Portrait of Mari Natsuki

Acting

Mari Natsuki

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Spirited Away
Spirited Away
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mari Natsuki Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0
  • Crime
    2.9, average 3.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.7, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Emotional Journey 4
  • Japanese Drama 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Slice of Life 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Intrigue 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Complex Plot 2
  • Japanese Comedy 2
  • Family Dynamics 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

16 titles · average score 65
Teruko & Lui
Teruko & Lui (2025)

TV show · as Lui Morita

Private Banker
Private Banker (2025)

TV show · as Mikoto Tenguuji

My Undead Yokai Girlfriend
My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Hold My Hand at Twilight
Hold My Hand at Twilight (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Yukihira Kyoko

SEE HEAR LOVE
SEE HEAR LOVE (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

as Tae Izumoto

From the End of the World
From the End of the World (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

as Old Woman

I Will Be Your Bloom
I Will Be Your Bloom (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Hanamaki Yuki

Angry Rice Wives
Angry Rice Wives (2021)

as Taki

Welcome Home, Mone
Welcome Home, Mone (2021)

TV show · as Nitta Sayaka (Hime)

Followers
Followers (2020)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Eriko Tajima

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

as Mori Obaa-chan (voice)

Peep Time
Peep Time (2020)

TV show

2010s

19 titles · average score 67
I Shared My Husband
I Shared My Husband (2019)

TV show · as Fumie Someya

The Beginning Notes
The Beginning Notes (2019)

as Namiko Kondo

I Will Return Today
I Will Return Today (2019)

TV show · as Namiko Kondo

Vision
Vision (2018)
GoodWatch score 41

as Aki

Detective Story
Detective Story (2018)

as Kimie Hasenuma

Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs (2018)
GoodWatch score 83

as Auntie (voice)

Meet Me After School
Meet Me After School (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Michiyo Shioya

It's Not That I Can't Get Married, I Just Don't Do It
It's Not That I Can't Get Married, I Just Don't Do It (2016)

TV show

モンタージュ 三億円事件奇譚
モンタージュ 三億円事件奇譚 (2016)

TV show · as Kyoko Gibson

Priceless
Priceless (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Marioka Ichirin

Carnation
Carnation (2011)

TV show · as Itoko Ohara (older)

Permanent Nobara
Permanent Nobara (2010)
GoodWatch score 63

as Masako

2000s

21 titles · average score 69
Anmitsu Hime
Anmitsu Hime (2008)

as Kasutera Fujin

The Capricious Robot
The Capricious Robot (2007)

as Mother

Out of the Wind
Out of the Wind (2007)

as Sunnjya Imu

Iryu: Team Medical Dragon
Iryu: Team Medical Dragon (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Kito Shoko

Sugar & Spice
Sugar & Spice (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Fujiko

Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune (2005)

TV show · as Tango no Tsubone (Emperor's concubine)

Bewitched In Tokyo
Bewitched In Tokyo (2004)

TV show · as Daria

Ping Pong
Ping Pong (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

as Obaba

Spirited Away
Spirited Away (2001)
GoodWatch score 92

as Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)

Unmarried Family
Unmarried Family (2001)

TV show

An Adolescent
An Adolescent (2001)
GoodWatch score 47

as Yukie

Legendary Teacher
Legendary Teacher (2000)

TV show · as Reiko Ikeuchi(池内 怜子)

1990s

13 titles · average score 53
Genroku Ryoran
Genroku Ryoran (1999)

TV show · as Tomiko

Kyukyu Hato Chiryoshitsu
Kyukyu Hato Chiryoshitsu (1999)

TV show

Samurai Fiction
Samurai Fiction (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as Okatsu

Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1997)

as Akiko's mother

Himawari
Himawari (1996)

TV show · as Azusa Minamida

The Hunted
The Hunted (1995)
GoodWatch score 33

as Junko

Tora-san to the Rescue
Tora-san to the Rescue (1995)

as 礼子(及川泉的母亲)

Toki no kagayaki
Toki no kagayaki (1995)

as Kazue Moritani

Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)

as 礼子(及川泉的母亲)

Tora-san Confesses
Tora-san Confesses (1991)

as 礼子(及川泉的母亲)

Strawberry Road
Strawberry Road (1991)

as Akiko

Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)

as 礼子(及川泉的母亲)

1980s

10 titles · average score 62
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell (1989)

as Otoshi

Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)

as 礼子(及川泉的母亲)

妻愛人同伴殺人ツアー
妻愛人同伴殺人ツアー (1987)

TV show

Death Shadows
Death Shadows (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

as Oren

Death Powder
Death Powder (1986)
GoodWatch score 57

as Guernica

Maido Osawagase Shimasu
Maido Osawagase Shimasu (1985)

TV show

Fireflies in the North
Fireflies in the North (1984)

as Suma

Legend of the Eight Samurai
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
GoodWatch score 66

as Tamazusa

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

TV show · as Miyako Mori

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

as Akio, Opponent's Mistress

1970s

2 titles
The Extravagant Cops
The Extravagant Cops (1977)

as Yoko Matsumoto

G-Men '75
G-Men '75 (1975)

TV show · as 津川螢子警部補