Ryoko Yonekura

Ryoko Yonekura (米倉 涼子 Yonekura Ryōko, born August 1, 1975 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and former fashion model best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama Doctor-X. Yonekura studied classical ballet for 15 years from the age of five. Represented by the Oscar Promotion agency, she won a national young beauty award in 1992. In 1993, she started her career as a model, working for fashion magazines such as CanCam. She announced her intention to start her acting career in June 1999. Her acting debut was in the TBS television drama Koi no Kamisama (God of Love), and has appeared in many dramas ever since. Yonekura played the role of Roxie Hart in the Japanese-language production of Chicago in Tokyo 2008 and in 2010. She then learned the role in English and made her Broadway debut in 2012, reprising her role in July 2017. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming (2008)

Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Saki Fukuda  •  Saki Terashima  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Oshima Yuko

Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Saki Fukuda  •  Saki Terashima  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Oshima Yuko

The Negotiator: The Movie (2010)

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura) and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to negotiate, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Toshio Kakei  •  Takashi Sasano  •  Takashi Sorimachi

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura) and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to negotiate, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Toshio Kakei  •  Takashi Sasano  •  Takashi Sorimachi

A Hardest Night!! (2005)

A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude jokes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Tsugawa
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Houka Kinoshita  •  Takashi Sasano

A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude jokes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Tsugawa
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Houka Kinoshita  •  Takashi Sasano

Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere (2002)

A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Shun Sugata  •  Takashi Ukaji

A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Takeshi Yamato  •  Shun Sugata  •  Takashi Ukaji

Out Burn (2014)

Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs to try and keep the peace. However, Eiko has some sidelines: she's a moneylender to her fellow police officers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Atsuro Watabe  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Susumu Terajima

Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs to try and keep the peace. However, Eiko has some sidelines: she's a moneylender to her fellow police officers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Atsuro Watabe  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Susumu Terajima

Tsuyoki ari (2014)

Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Masanobu Takashima  •  Manami Higa  •  Yûko Fueki

Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Masanobu Takashima  •  Manami Higa  •  Yûko Fueki

The Housekeeper (2012)

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Housekeeper the Peeper (2014)

Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kie Kitano  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Toshinori Omi

Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kie Kitano  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Toshinori Omi

Giwaku (2019)

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DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

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DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

Cardboard House Girl (2001)

The story of a woman who lost everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masako Matsuura
CAST:  Kintarô Hara  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Seiko Ozone  •  Brother Tom

The story of a woman who lost everything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masako Matsuura
CAST:  Kintarô Hara  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Seiko Ozone  •  Brother Tom

Bewitched in Tokyo SP (2004)

Christmas Special following the series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Yoshida
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Taizo Harada  •  Nanami Hinata  •  Shun Shioya

Christmas Special following the series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Yoshida
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Taizo Harada  •  Nanami Hinata  •  Shun Shioya

Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (2016)

Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he is suffering from a complicated CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension). Kantaro Kurosu is the director of the Cross Medical Center. He asks Michiko Daimon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Tamura
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Yuki Uchida  •  Masanobu Katsumura

Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he is suffering from a complicated CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension). Kantaro Kurosu is the director of the Cross Medical Center. He asks Michiko Daimon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Tamura
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Yuki Uchida  •  Masanobu Katsumura

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CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Ryoko Yonekura

The Housekeeper Saw! (2015)

Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Naomi Zaizen  •  Rui Takahashi  •  Chizuru Azuma

Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Naomi Zaizen  •  Rui Takahashi  •  Chizuru Azuma