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Takako Matsu

Actor

Takako Matsu

Born June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan40 films

Takako Matsu is a Japanese actress and pop singer born on June 10, 1977. She gained widespread popularity in the late 1990s through hit TV dramas starring alongside Takuya Kimura, including the massive success Long Vacation (1996) and Love Generation (1997). These roles established her as a leading actress in television. She has received Best Actress awards multiple time in her career.

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Confessions posterFirst watchConfessions20107.6as Yuko MoriguchiDevastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Fireworks poster6.6Fireworks2017The Hidden Blade poster7.4The Hidden Blade2004April Story poster7.1April Story1998Brave Story poster6.4Brave Story2006It Comes poster6.4It Comes20189 Souls poster6.49 Souls2003

Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. TBANODA・MAP「兎、波を走る」
  2. 2026Nagi NotesYoriko Endo
  3. 2025大パルコ人⑤オカタイロックオペラ「雨の傍聴席、おんなは裸足…」
  4. 2025On Summer SandKeiko Koura
  5. 20251st KissKanna Suzuri
  6. 2025Slow TrainYoko Shibuya
  7. 2022The Zen DiaryMachiko
  8. 2022The Pass: Last Days of the SamuraiSuga
  9. 2021Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum
  10. 2020Suddenly Reading!
  11. 2020SwitchTsutaya Madoka
  12. 2020Last LetterYuri Kishibeno
  13. 2019Masquerade HotelYoko Katagiri
  14. 2018It ComesKotoko Higa
  15. 2018Hard-CoreBar woman
  16. 2018The Miracle of Crybaby ShottanYoshiko Kashimasawa
  17. 2017FireworksNazuna's Mother (voice)
  18. 2015HeroMaiko Amamiya
  19. 2015A Farewell to JinuAkiko Amano
  20. 2014The Little HouseTokiko Hirai
  21. 2012Dreams for SaleSatoko Ichizawa
  22. 2011SomedayMie Oi
  23. 2010ConfessionsYuko Moriguchi
  24. 2009Villon's WifeSachi
  25. 2008K-20: The Fiend with Twenty FacesYoko Hashiba
  26. 2007HeroMaiko Amamiya
  27. 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadMizue
  28. 2006HERO SPMaiko Amamiya
  29. 2006Brave StoryWataru Mitsuya (voice)
  30. 2006Suite DreamsHana Takemoto
  31. 2005Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu MuikaShinobu Yajima
  32. 2004The Hidden BladeKie
  33. 20039 SoulsYuki
  34. 2001Chûshingura 1/47Aguri (later Yozeiin)
  35. 2001明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
  36. 1998Love Generation Hong KongUesugi/Riko
  37. 1998April StoryUzuki Nireno
  38. 1997Tokyo Fair Weather
  39. 1997Love Song of the Old Capital
  40. 1997Because I Am Me