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Tamiyo Kusakari is a Actor Japonaise born on 10 may 1965 at Tokyo (Japon)
Tamiyo Kusakari (草刈 民代, Kusakari Tamiyo, born 10 May 1965) is a Japanese dancer for the Maki Asami Ballet Company.
In 1987, she made her debut as Odette in Swan Lake.
Kusakari is also known for her starring role in Shall We Dance? During the production of the movie she met and later married the director, Masayuki Suo.
She starred in Suo's 2012 film A Terminal Trust.
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Tamiyo Kusakari
In 1987, she made her debut as Odette in Swan Lake.
Biography
From Toshima, Tokyo, Kusakari started dancing professionally at the age of eight and won the first prize at the Japan Ballet Competition of 1987. She received the Muramatsu Award in 1988, and the Tachibana Akiko Award in 1990. At 27, she suffered a hernia that nearly ended her career, leaving her a temporary wheelchair user.Kusakari is also known for her starring role in Shall We Dance? During the production of the movie she met and later married the director, Masayuki Suo.
She starred in Suo's 2012 film A Terminal Trust.
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Filmography of Tamiyo Kusakari (4 films)
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Lady Maiko (2014)
, 2h14Directed by Masayuki Suo
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Hiroki Hasegawa, Sumiko Fuji, Tamiyo Kusakari, Tomoko Tabata, Eriko Watanabe, Masahiro Takashima
Roles Rishun
Rating62%
The Terminal Trust (2012)
, 2h24Directed by Masayuki Suo
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Tamiyo Kusakari, Kōji Yakusho, Takao Ōsawa, Tadanobu Asano
Roles Ayano Orii
Rating66%
The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012)
, 1h45Directed by Gisaburō Sugii
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Shun Oguri, Tamiyo Kusakari, Shiori Kutsuna, Akira Emoto, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kenji Utsumi
Roles Budori's Mother (voice)
Rating54%
Budori est un jeune chat courageux et intelligent qui vit paisiblement avec ses parents bûcherons et sa petite sœur Neri dans la forêt de Tohoku.
Shall We Dance? (1996)
, 2h16Directed 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 Mai Kishikawa
Rating76%
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.