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Misa Shimizu is a Actor Japonaise born on 25 september 1970 at Nishi-Tōkyō City (Japon)

Misa Shimizu

Misa Shimizu
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Nationality Japon
Birth 25 september 1970 (53 years) at Nishi-Tōkyō City (Japon)

Misa Shimizu (清水美沙, Shimizu Misa, born 25 September 1970) is a Japanese actress. She made her screen debut by winning the heroine audition for 1987 film Shōnan Bōsōzoku. She starred in NHK's morning drama series Seishun Kazoku in 1989. She portrayed Keiko, the female protagonist, in Palme d'Or winning The Eel directed by Shohei Imamura. She also makes regular appearances in Masayuki Suo's films. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Hochi Film Award for Okoge, Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, Future Memories: Last Christmas.

Biography

Misa Shimizu fait ses débuts à l'écran après avoir remporté l'audition de sélection de l'héroïne pour le film Shōnan bakusōzoku (1987). Elle joue dans Seishun kazoku, la série dramatique matinale de la chaîne NHK en 1989. Elle interprète Keiko dans L'Anguille, réalisé par Shōhei Imamura, film qui remporte la Palme d'or en 1997. Misa Shimizu fait également des apparitions régulières dans les films de Masayuki Suo.

Usually with

Masayuki Suo
Masayuki Suo
(3 films)
Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto
(5 films)
Kōji Yakusho
Kōji Yakusho
(4 films)
Hans Canosa
Hans Canosa
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Misa Shimizu (15 films)

