Mayuko Fukuda

Mayuko Fukuda, born on August 4, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress who made her debut in 1998. She is contracted to talent agency FLaMme. Her father, Kenji Fukuda, is a drummer in the band Kasutera.

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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

Under the Same Moon (2005)

When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Edison Chen  •  Shun Sugata

When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Edison Chen  •  Shun Sugata

Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Mao Inoue  •  Nanako Matsushima  •  Hoshi Ishida

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Mao Inoue  •  Nanako Matsushima  •  Hoshi Ishida

10 Promises to My Dog (2008)

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Rena Tanaka  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Shota Sato

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Rena Tanaka  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Shota Sato

Little DJ (2007)

Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show. Sound quaint? But it is 1977 and a small town in Hokkaido, a more innocent, pure-hearted time and place, we are told. Taro, however, has a blood disease that lands him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koto Nagata
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Shigeyuki Totsugi

Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show. Sound quaint? But it is 1977 and a small town in Hokkaido, a more innocent, pure-hearted time and place, we are told. Taro, however, has a blood disease that lands him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koto Nagata
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Shigeyuki Totsugi

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)

The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Koichi Yamadera  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Takako Tokiwa

The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Koichi Yamadera  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Takako Tokiwa

Mai Mai Miracle (2009)

Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sunao Katabuchi
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Nako Mizusawa  •  Ei Morisako  •  Manami Honjo

Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sunao Katabuchi
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Nako Mizusawa  •  Ei Morisako  •  Manami Honjo

Heaven's Door (2009)

A young man Tomoya Nagase and a girl Mayuko Fukuda both learn that they have an untreatable illness and are nearing death. When one reveals that they have never been to the ocean, they embark on a comical adventure to see the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Arias
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Keishi Nagatsuka  •  Koji Ohkura

A young man Tomoya Nagase and a girl Mayuko Fukuda both learn that they have an untreatable illness and are nearing death. When one reveals that they have never been to the ocean, they embark on a comical adventure to see the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Arias
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Keishi Nagatsuka  •  Koji Ohkura

Synesthesia (2005)

Shin is a professional voyeur who provides live camera feeds of everything from the street corner to the public toilet. He is also afflicted freakish phenomenon known as synesthesia - a glitch in his wiring puts his five senses in a blender and spits out something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toru Matsuura
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Hijiri Kojima

Shin is a professional voyeur who provides live camera feeds of everything from the street corner to the public toilet. He is also afflicted freakish phenomenon known as synesthesia - a glitch in his wiring puts his five senses in a blender and spits out something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toru Matsuura
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Hijiri Kojima

The Piano Forest (2007)

Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Kojima
CAST:  Aya Ueto  •  Hiroyuki Amano  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Chizuru Ikewaki

Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Kojima
CAST:  Aya Ueto  •  Hiroyuki Amano  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Chizuru Ikewaki

Death Note: L Change the World (2008)

"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Shunji Fujimura  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Narushi Fukuda  •  Sei Hiraizumi

"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Shunji Fujimura  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Narushi Fukuda  •  Sei Hiraizumi

Japan Sinks (2006)

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Mao Daichi  •  Ko Shibasaki

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Mao Daichi  •  Ko Shibasaki

FLARE (2014)

A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed in Flare. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Otsuka
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Alice Hirose  •  Valentin Bonhomme  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi

A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed in Flare. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Otsuka
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Alice Hirose  •  Valentin Bonhomme  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi

Kiri no hi (2008)

Kiri no Hi (霧の火) is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The story takes place in Maoka City, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nozomu Amemiya
CAST:  Etsuko Ichihara  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Miho Shiraishi

Kiri no Hi (霧の火) is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The story takes place in Maoka City, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nozomu Amemiya
CAST:  Etsuko Ichihara  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Miho Shiraishi

Strange Tales of Love and Strangers (2017)

A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen’s heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and relationships ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raita Kuramoto
CAST:  Aining Yao  •  Soko Wada  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Chika Uchida

A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen’s heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and relationships ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raita Kuramoto
CAST:  Aining Yao  •  Soko Wada  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Chika Uchida

Les Misérables (2019)

This feature drama, produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fuji TV, is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic masterpiece Les Miserables set in the 1990s in Japan. In Kobe in 1993, Jun Baba gets taken to a juvenile prison due to a killing of a man who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michiko Namiki
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Arata Iura  •  Mizuki Yamamoto  •  Ryo Yoshizawa

This feature drama, produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fuji TV, is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic masterpiece Les Miserables set in the 1990s in Japan. In Kobe in 1993, Jun Baba gets taken to a juvenile prison due to a killing of a man who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michiko Namiki
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Arata Iura  •  Mizuki Yamamoto  •  Ryo Yoshizawa

Chibi Maruko-chan SP1 (2006)

Chibi Maruko-chan (Japanese: ちびまる子ちゃん?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura in the times of when she was a little girl where everyone call her Maruko and her family in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Ei Morisako  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Karen Miyama  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Chibi Maruko-chan (Japanese: ちびまる子ちゃん?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura in the times of when she was a little girl where everyone call her Maruko and her family in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Ei Morisako  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Karen Miyama  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Furuhata Chugakusei (2008)

Young Furuhata, a 3rd-year junior high student from Tokyo, transferred to a school in the countryside due to family circumstances. He doesn't fit in at first, but he eventually gains a reputation as a detective and opens his own detective agency. One day, he hears ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono
CAST:  Masakazu Tamura  •  Ryosuke Yamada  •  Taizo Harada  •  Kazuyuki Asano

Young Furuhata, a 3rd-year junior high student from Tokyo, transferred to a school in the countryside due to family circumstances. He doesn't fit in at first, but he eventually gains a reputation as a detective and opens his own detective agency. One day, he hears ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono
CAST:  Masakazu Tamura  •  Ryosuke Yamada  •  Taizo Harada  •  Kazuyuki Asano

Sideline (2015)

Youths taking on the challenge of men's cheerleading is depicted in this coming-of-age drama by GOGO♂ike-men5 writer/director, Fukuyama Sakurako. Seven member song & dance group, "Bullet Train," star in their first film. Seven childhood friends who belonged to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakurako Fukuyama
CAST:  Yûsuke Fukuda  •  Koichi Yoshino  •  Takashi Matsuo  •  Kai Ogasawara

Youths taking on the challenge of men's cheerleading is depicted in this coming-of-age drama by GOGO♂ike-men5 writer/director, Fukuyama Sakurako. Seven member song & dance group, "Bullet Train," star in their first film. Seven childhood friends who belonged to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakurako Fukuyama
CAST:  Yûsuke Fukuda  •  Koichi Yoshino  •  Takashi Matsuo  •  Kai Ogasawara

La (2019)

The vocalist of a broken up band tries to get the group back together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiro Takahashi
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Dori Sakurada  •  Show Kasamatsu  •  Naoya Shimizu

The vocalist of a broken up band tries to get the group back together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiro Takahashi
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Dori Sakurada  •  Show Kasamatsu  •  Naoya Shimizu
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