Rie Miyazawa
Acting
Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego. She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).
Known for
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tvHuman Specimens
2025
Rumi Ichinose
tvAsura
2025
Tsunako
moviePHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower
2023
Romi (voice)
tvPhoenix: Eden17
2023
Romi (voice)
movieI Am Makimoto
2022
Miharu Imae
tvThe 13 Lords of the Shogun
2022
Maki no kata
tvFM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
2021
Eve (The First Woman)
movieSeven Days War
2019
Hitomi Nakayama (voice)
movieNo Longer Human
2019
Michiko Tsushima
tvThe Naked Director
2019
Etsuko Takamiya
movieHer Love Boils Bathwater
2016
Futaba Kono
movieToo Young To Die!
2016
Adult Hiromi Tezuka
moviePieta in the Toilet
2015
Takuto's Mother
moviePale Moon
2014
Rika Umezawa
tvGu Gu the Cat
2014
Asako Kojima
movieThe After-Dinner Mysteries
2013
Miho Kumazawa
tv神様のボート
2013
노지마 요코
tvBlackboard
2012
Hisako Shirahama / Shirahama Hisako
tvPrincess Go
2011
Chacha/Yododono
movieThe Invitation from Cinema Orion
2007
Toyo Toyota
movieHana
2006
Osae
movieThe Book of the Dead
2005
Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)
movieAshura
2005
Tsubaki
tv一番大切な人は誰ですか？
2004
Nakamichi Toko
movieTony Takitani
2004
Konuma Eiko / Hisako
movieThe Face of Jizo
2004
Mitsue Fukuyoshi
tvMusashi
2003
Oshino
movieThe Twilight Samurai
2002
Tomoe Iinuma
movieKogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
2002
Fumiyo Yoshinaga
movieUtsutsu
2002
Ikuko Obara
moviePeony Pavilion
2001
Cui Hua
movieThe Cabbie
2000
Chuang Ching-wen
tvFood Fight
2000
Miyazono Saeka
tvGenroku Ryoran
1999
Aguri
tvPrecious Time
1998
Lisa Takimura
tvSMAP×SMAP
1996
Bistro Guest
movieSaiyūki
1993
三藏法师
movieBasara: The Princess Goh
1992
Princess Goh
movieDefeat the Devil!
1990
Maki Hoshigawa
tvTears of a Swan
1989
Mika Hazuki
movieSeven Days War
1988
Hitomi Nakayama