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Nanako Matsushima

Acting Born Oct 13, 1973 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子 Matsushima Nanako, born October 13, 1973 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also a main character in A Story of Love, where she starred next to Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Ryuji Takayama in Ring.

On February 21, 2001, she married Takashi Sorimachi who co-starred with her in Great Teacher Onizuka. They have two daughters together, born on May 31, 2004 and November 30, 2007.

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Full filmography

  • GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998) as Azusa Fuyutsuki
  • Emergency Room 24 Hours (1999) as 小島楓(こじま かえで) 演 - 松嶋菜々子
  • Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)
  • Anpan (2025) as Tomiko Yanai
  • BOYS OVER FLOWERS (2005) as Domyoji Tsubaki
  • Natsuzora (2019)
  • Ring (1998) as Reiko Asakawa
  • Toshiie and Matsu (2002) as Matsu
  • Himawari (1996) as Nozomi Minamida
  • Lucky Seven (2012) as Toko Fujisaki
  • When Marnie Was There (2014) as Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
  • I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper (2011) as Akari Mita
  • Beauty or Beast (2003)
  • Forbidden Love (1999) as Michi Hirose
  • Tower of Sand (2016) as Sasaki Yumiko
  • Ring 2 (1999) as Reiko Asakawa
  • Ice World (1999) as Egi Toko
  • Haha no Matsu Sato (2024)
  • Natsuko Kira (2016) as Natsuko Kira
  • Murder on the Orient Express (2015)
  • Nozaki Shuhei - Auditor of Bank (2018) as Shoko Tachikawa
  • The Third Finger Offered to a King (2023) as Nitta Shizuka
  • Perfect Woman (2000) as Jinno Sakurako
  • Neighbor Chikara (2022) as Yoriko Michio(道尾 頼子)