Youki Kudoh

Youki Kudoh

Born: January 17, 1971
in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Youki Kudoh 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.

Movies for Youki Kudoh...

ケーキの切れない非行少年たち
Title: ケーキの切れない非行少年たち
Released: April 20, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Gal & Dino
Character: Senpai (voice)
Released: April 5, 2020
Type: TV
One day, Kaede, a gyaru, picks up a dinosaur and begins living with it. The short comedy depicts their daily lives together as the dinosaur consumes human food, watches TV, and enjoys fashionable things. Thus begins the story of a gal and a dinosaur cohabiting that transcends time.
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The Brighton Miracle
Title: The Brighton Miracle
Character: Nellie Jones
Released: October 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Inspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby officials dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup. Officials question their decision to appoint Eddie Jones, to coach their national team for the 2015 World Cup. Jones plans to defy convention in order to put a stop to Japan being the laughing stock of world rugby.
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We Are Little Zombies
Title: We Are Little Zombies
Character: Rie Ota
Released: March 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
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We Are
Title: We Are
Character: Saeko
Released: May 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Seven friends part ways after their last day at school. Some seek their fortune in Tokyo, others remain in their hometown Maebashi. Over the course of ten years, their paths keep crossing, and while they experience losses and broken dreams, they learn about the value of friendship. Director Michihito FUJII tells a timeless coming-of-age story in this outstanding ensemble drama.
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This Country’s Sky
Title: This Country’s Sky
Character: Satoko's mother
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in Tokyo, Japan near the end of World War II. 19-year-old Satoko (Fumi Nikaido) lives with her mother (Youki Kudoh) and her aunt. The war is turning more grave. Even though Satoko is near the age to get married, she can't even think of marriage due to the unstable situation. Satoko then begins to communicate with her neighbor, Ichikawa (Hiroki Hasegawa). He has avoided military service due to failing his physical test. As Satoko communicates with Ichikawa, she begins to awake as a woman.
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Title: Tokyo ga senjo ni natta hi
Released: March 15, 2014
Type: TV
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A Girl in the Apple Farm
Title: A Girl in the Apple Farm
Character: Mikami Mayumi
Released: December 7, 2013
Type: Movie
The Mikami family lives within the foot of Mount Iwaki. The Mikami family makes a living by running an apple farm. Eldest daughter Rinko is a middle school student who keeps running away and coming back home with her boyfriend Kenichiro. Rinko’s mother Mayumi has difficulty raising her kids and the apples. One night, before Rinko's birthday, Rinko's father Tamao brings a horse with a ribbon as her birthday present. Tamao actsas he pleases. The mother suffers from his impulsiveness. To borrow money, Rinko comes back home after a long time away from home. There, Rinko sees the horse.
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Karakara
Title: Karakara
Character: Junko
Released: August 31, 2012
Type: Movie
Pierre, a retired professor in his early sixties ends up making a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa with Junko, a 40-year-old runaway wife. The confused intellectual would rather not get involved with this unlikely and unexpected lover but decides to follow his destiny, wherever it (she?) may take him.
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Zatoichi: The Last
Title: Zatoichi: The Last
Character: Toyo
Released: May 29, 2010
Type: Movie
A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
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The Limits of Control
Title: The Limits of Control
Character: Molecules
Released: May 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
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Death Note: L Change the World
Title: Death Note: L Change the World
Character: Kimiko Kujo
Released: February 7, 2008
Type: Movie
"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.
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Rush Hour 3
Title: Rush Hour 3
Character: Dragon Lady
Released: August 8, 2007
Type: Movie
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?
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Granny Gabai
Title: Granny Gabai
Character: Mother
Released: June 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.
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Imprint
Title: Imprint
Character: Woman
Released: May 27, 2006
Type: Movie
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Title: Memoirs of a Geisha
Character: Pumpkin
Released: December 6, 2005
Type: Movie
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
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Title: Masters of Horror
Character: Woman
Released: October 28, 2005
Type: TV
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
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The Wind Carpet
Title: The Wind Carpet
Character: Kinue Nagai
Released: July 11, 2003
Type: Movie
