Portrait of Yūko Natori

Acting

Yūko Natori

Career

Active from 1979 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
39
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Discarnates
The Discarnates
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yūko Natori Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Showbiz
    0.5, average 1.2
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Intriguing Cases 3
  • Family Drama 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Prostitution 2
  • Survival 2
  • Unique Premise 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Biographical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles
TRUE COLORS
TRUE COLORS (2025)

TV show · as Junko Kida

The Two in a Housing Complex
The Two in a Housing Complex (2024)

TV show · as Yoko Fukuda

Investigation Division 1
Investigation Division 1 (2022)

TV show · as Natori Yu

Secret of 10
Secret of 10 (2020)

TV show · as Junko Shirakawa

Operation Z
Operation Z (2020)

TV show · as Nozomi Ayabe

2010s

15 titles · average score 70
特命刑事 カクホの女
特命刑事 カクホの女 (2018)

TV show · as Yuriko Hojo

BG: Personal Bodyguard
BG: Personal Bodyguard (2018)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Kae Sakuma

Sakura no Oyakodon
Sakura no Oyakodon (2017)

TV show · as Mitani Momoko

Saikyou no Futari
Saikyou no Futari (2015)

TV show · as Asako Natsuki

Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza
Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza (2015)

TV show · as Yumiko Nagamitsu

マルホの女
マルホの女 (2014)

TV show · as Kashiwagi Natsuko

Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos
Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos (2014)

as Makoto Fujiwara

Ando Lloyd ~A.I. knows LOVE ?~
Ando Lloyd ~A.I. knows LOVE ?~ (2013)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Keiko Andō(安堂 景子)

Blackboard
Blackboard (2012)

TV show · as Masa Shirahama / Shirahama Masa

葬儀屋 松子の事件簿
葬儀屋 松子の事件簿 (2012)

TV show

推理作家・池加代子
推理作家・池加代子 (2012)

TV show

Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen
Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen (2010)

TV show · as Makoto Fujiwara

2000s

19 titles · average score 57
Love Call Center
Love Call Center (2009)

TV show

Team Batista no Eikō
Team Batista no Eikō (2008)

TV show · as Makoto Fujiwara

Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After (2007)
GoodWatch score 62

as Miwako

李香兰
李香兰 (2007)

TV show · as Ai Yamaguchi (Yoshiko's mother)

Ri Kôran
Ri Kôran (2007)

as Yamaguchi Ai

Hanaikusa
Hanaikusa (2007)

as Umechiyo

銀座高級クラブママ vs 熱海老舗旅館女将
銀座高級クラブママ vs 熱海老舗旅館女将 (2005)

TV show

Minami's Girlfriend
Minami's Girlfriend (2004)

TV show · as Takeko Minami

Woman of Kyoto District Prosecutor
Woman of Kyoto District Prosecutor (2003)

TV show · as Tsurumaru Aya

Toshiie and Matsu
Toshiie and Matsu (2002)

TV show

Sleeping Bride
Sleeping Bride (2000)
GoodWatch score 52

as Ritsuko Nagasawa

Happy Family Plan
Happy Family Plan (2000)

as Kimiko

1990s

15 titles · average score 62
Asuka
Asuka (1999)

TV show · as 藤吉(綾瀬)ひろこ

必殺! 三味線屋・勇次
必殺! 三味線屋・勇次 (1999)

as "Kiwa"

Agri
Agri (1997)

TV show

SMAP×SMAP
SMAP×SMAP (1996)

TV show · as Bistro Guest

MARKS
MARKS (1995)

as Machiko Takagi

Crest of Betrayal
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ukihashi (courtesan)

Marriage
Marriage (1993)

as Asako

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi (1992)

as Suzuka

Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen (1991)

TV show · as Lady Sanjo

Stranger
Stranger (1991)

as Kiriko

Sure Death 5
Sure Death 5 (1991)

as Boss Omura

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show

1980s

23 titles · average score 61
Saga of the Phoenix
Saga of the Phoenix (1989)
GoodWatch score 47

as High Abbess

Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mihoko Nonaka

Gate of Flesh
Gate of Flesh (1988)

as Rakucho no Osumi

The Discarnates
The Discarnates (1988)
GoodWatch score 69

as Kei Fujino

Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
GoodWatch score 60

as Hisano Ueda

Tokyo Blackout
Tokyo Blackout (1987)

as koide mariko

Taikoki
Taikoki (1987)

as Kōdai-in

For Business
For Business (1986)

as Miyabi Sakuramiya

Oar
Oar (1985)

as Someyu

Yume-Chiyo
Yume-Chiyo (1985)

as Usagi

Appassionata
Appassionata (1984)

as Tsuya Shimamura

The Street of Desire
The Street of Desire (1984)

as Fumiko Masuda

1970s

2 titles
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B (1979)

TV show

Hanshichi Torimonocho
Hanshichi Torimonocho (1979)

TV show