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Mao Inoue is a Actor Japonaise born on 9 january 1987 at Yokohama City (Japon)

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue
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Nationality Japon
Birth 9 january 1987 (37 years) at Yokohama City (Japon)

Mao Inoue (井上 真央, Inoue Mao) (born January 9, 1987) is an award-winning Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999.
She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as Akane Imai (今井 茜, Imai Akane) in Kids War (キッズ・ウォー, Kizzu Uo) and as Makino Tsukushi in the popular Hana Yori Dango series.

Biography

Inoue Mao revealed in one show that her mother encouraged her to join performing acts to learn when she was at the age of 4. She was also learning music and arts. Acting wasn't her priority then but when she received her first fan letter, she decided to continue acting. Despite joining the show business at an early age, she also put priority to her school. In 2004, despite the rise of her popularity from the Kid's War series, she decided to put her acting on hold as she concentrated on graduating from University of Japan and enrolling at Meiji University. In 2005, at 18, Inoue enrolled in Meiji University, majoring in theater and literature; she chose Chinese as her second language elective. In her last year of college, she concentrated solely on her studies. In March 2009, she graduated from Meiji University.

When she was young, Inoue's hobbies include playing badminton and basketball, Japanese dance, music, and oil painting. Now her hobbies centered on listening to music, painting and photography. Her paintings and pictures are mostly nature and her pet dog. She also came to love playing golf in her spare time. She also loves animals; she has a pet Boston Terrier named Hug. Because of her love for animals, she revealed that she plans to be a veterinarian if she is not in the entertainment industry. She is also a big fan of Disneyland.

Usually with

Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka
(2 films)
Jun Fubuki
Jun Fubuki
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mao Inoue (11 films)

