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Yūki Kudō is a Actor Japonaise born on 17 january 1971 at Hachiōji City (Japon)
Youki Kudoh (工藤 夕貴, Kudō Yūki, born January 17, 1971) is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for The Crazy Family. She also won the award for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award for War and Youth.
Youki Kudoh débute en 1983 à 12 ans en tant qu'idol, en tournant des publicités (notamment sa première, une parodie du film adapté de la Traversée du temps pour une marque de ramen). Elle commence une carrière de chanteuse en 1984 et sort sept albums au Japon, jusqu'en 1995. Elle interprète de nombreux titres de son premier film, Gyakufunsha kazoku (The Crazy Family). Outre le cinéma, elle figure dans divers téléfilms et de nombreuses publicités. Parlant couramment anglais et français, elle commence sa carrière internationale avec Mystery Train de Jim Jarmush. Après d'autres films indépendants comme Picture Bride et le thriller australien Heaven's Burning, elle décroche le rôle féminin principal de La neige tombait sur les cèdres l'adaptation par Scott Hicks en 1999 du best-seller de David Guterson. En 2000, elle prête aussi sa voix à l'anime Blood: The Last Vampire. Dans cette même période elle pose pour la photographe Doane Gregory qui lui consacrera un album entièrement dédié qui fait sensation au Japon par ses nombreux nus.
N'ayant pu décrocher le premier rôle dans la distribution de Mémoires d'une Geisha, elle y interprète néanmoins un personnage de second plan, Pumpkin. Continuant les seconds rôles pour les grosses productions américaines, elle accepte Rush Hour 3. Elle interprète le Dr Kujo dans L : Change the WorLd, spin-off cinématographique du manga Death Note. Avec The Limits of Control, elle retrouve Jim Jarmush.
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Birth name Yūki Kudō, ou Yuki Kudo, Youki Kudoh, Yuuki Kudou)
Nationality Japon
Birth 17 january 1971 (53 years) at Hachiōji City (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 17 january 1971 (53 years) at Hachiōji City (Japon)
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CarrièreYouki Kudoh débute en 1983 à 12 ans en tant qu'idol, en tournant des publicités (notamment sa première, une parodie du film adapté de la Traversée du temps pour une marque de ramen). Elle commence une carrière de chanteuse en 1984 et sort sept albums au Japon, jusqu'en 1995. Elle interprète de nombreux titres de son premier film, Gyakufunsha kazoku (The Crazy Family). Outre le cinéma, elle figure dans divers téléfilms et de nombreuses publicités. Parlant couramment anglais et français, elle commence sa carrière internationale avec Mystery Train de Jim Jarmush. Après d'autres films indépendants comme Picture Bride et le thriller australien Heaven's Burning, elle décroche le rôle féminin principal de La neige tombait sur les cèdres l'adaptation par Scott Hicks en 1999 du best-seller de David Guterson. En 2000, elle prête aussi sa voix à l'anime Blood: The Last Vampire. Dans cette même période elle pose pour la photographe Doane Gregory qui lui consacrera un album entièrement dédié qui fait sensation au Japon par ses nombreux nus.
N'ayant pu décrocher le premier rôle dans la distribution de Mémoires d'une Geisha, elle y interprète néanmoins un personnage de second plan, Pumpkin. Continuant les seconds rôles pour les grosses productions américaines, elle accepte Rush Hour 3. Elle interprète le Dr Kujo dans L : Change the WorLd, spin-off cinématographique du manga Death Note. Avec The Limits of Control, elle retrouve Jim Jarmush.
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Karakara (2012)
, 1h40Directed by Claude Gagnon
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Yūki Kudō, Gabriel Arcand
Roles Junko
Rating64%
Pierre (Gabriel Arcand), intellectuel, professeur à la retraite dans la soixantaine, entreprend un voyage à Okinawa en compagnie de Junko (Youki Kudoh), une femme mariée de 40 ans qui a fui le domicile conjugal. Pierre est plutôt confus et hésite à poursuivre cette nouvelle relation inattendue. Mais pris d'un élan difficile à expliquer, il décide de suivre sa destinée, quel que soit l'endroit où cette aventure (ou cette femme) le mènera.
Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
, 2h12Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shingo Katori, Satomi Ishihara, Takashi Sorimachi, Chieko Baishō, Seishirō Katō, Tatsuya Nakadai
Roles Toyo
Rating52%
The films starts with young Ichi's wife (Satomi Ishihara) being murdered by Toraji (Sosuke Takaoka), the cowardly art loving son of a yakuza boss. Following her death, Ichi (Shingo Katori) returns to his hometown, where he hopes to resume a normal life under the guise of farmer with his friend Ryuji (Takashi Sorimachi). However, the same group of yakuza plan to change Ichi's hometown into a harbor, and start exploiting local peasants for money. Ryuji's land deeds are taken and ransomed at a high price, so Ichi uses his gambling skills to win the money for the deeds. This unveils his identity as the infamous Zato Ichi which the Yakuza don't like and burn down the house. The villagers draft a Tanran scroll to present to a passing official asking for assistance. However having Zato Ichi, a wanted criminal, in the village would not work in their favor so they devise a plan to dispose of him. They give him a blank scroll to "deliver" to the officials and lead him on a dangerous path sending the yakuza after him. However, he realizes it is the wrong path and makes it to the officials. His betrayal is revealed when he shows the blank scroll to the officials and they are insulted and leave. Ichi takes the responsibility of getting rid of the yakuza on himself, going to the yakuza headquarters and killing the boss. However he is shot by Toraji and stabbed by one of the Yakuza minions. Crawling on hands and feet he goes to the beach where he presumably dies reuniting with his wife in the next life.
The Limits of Control (2009)
, 1h56Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Crime
Actors Isaac de Bankolé, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Gael García Bernal, John Hurt, Hiam Abbass
Roles Molecules
Rating61%
In an airport, Lone Man (Isaach de Bankolé) is being instructed on his mission by Creole (Alex Descas). The mission itself is left unstated and the instructions are cryptic, including such phrases as "Everything is subjective," "The universe has no center and no edges; reality is arbitrary," and "Use your imagination and your skills." After the meeting in the airport he travels to Madrid and then on to Seville, meeting several people in cafés and on trains along the way.
, 2h9Directed by Hideo Nakata
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about terrorism, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Shunji Fujimura, Mayuko Fukuda, Erika Toda, Shingo Tsurumi, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Roles Kimiko Kujo
Rating60%
In the final 23 days of L's life, he meets one final case involving a bioterrorist group that aims to wipe out much of humanity with a virus. The virus has an infection rate that is one hundred times the infection rate of the SARS virus. He takes a boy he names Near, the sole survivor of its use in a village in Thailand, and an elementary school student named Maki Nikaido under his wing.
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
, 1h31Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yvan Attal, Noémie Lenoir, Zhang Jingchu
Roles Dragon Lady
Rating62%
L.A.P.D. Detective Carter is directing traffic. Concurrently, Chinese Ambassador Han addresses the importance of fighting the Triads at the World Criminal Court, announcing that he may know the whereabouts of Shy Shen, a semi-mythical individual of great importance to the Chinese mob. Before announcing, an assassin shoots Han in the shoulder, disrupting the conference. Chief Inspector Lee pursues the shooter and corners him, discovering that the assassin is his childhood Japanese friend Kenji. When Lee hesitates to shoot Kenji, he makes his escape when Carter (having heard what's happening over the police radio) arrives and tries to intervene.
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
, 2h25Directed by Rob Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Suzuka Ōgo, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Samantha Futerman
Roles Pumpkin
Rating73%
The film tells the story of Chiyo Sakamoto, a poor Japanese girl who has been sold along with her older sister Satsu into a life of servitude by her parents. Chiyo is taken in by the proprietress of a geisha house, Mother, but Satsu is rejected and is sold to another house in the "pleasure district" of the Hanamachi. At the okiya, she meets another young girl named Pumpkin, and also has numerous unpleasant run-ins with the okiya's senior geisha Hatsumomo.
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Yūki Kudō, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa, Rebecca Forstadt, Tom Fahn, Paul Carr
Roles Saya (voice)
Rating66%
The story is set in 1966. Its main protagonist is a girl named Saya, who hunts bat-like creatures called chiropterans. Saya is introduced on a subway train, where she assassinates a man in a suit. Her American contacts or handlers arrive. One of them, David, begins to brief Saya on another mission, while the other, Louis, discovers that the man Saya has just killed was probably not a chiropteran.
