Portrait of Nobuko Sendo

Acting

Nobuko Sendo

Career

Active from 1983 to 2026, with a break from 1994 to 2019, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score78/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Queen of Villains
The Queen of Villains
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nobuko Sendo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Cringe Humor
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Complex Relationships 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Workplace Romance 2
  • Love Triangle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

16 titles ยท average score 72
Sins of Kujo
Sins of Kujo (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Akiko Karasuma

TAGUSARI bros.
TAGUSARI bros. (2026)

TV show ยท as Fumi Karashima

Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Shizuka Yamashita

The Queen of Villains
The Queen of Villains (2024)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show ยท as Satoko Matsumoto

Invisible Us
Invisible Us (2024)

TV show ยท as Nakagawa Ryoko

A Suffocatingly Lonely Death
A Suffocatingly Lonely Death (2024)

TV show ยท as ็€งๆœฌ็”ฑ้ฆ™

Sanctuary
Sanctuary (2023)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show

Small, Slow But Steady
Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

as Chiharu Sasaki

The Files of Young Kindaichi
The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Shino Tatsumi

Ju-On: Origins
Ju-On: Origins (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Michiko Fukazawa

Over the Sky
Over the Sky (2020)
GoodWatch score 58

as Sachi Miyamasu (voice)

Goldfish Princess
Goldfish Princess (2020)

as Nagasaka

2010s

3 titles
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges (2019)

TV show ยท as ๅๅ‹็ฆ็พŽ๏ผˆใจใ‹ใก ใ‚€ใคใฟ๏ผ‰

Legal Heart
Legal Heart (2019)

TV show

In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World (2018)

TV show ยท as Kiseno Urano

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 74
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)

TV show ยท as Shino Tatsumi

Family Court Judge
Family Court Judge (1993)

TV show ยท as Imanishi Kyoko

True Love Is
True Love Is (1993)

TV show ยท as Junko Adachi

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ใ‚ใฎๆ—ฅใฎๅƒ•ใ‚’ใ•ใŒใ—ใฆ (1992)

TV show ยท as Michi Tanaka

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ใ‚ใ—ใŸใŒใ‚ใ‚‹ใ‹ใ‚‰ (1991)

TV show ยท as Keiko Yamabuki

Tales of the Bizarre
Tales of the Bizarre (1990)

TV show

Takeshi: Childhood Days
Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

as Akiko (Futoshi's older sister)

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ใƒ›ใƒƒใƒˆใƒ‰ใƒƒใ‚ฐ (1990)

TV show ยท as ้ซ˜ๆพ๏ผˆ็›ธไบฌ๏ผ‰ๅ‹ๅญ

Graduation
Graduation (1990)

TV show

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 75
Music Box
Music Box (1989)

as Kiyo Kanzaki

Tomorrow
Tomorrow (1988)

as Akiko Miura

Dragonfly
Dragonfly (1988)

TV show ยท as Azusa Ogawa

Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance (1986)

TV show ยท as Yumi Takasaka

Early Spring Story
Early Spring Story (1985)

as Asako Maki

White Snake Enchantment
White Snake Enchantment (1983)

as Matsuno

Oshin
Oshin (1983)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Haru

The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
GoodWatch score 78

as Hashidera's Daughter

Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin (1983)

TV show

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)
GoodWatch score 65

as Matsue Kiryรปin as a girl