Portrait of Atsuko Sakurai

Acting

Atsuko Sakurai

Career

Active from 1994 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Shomuni
Shomuni
GoodWatch score70/100

Characters

2

The characters Atsuko Sakurai played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Atsuko Sakurai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    2.2, average 4.9
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.3, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.4, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gentle Humor 2
  • Corporate Espionage 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Cult Classic Status 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 49
The Convenience Store
The Convenience Store (2026)
GoodWatch score 49

as Tamayo Ikuno

Your Sky: Hare Nochi Koi
Your Sky: Hare Nochi Koi (2026)

TV show · as Funase Emi [Hinata's mother]

Crossroad
Crossroad (2026)

TV show

Missing Persons Investigation Unit: The Missing Truth
Missing Persons Investigation Unit: The Missing Truth (2025)

TV show

Haruka
Haruka (2025)

as Misako Fujimori

Aijin Tensei -Sare Tsuma wa Shinda Nochi ni Fukushuu Suru-
Aijin Tensei -Sare Tsuma wa Shinda Nochi ni Fukushuu Suru- (2024)

TV show · as Mieko Mayama

The Wife Whose Liver Was Taken Away
The Wife Whose Liver Was Taken Away (2024)

TV show

Sister
Sister (2022)

TV show · as Nami Miyoshi

Last Summer Wars
Last Summer Wars (2022)

as Miyatake Haruko

The Memory Eraser
The Memory Eraser (2020)

as Asako Yoshimori

2010s

9 titles
Noble Boys
Noble Boys (2019)

TV show · as 相原 夏子

Mirror Twins
Mirror Twins (2019)

TV show · as Satsuki Minagawa

Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~ (2017)

TV show

Kumokiri Nizaemon
Kumokiri Nizaemon (2013)

TV show

The Death, Her and Me
The Death, Her and Me (2012)

as Natsumi Takeuchi

Dr. Kadokura Shuuhei no jiken karute
Dr. Kadokura Shuuhei no jiken karute (2012)

TV show

CSI: Crime Scene Talks
CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011)

TV show

毒姫とわたし
毒姫とわたし (2011)

TV show

イソベン・里村タマミの事件簿
イソベン・里村タマミの事件簿 (2010)

TV show · as 乾陶子(陶芸家)

2000s

9 titles · average score 71
Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love
Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love (2008)

as Noriko Tsubouchi

Time Limit Investigator
Time Limit Investigator (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Yayoi Sekigahara

美しい罠‎
美しい罠‎ (2006)

TV show

Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective
Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective (2003)

TV show

Always Smiling
Always Smiling (2003)

TV show · as Natsuko Ohara

Pre-School Guy
Pre-School Guy (2003)

TV show · as Hayase Yuri [Marina's mother]

Omiyasan
Omiyasan (2002)

TV show · as Yoko Nanao

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show · as 澤田菜穂

Street of Gravestones
Street of Gravestones (2000)

as Kaoru

1990s

5 titles · average score 70
Shomuni
Shomuni (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Kana Miyashita

板橋マダムス
板橋マダムス (1998)

TV show

Shin Mokuyou no Kaidan: Cyborg
Shin Mokuyou no Kaidan: Cyborg (1996)

TV show

Koibito Yo
Koibito Yo (1995)

TV show

Coming Home
Coming Home (1994)

TV show · as Shirota Kiyomi

1980s

1 title
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983)

TV show · as Tsukiyo Kitō