta Kiritani

The Sylvian Experiments (2010)

Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when they look back, they see they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Takahashi
CAST:  Yoko Chosokabe  •  Mina Fujii  •  Momoko Hatano  •  Kaku Tomohiro

Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when they look back, they see they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Takahashi
CAST:  Yoko Chosokabe  •  Mina Fujii  •  Momoko Hatano  •  Kaku Tomohiro

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)

In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Takimoto
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Yui Natsukawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa

In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Takimoto
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Yui Natsukawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Lala Pipo: A Lot of People (2009)

Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Miyano
CAST:  Yuri Nakamura  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Saori Hara  •  Sayuki Matsumoto

Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Miyano
CAST:  Yuri Nakamura  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Saori Hara  •  Sayuki Matsumoto

Ju-on: Black Ghost (2009)

There is a darkness in Fukie's body that grows and spreads to all who touch her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Yuri Nakamura  •  Koji Seto  •  Kana Tsugihara  •  Ai Kago

There is a darkness in Fukie's body that grows and spreads to all who touch her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Yuri Nakamura  •  Koji Seto  •  Kana Tsugihara  •  Ai Kago

Rose Color's Buko (2014)

Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance manga. Her university life is boring and she spends her time reading romance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Rino Sashihara  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance manga. Her university life is boring and she spends her time reading romance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Rino Sashihara  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

The Round Table (2014)

Kokko is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko is full of dissatisfaction and she admires loneliness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Mana Ashida  •  Shu Ito  •  Ryuhei Maruyama  •  Misato Aoyama

Kokko is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko is full of dissatisfaction and she admires loneliness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Mana Ashida  •  Shu Ito  •  Ryuhei Maruyama  •  Misato Aoyama

My Hawaiian Discovery (2014)

Minori Oyamada, a put-upon editor at a travel-guide publishing company, is asked by an old friend to plan her forthcoming wedding party in Hawaii. After persuading her boss that it will be a work trip, Minori departs for Hawaii with the intention to find and marry ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôji Maeda
CAST:  Nana Eikura  •  Rin Takanashi  •  Ryo Kase  •  Koji Seto

Minori Oyamada, a put-upon editor at a travel-guide publishing company, is asked by an old friend to plan her forthcoming wedding party in Hawaii. After persuading her boss that it will be a work trip, Minori departs for Hawaii with the intention to find and marry ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôji Maeda
CAST:  Nana Eikura  •  Rin Takanashi  •  Ryo Kase  •  Koji Seto

After the Storm (2016)

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Yoko Maki  •  Taiyo Yoshizawa

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Yoko Maki  •  Taiyo Yoshizawa

Happy Landing (2015)

Seven stories centered around marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chihiro Amano
CAST:  Kazushige Nagashima  •  Akiko Aitsuki  •  Rina Koike  •  Yuri Nakamura

Seven stories centered around marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chihiro Amano
CAST:  Kazushige Nagashima  •  Akiko Aitsuki  •  Rina Koike  •  Yuri Nakamura

Meikyu Sousa (2015)

Detective Yoichiro arrives at a crime scene involving the brutal murder of three family members to find a young five-year-old boy hiding in the closet. The discovery of the young boy takes Detective Yoichiro back to his own tragic childhood when his parents were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Katsumi Takahashi  •  Norito Yashima  •  Ren Osugi

Detective Yoichiro arrives at a crime scene involving the brutal murder of three family members to find a young five-year-old boy hiding in the closet. The discovery of the young boy takes Detective Yoichiro back to his own tragic childhood when his parents were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Katsumi Takahashi  •  Norito Yashima  •  Ren Osugi

Maestro! (2015)

Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra. For the first time since they disbanded the orchestra plays ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shotaro Kobayashi
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Kanji Furutachi  •  Mari Hamada

Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra. For the first time since they disbanded the orchestra plays ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shotaro Kobayashi
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Kanji Furutachi  •  Mari Hamada
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