Japan and Iran are not in close relationship. More than 4 centuries ago, however, Persian carpets were used in the festival of Takayama, a historic city in mountainous area of Honsyu. A man planned to resume the carpet in the festival, and asked Kinue, a Persian carpet designer, to design it. Kinue's husband, Makoto, is a carpet importer. They send the design to Iran to weave the carpet. But just before Makoto goes to Iran to receive the carpet, Kinue dies of a traffic accident. A month before the festival, Makoto went to Isphahan, Iran, to receive the carpet. He brings his daughter Sakura, who does not open her heart after she lost her mother. To surprise, the carpet production has not even started. It will take 3 months from the start. For Makoto it means he betrays not only the festival planners but also his late wife.
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Title: Psycho Doctor
Character: Nami Okino
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: The Chronicle
Character: Mina Shen
Released: July 14, 2001
Type: TV
The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction television series on the Sci Fi Channel. The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of novels by Mark Sumner, a St. Louis, Missouri based author. The show was originally sold to NBC, which shot the pilot, then later found a home with The Sci-Fi Channel.
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Blood: The Last Vampire
Title: Blood: The Last Vampire
Character: Saya (voice)
Released: November 18, 2000
Type: Movie
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.
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Snow Falling on Cedars
Title: Snow Falling on Cedars
Character: Hatsue Miyamoto
Released: December 22, 1999
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmael, a local reporter, the trial strikes a deep emotional chord when he finds his ex-lover is linked to the case. As he investigates the killing, he uncovers some startling clues that lead him to a shocking discovery.
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Heaven's Burning
Title: Heaven's Burning
Character: Midori
Released: November 6, 1997
Type: Movie
In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.
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Picture Bride
Title: Picture Bride
Character: Riyo
Released: May 5, 1995
Type: Movie
Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age. The miserable girl finds solace with her new friend Kana, a young mother who helps Riyo accept her new life.
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Title: Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
Released: January 10, 1993
Type: TV
The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically.
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War and Youth
Title: War and Youth
Character: Yukari Hanafusa / Sakiko
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunt's tragic story.
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Mystery Train
Title: Mystery Train
Character: Mitsuko
Released: September 6, 1989
Type: Movie
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
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The Blue Mountains '88
Title: The Blue Mountains '88
Character: Shinko Terazawa
Released: October 15, 1988
Type: Movie
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Shaolin vs. Vampire
Title: Shaolin vs. Vampire
Character: Yuko
Released: August 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Gordon Liu plays a stuntman named Daiyu, who is his town's sole vampire non-believer holdout. When his young daughter “adopts” a vampire kid, his viewpoint changes. Daiyu, with help from a female Japanese student, must defend his village against hopping vampires and an evil sorcerer who want their land.
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Labyrinth Romanesque
Title: Labyrinth Romanesque
Character: Fumi
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
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Honba Jyoshikou Manual: Hatsukoi Binetsu-hen
Title: Honba Jyoshikou Manual: Hatsukoi Binetsu-hen
Released: March 21, 1987
Type: Movie
Two childhood friends fall for the same boy.
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Title: Byakkotai
Character: Inoue Yumiko
Released: December 30, 1986
Type: TV
Byakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, set up in the domain's drive to finalize its military modernization, in the wake of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The other three units were Genbutai, Seiryūtai, and Suzakutai. Each of the four was named after the protecting gods of compass directions. Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869)
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Congratulatory Speech
Title: Congratulatory Speech
Character: Fusae Saotome
Released: December 28, 1985
Type: Movie
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Typhoon Club
Title: Typhoon Club
Character: Rie Takami
Released: August 31, 1985
Type: Movie
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the five-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly-liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.
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The Crazy Family
Title: The Crazy Family
Character: Erika Kobayashi
Released: June 24, 1984
Type: Movie
The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams. But all is not well: the house is infested by termites and the family starts cracking up: Son Masaki is studying so obsessively for his exams that he's losing his mind; daughter Erika is oblivious of all but her forthcoming record company audition, grandfather Yasukuni starts getting World War II flashbacks and father Katsuhiko is so worried about his family's "sickness" that he thinks can only be cured by group suicide.