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Actress

The Snow White Murder Case, 2h6
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Mao Inoue, Go Ayano, Mitsuki Tanimura, Nanao, Shota Sometani, Misako Renbutsu
Roles Miki Shirono
Rating68% 3.4398153.4398153.4398153.4398153.439815
La belle Noriko Miki travaille dans une compagnie de cosmétique. Mais un jour, Noriko est assassinée. Les gens commencent alors à suspecter sa collègue de travail Miki Jono de l'avoir tuée. La télévision commence même à exposer cette histoire. La presse interviewe ses collègues, sa famille, ses voisins… La rumeur tourne à la peur. Mais qui est réellement Miki Jono ?
The Fighter Pilot, 2h24
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Junichi Okada, Min Tanaka, Haruma Miura, Mao Inoue, Jun Fubuki, Isao Natsuyagi
Roles Matsuno
Rating72% 3.644123.644123.644123.644123.64412
In 2004, twenty-six-year-old Kentaro Oishi is repeatedly failing the national bar examination and is uncertain about his future. One day, after the funeral of his grandmother, Matsuno, he is startled to learn from his mother and older sister Keiko that his maternal grandfather Kenichiro was not his blood-relation. Keiko and Kentaro start hearing stories about their real grandfather, Kyuzo Miyabe and visit many of his former comrades all of whom begin by criticize his "timidity" in battle. Kentaro finally learns the reason why Miyabe became a Kamikaze pilot during the conversation with an old comrade of his grandfather called Izaki, who is in hospital dying of cancer. Izaki talks about his relationship with their grandfather to Keiko and Kentaro, claiming that only the "timid" Miyabe gave him the hope to save his own life after he was shot down over the ocean.
Oba: The Last Samurai, 2h8
Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Yutaka Takenouchi, Mao Inoue, Daniel Baldwin, Takayuki Yamada, Treat Williams, Tomoko Nakajima
Roles Chieko Aono
Rating64% 3.2455853.2455853.2455853.2455853.245585
During the Battle of Saipan, on 7 July 1944, Captain Sakae Ōba partakes in a final banzai charge against the United States Marines Corps on the island of Saipan. It is the largest banzai charge of the Pacific War, but fails, resulting in over 4,000 Japanese deaths after 15 hours of close combat. American forces declare the island secure on 9 July, while Ōba and a handful of survivors retreat into the jungle and begin a guerrilla-style war using Mount Tapochau as a base due to its natural defensive position and prominent heights overlooking every possible approach. With only 46 soldiers and 200 civilians at his disposal Ōba – nicknamed "the Fox" by the Americans due to his cunning strategy – holds out for 512 days before surrendering on 1 December 1945, having lasted three months after Japan's capitulation following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ōba marches down from the mountain with his remaining survivors singing a song of departure to fallen comrades and presents his sword to the American commander in a formal and dignified manner, the last organized resistance of Japanese forces of the Second World War.
Rebirth
Rebirth (2011)
, 2h27
Directed by Izuru Narushima
Genres Drama, Documentary, Crime
Actors Hiromi Nagasaku, Mao Inoue, Rei Dan, Miwako Ichikawa, Eiko Koike, Tetsushi Tanaka
Roles Erina Akiyama
Rating71% 3.589083.589083.589083.589083.58908
A woman named Kiwako (Hiromi Nagasaku) abducts a baby from a man with whom she has had an affair. For four years Kiwako has raised the child as her own until she gets arrested. The child named Erina is then returned to her birth parents, but she can't find peace. As an adult, Erina (Mao Inoue) also has affairs with a married man and gets pregnant. To confront her past, Erina goes to Shodoshima where she has lived with Kiwako as a child. There Erina discovers a shocking truth and makes a decision.
My Darling Is a Foreigner, 1h40
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Romance
Actors Mao Inoue, Jonathan Sherr, Ryoko Kuninaka, Naho Toda, Jun Kunimura, Shinobu Ōtake
Roles Saori Oguri
Rating59% 2.99822.99822.99822.99822.9982
Basé sur une histoire vraie. Une japonaise et un américain tombent amoureux au Japon. Leur relation ne sera pas facile à gérer, avec leurs cultures et leurs langues différentes.
I Give My First Love to You, 2h2
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Tetta Sugimoto, Toru Nakamura, Yoko Moriguchi, Natsuki Harada
Roles Mayu Taneda
Rating71% 3.5518653.5518653.5518653.5518653.551865
The film begins when Mayu and Takuma were children. They were friends since they were 8 years old. Takuma has a heart disease and he is treated by a cardiologist who happens to be Mayu's father. One day, Takuma and Mayu overhear that Takuma will not live past the age of 20 due to his condition. However, their friendship grows and Takuma becomes Mayu's first love. When they are out playing in the fields, Takuma promises to marry Mayu when they turn 20.
Hana Yori Dango: Final, 2h11
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jun Matsumoto, Mao Inoue, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda, Mariko Kaga, Nanako Matsushima
Roles Tsukushi Makino
Rating68% 3.421363.421363.421363.421363.42136
Tsukasa Dōmyōji (Jun Matsumoto) and Tsukushi Makino (Mao Inoue) are driving through Nevada. Weeks prior, Tsukasa announced to the world that he was engaged to Tsukushi. He released an embarrassing picture of her eating noodles, angering her. As a result of the announcement, Tsukushi's family become targets of media attention.
Kaidan
Kaidan (2007)
, 2h
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Ghost films, Alternate history films
Actors Kumiko Asō, Asaka Seto, Hitomi Kuroki, Reona Hirota, Mao Inoue, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦)
Roles Ohisa
Rating60% 3.0498253.0498253.0498253.0498253.049825
Oshiga (Kuroki) and Osono are sisters whose father was killed by Shinzaemon, Shinkichi's samurai father, due to a debt dispute. Upon his death, Oshiga and Osono's father vowed revenge for his wrongful murder. His body is dumped in a mysterious lake that's believed to be cursed and haunted by a woman, who was wrongfully killed by her husband many years ago. Shortly after, Shinzaemon kills his wife and himself, leaving their baby, Shinkichi, orphaned and in care of his uncle.
Grave of the Fireflies
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Nanako Matsushima, Mayuko Fukuda, Mao Inoue, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yui Natsukawa, Ikki Sawamura
Roles Natsu,Keiko
Rating74% 3.7491353.7491353.7491353.7491353.749135
The film is something of an epilogue; set in 2005, 60 years after the war, it opens at a crematorium in Kobe, just after the aunt, Hisako Sawano has died at the age of 95. The funeral director comments how a person who lived through the Meiji, Taisho, Showa and Heisei eras had finally gone to rest. After the funeral, Seita's and Setsuko's cousin, who is now a grandmother herself, begins to tell her granddaughter about the family's struggle to survive during the Second World War, and the emotional scars that it left.