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Actress

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Directed by Hans Canosa
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Maki Horikita, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuya Tegoshi, Anton Yelchin, Emma Roberts, Mirei Kiritani
Roles Mrs. Hasegawa
Rating59% 2.998032.998032.998032.998032.99803
Naomi est une étudiante ordinaire fréquentant une école internationale. Un jour, elle tombe dans les escaliers de l'école et perd connaissance. Lorsqu'elle se réveille, elle est à l'hôpital et a oublié les quatre dernières années de sa vie. Naomi doit alors choisir entre 3 hommes qui représentent chacun une vision bien différente de l'amour : Ace, un joueur de tennis charismatique et populaire, Yuji un inadapté solitaire et son meilleur ami Mirai qui la connait mieux que quiconque... Naomi essaiera donc de se retrouver dans cet univers bien plus que compliqué !
Rain Fall
Rain Fall (2009)
, 1h51
Directed by Max Mannix
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Actors Gary Oldman, Kippei Shiina, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Kyōko Hasegawa
Roles Yuko
Rating46% 2.3093752.3093752.3093752.3093752.309375
In Tokyo, a minister of public works is rumored to be taking evidence of corruption to a reporter: the CIA, the yakuza, and others want to grab the information and use it to squeeze the government. On the subway trip to meet the reporter, the official is murdered, but it looks like a heart attack. However, no one, including the murderer, can find the flash drive with the evidence. Now the CIA, gangsters, and the city police are searching. The dead official's daughters are in danger: the shadowy John Rain, ex-special forces and perhaps now in league with North Korea, tries to stay one step ahead as he looks for the flash drive and protects one of the daughters.
The Harimaya Bridge, 2h
Genres Drama
Actors Bennet Guillory, Saki Takaoka, Misa Shimizu, Danny Glover, Misono, Miho Shiraishi
Roles Yuiko Hara
Rating63% 3.185483.185483.185483.185483.18548
The story concerns an American man who must travel to rural Japan after his estranged son dies there in a traffic accident. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left behind. The Harimaya Bridge is a film about racism and forgiveness. The main character lost his son and he had to go to Japan to retrieve some of his sons paintings. The father (main character) had a very strong dislike for the Japanese people. He was very rude towards them in the beginning. He disrespected their culture as well on several occasions. One time he ignored the Japanese people when they told him to take off his shoes when he entered the home he was staying them. It took them a few minutes to get him to respect their wish and take off his shoes.
I Just Didn't Do It, 2h23
Directed by Masayuki Suo
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Ryō Kase, Asaka Seto, Kōji Yakusho, Koji Yamamoto, Ranran Suzuki, Fumiyo Kohinata
Roles Kiyoko Sada
Rating75% 3.7907853.7907853.7907853.7907853.790785
Based on a true story, the film focuses on the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, he was confirmed innocent after a five-year legal battle.
The Sea Is Watching, 1h59
Directed by Kei Kumai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Misa Shimizu, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi, Eiji Okuda, Rikiya Otaka
Roles Kikuno
Rating69% 3.494543.494543.494543.494543.49454
Japon, fin de la période Edo. Ihara Fusanosuke, un jeune samouraï trouve refuge dans un bordel d'un quartier de prostitution à Edo après avoir mortellement tiré son sabre lors d'une soirée arrosée. Oshin, une jeune prostituée, le fait passer pour un de ses clients lorsque les autorités à la poursuite du jeune homme fouillent les lieux. Attiré par elle, Ihara se met à lui rendre visite régulièrement dans les mois qui suivent. Oshin tombe amoureuse et pour lui, décide de se purifier le corps. Elle est aidée en cela par Kikuno, une prostituée plus âgée, d'Okichi et d'Osone qui se partagent ses clients. Mais un jour Ihara vient leur annoncer la fin de son bannissement de la maison de son père et son mariage.
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, 1h59
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishō, Toshie Negishi, Isao Natsuyagi, Takahito Iguchi
Roles Saeko Aizawa
Rating66% 3.3475353.3475353.3475353.3475353.347535
Warm Water Under A Red Bridge focuses on the troubles of a Japanese "everyman" who finds a new life with an unusual woman in a small fishing village. Imamura's last film contains considerable commentary on the search for happiness.
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Akagi (1998)
, 2h9
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Actors Akira Emoto, Kumiko Asō, Jacques Gamblin, Jūrō Kara, Keiko Matsuzaka, Misa Shimizu
Roles Gin
Rating71% 3.59163.59163.59163.59163.5916
The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a doctor on an island in the Seto Inland Sea area during World War II. He runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. Akagi earns the nickname "Dr. Liver" (カンゾー先生 Kanzō-sensei) because of his work.
The Eel
The Eel (1997)
, 1h57
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about domestic violence
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishō, Akira Emoto, Shō Aikawa, Etsuko Ichihara
Roles Keiko Hattori
Rating72% 3.645553.645553.645553.645553.64555
Acting on the advice of an anonymous note, Takuro Yamashita (Kōji Yakusho) returns home early one night to find his wife in bed with another man. He kills her and then turns himself in to the police. After being released from prison, he opens a barber shop and brings along a pet eel which he talks to while mostly ignoring conversation with others. He helps save Keiko Hattori (Misa Shimizu) from a suicide attempt, resulting in her working at the shop. She starts developing romantic feelings for him, but he acts nonchalant and refuses the boxed lunches she prepares for him when he goes eel-hunting with the fisherman Jukichi Takada. Takuro recognizes the local garbageman from prison and the garbageman starts to stalk Takuro and Keiko, believing that Takuro isn't repentant enough for his crimes. He attempts to rape Keiko and leaves a letter revealing Takuro's past on the door of his barber shop, but it is removed by Takada. Keiko finds out that she is pregnant with the baby of Eiji Dojima (Tomorowo Taguchi), a loan shark, and that it is too late for an abortion. One night the garbageman goes to Takuro's shop and lectures him, accusing him of killing his wife out of jealousy. The two get into an altercation and Takuro fends him off. Keiko goes back to her old company, where she is the vice-president, and retrieves her mother's bankbook. This results in Dojima angrily going to the barber shop, along with henchman, and accusing her of theft since he was planning to reinvest the funds into his business. Dojima's group and Keiko's fight, with the false revelation that Keiko is pregnant with Takuro's child. The police find that Keiko's mother never signed power of attorney papers for Dojima, but a parole violation meeting for Takuro causes him to be sent back to prison for a year. Takuro lets his eel go and accepts a boxed lunch from Keiko, who promises to wait for him with her baby.
Shall We Dance?, 2h16
Directed by Masayuki Suo
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Masahiro Motoki, Eriko Watanabe, Yu Tokui
Roles Natsuko
Rating76% 3.8458753.8458753.8458753.8458753.845875
The film begins with a close-up of the inscription above the stage in the ballroom of the Blackpool Tower: "Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear", from the poem Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare. As the camera pans around the ballroom giving a view of the dancers, a voice-over explains that in Japan, ballroom dancing is treated with suspicion.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin (1994)
, 2h12
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Rie Miyazawa, Kōji Ishizaka, Kōichi Iwaki, Ruriko Asaoka
Rating64% 3.2055053.2055053.2055053.2055053.205505
The story of the Forty-seven Ronin has been depicted in many ways, with each version focusing the emphasis on different parts of the story—the rivalry of Lords Asano and Kira, Asano's assault on Kira, Asano's sentence of seppuku immediately afterward, and the revenge attack 21 months later against Kira by the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers. Oishi Kuranosuke, Asano's chamberlain and the head of the 47 samurai, is often the primary character, and his actions are often held up as the epitome of bushido, the honor code of the samurai.
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, 1h43
Directed by Masayuki Suo
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka, Akira Emoto, Robert James Hoffman III, Mutsuko Sakura
Roles Natsuko Kawashima
Rating71% 3.5880953.5880953.5880953.5880953.588095
In order to graduate from college in a timely manner, and to gain the job waiting for him due to his family connections, Shuhei must join the school's sumo team to please his professor. Shuhei and the other reluctant sumo wrestlers on the team are inspired by the professor's determination into doing their best for the school.