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
, 2h7Directed by Scott Hicks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ethan Hawke, Yūki Kudō, Reeve Carney, Max von Sydow, Anne Suzuki, Sam Shepard
Roles Hatsue Miyamoto
Rating66%
Set on the fictional San Piedro Island in the northern Puget Sound region of the Washington state coast in 1950, the plot revolves around the murder case of Kazuo Miyamoto (Rick Yune), a Japanese American accused of killing Carl Heine, a White fisherman. The trial occurs in the midst of deep anti-Japanese sentiments following World War II. Covering the case is the editor of the town's one-man newspaper, Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke), a World War II veteran who lost an arm fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. Ishmael struggles with his love for Kazuo's wife, Hatsue (Youki Kudoh), and his conscience, wondering if Kazuo is truly innocent.
Rush Hour (1998)
, 1h38Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Leung, Chris Penn, Tzi Ma
Rating70%
On the last day of British rule in Hong Kong, Detective Inspector Lee of the Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at a shipping bar wharf, hoping to arrest the mysterious crime lord Juntao. He finds only Sang, Juntao's right-hand man, who manages to escape. However, Lee successfully recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by Juntao, which he presents as a farewell victory to his departing superiors: Chinese Consul Solon Han and British Commander Thomas Griffin.
Heaven's Burning (1997)
, 1h36Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about suicide, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Russell Crowe, Yūki Kudō, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye, Robert Mammone, Colin Hay
Roles Midori
Rating57%
Japanese bride Midori Takada (Youki Kudoh) arrives in Sydney with her new husband Yukio (Kenji Isomura). She believes her marriage is a mistake and uses the honeymoon as a means to escape. Colin O'Brien (Russell Crowe) is an experienced getaway driver. He is hired by an Australian-Afghani family to help rob a bank. During the robbery one member is killed. Midori is in the bank at the same time and they grab her as a hostage. After escaping, the two Afghani brothers decide to get rid of her. Colin will not allow this. He kills one of the brothers and threatens to shoot the other, Mahood (Robert Mammone). He and Midori escape.
Picture Bride (1995)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Yūki Kudō, Tamlyn Tomita, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Toshiro Mifune, Yōko Sugi, Jason Scott Lee
Roles Riyo
Rating65%
The film is set in 1918. Riyo (Kudoh) is a "city girl", who becomes a picture bride to a man who works as a field hand on a sugar cane plantation in Hawaii. The film begins with the death of Riyo's father, which leads Riyo's aunt to make arrangements for Riyo to become a picture bride. As Riyo prepares to be photographed, her aunt shows her a picture of the handsome Matsuji (Takayama), her husband-to-be in Hawaii. Not only is the photo intended as introduction, but also as a means of confirming that each has found the right partner when they meet for the first time on the docks. However, when Riyo finally arrives in Honolulu, the man who comes to greet her looks nothing like the man in the photo. Matsuji confesses that the photo he sent was old, taken when he was a young man.
Mystery Train (1989)
, 1h53Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Radio, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Yūki Kudō, Masatoshi Nagase, Cinqué Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Rick Aviles
Roles Mitsuko
Rating74%
The film consists of three stories that take place on the same night in downtown Memphis. The three stories are linked together by the Arcade Hotel, a run-down flophouse presided over by the night clerk (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) and bellboy (Cinqué Lee), where the principal characters in each story spend a part of the night. Every room in the hotel is adorned with a portrait of Elvis Presley.
Typhoon Club (1985)
, 1h36Directed by Shinji Sōmai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Yūki Kudō, Tomokazu Miura, Saburo Date, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Tomiko Ishii, Shingo Tsurumi
Roles Rie Takami
Rating69%
À l'approche d'un redoutable typhon, des adolescents de la banlieue de Tokyo remettent en question le sens de leur vie.
The Crazy Family (1984)
, 1h46Directed by Gakuryū Ishii
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Yūki Kudō, Mitsuko Baishō, Hitoshi Ueki, Akira Ogata
Roles Erika Kobayashi
Rating70%
La famille Kobayashi décide de réaliser leur rêve et d'emménager dans une maison moderne en banlieue. Chacun à sa propre occupation. Le père Katsuhiko se consacre à son travail, la mère Saeko occupe sa place de femme au foyer, la fille Erika prend des cours de chant et le fils Masaki prépare ses examens. Tout va bien dans la maison jusqu'au jour où le grand-père Yasukune arrive et décide de s'y installer. Malheureusement, la maison est déjà complète. C'est alors que Katsuhiko et Yasukune se mettent à faire de gros travaux dans la maison, afin que ce dernier ait une chambre. Cela va perturber toute la famille et fera beaucoup de dégât.