Yôko Moriguchi

Yôko Moriguchi (森口 瑤子, Moriguchi Yōko, August 5, 1966) is a Japanese actress from Katsushika City, Tokyo. Her former stage name is Yoko Nada (灘 陽子, Nada Yōko). She is represented by Shochiku Entertainment. Height 164 cm, blood type A. Her husband is the screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto (坂元 裕二).

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Casshern (2004)

Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuaki Kiriya
CAST:  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Akira Terao  •  Kanako Higuchi

Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuaki Kiriya
CAST:  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Akira Terao  •  Kanako Higuchi

Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Chishū Ryū  •  Keiko Takeshita

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Chishū Ryū  •  Keiko Takeshita

I Give My First Love to You (2009)

Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Yôko Moriguchi  •  Natsuki Harada

Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Yôko Moriguchi  •  Natsuki Harada

Unloved (2001)

Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunitoshi Manda
CAST:  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Yôko Moriguchi  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Tarô Suwa

Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunitoshi Manda
CAST:  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Yôko Moriguchi  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Tarô Suwa

Father (1988)

A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Kinoshita
CAST:  Eiji Bandō  •  Makoto Nonomura  •  Kin Sugai  •  Kogan Ashiya

A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Kinoshita
CAST:  Eiji Bandō  •  Makoto Nonomura  •  Kin Sugai  •  Kogan Ashiya

Kachô Shima Kôsaku (1992)

Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kichitaro Negishi
CAST:  Toshihiko Tahara  •  Yumi Asou  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kichitaro Negishi
CAST:  Toshihiko Tahara  •  Yumi Asou  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

Rebirth (2011)

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Eiko Koike

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Eiko Koike

Key of Life (2012)

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Uchida
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Uchida
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

The Taste of Fish (2008)

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shingo Matsubara
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Noriko Eguchi

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shingo Matsubara
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Noriko Eguchi

Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012)

Kento Ohashi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a novice ion engine developer working on a team that is launching the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft into outerspace. His father Isao (Tomokazu Miura) was the leader of a previously failed space probe named Nozomi. Now, Kento ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Oshirō Maeda

Kento Ohashi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a novice ion engine developer working on a team that is launching the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft into outerspace. His father Isao (Tomokazu Miura) was the leader of a previously failed space probe named Nozomi. Now, Kento ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Oshirō Maeda

The Sun (2016)

The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with a virus but survived and consequently they carry an antibody. Most are young, healthy and have high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yu Irie
CAST:  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Mugi Kadowaki  •  Kanji Furutachi  •  Yuki Furukawa

The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with a virus but survived and consequently they carry an antibody. Most are young, healthy and have high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yu Irie
CAST:  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Mugi Kadowaki  •  Kanji Furutachi  •  Yuki Furukawa

Orange (2015)

Naho Takamiya is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse. Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his mother's suicide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kojiro Hashimoto
CAST:  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Kento Yamazaki  •  Ryo Ryusei  •  Hirona Yamazaki

Naho Takamiya is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse. Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his mother's suicide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kojiro Hashimoto
CAST:  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Kento Yamazaki  •  Ryo Ryusei  •  Hirona Yamazaki

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment (2015)

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ryoko Fujino  •  Mizuki Itagaki  •  Machiko Ono  •  Anna Ishii

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ryoko Fujino  •  Mizuki Itagaki  •  Machiko Ono  •  Anna Ishii

To Each His Own (2017)

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Asuka Kudo  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Yasuo Katoh

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Asuka Kudo  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Yasuo Katoh

Shoplifters (2018)

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Lily Franky  •  Sakura Ando  •  Kairi Jo  •  Mayu Matsuoka

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Lily Franky  •  Sakura Ando  •  Kairi Jo  •  Mayu Matsuoka

He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019)

When a nihilistic guy crosses paths with a suicidal girl in high school, it marks the beginning of an unusual friendship that might take them both toward healing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Kobayashi
CAST:  Shotaro Mamiya  •  Hinako Sakurai  •  Yutaro  •  Yumena Yanai

When a nihilistic guy crosses paths with a suicidal girl in high school, it marks the beginning of an unusual friendship that might take them both toward healing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Kobayashi
CAST:  Shotaro Mamiya  •  Hinako Sakurai  •  Yutaro  •  Yumena Yanai

Nezumi Kozō kaitō den (1984)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaro Nomura
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Kiyoshi Nakajo  •  Hikaru Kurosaki  •  Leonard Kuma

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaro Nomura
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Kiyoshi Nakajo  •  Hikaru Kurosaki  •  Leonard Kuma

I Like You! (1990)

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DIRECTION:  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Senri Oe  •  Wakako Shimazaki  •  Tomoko Fujita  •  Makoto Otake

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DIRECTION:  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Senri Oe  •  Wakako Shimazaki  •  Tomoko Fujita  •  Makoto Otake

Yûri (1996)

Masayuki meets Nanami, who is on a journey with a refrigerator named Ullie. Nanami's Iranian friend Amir is helping her haul the refrigerator which contains Nanami's dead boyfriend. Masayuki joins the journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Sakamoto
CAST:  Issei Ishida  •  Maki Sakai  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Yosuke Eguchi

Masayuki meets Nanami, who is on a journey with a refrigerator named Ullie. Nanami's Iranian friend Amir is helping her haul the refrigerator which contains Nanami's dead boyfriend. Masayuki joins the journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Sakamoto
CAST:  Issei Ishida  •  Maki Sakai  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Yosuke Eguchi

TSY: Time Slip Yankee (2012)

Two high-school yankees (comic duo «Peace») accidentally travels in high-school days of their parents  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michinari Nakagawa
CAST:  Kentaro Abe  •  Saki Fukuda  •  Kentaro Adachi  •  Takashi Ukaji

Two high-school yankees (comic duo «Peace») accidentally travels in high-school days of their parents  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michinari Nakagawa
CAST:  Kentaro Abe  •  Saki Fukuda  •  Kentaro Adachi  •  Takashi Ukaji
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