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Emi Wakui

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Emi Wakui

Born December 8, 1970 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan46 films

Emi Wakui is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in Rainbow Bridge, and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Seiko Kawashima in My Sons.

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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas posterFirst watchI Want to Eat Your Pancreas20188.2as Sakura's Mother (voice)After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.View film

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The Taste of Tea poster7.5The Taste of Tea2004

Filmography

46 films as actor
  1. 2026Double Edge: The Returned郡司真由希
  2. 2023Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love
  3. 2023Deadly Professional 2023Okiku no Hanagoten
  4. 2022Radiation House: The MovieNagisa Omori
  5. 2022Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022Hanagoten no Okiku
  6. 2021The Night Beyond the Tricornered WindowNoriko Mikado
  7. 2020God of Novels
  8. 2020必殺仕事人2020
  9. 2019Strawberry Song
  10. 2019必殺仕事人2019
  11. 2018I Want to Eat Your PancreasSakura's Mother (voice)
  12. 2018必殺仕事人2018
  13. 2017Last Cop the MovieKanako Suzuki
  14. 2016必殺仕事人2016
  15. 2015必殺仕事人2015
  16. 2015AgainYuko Tachihara
  17. 2014Boat to the MoonRio Mizusawa
  18. 2014必殺仕事人2014
  19. 2013必殺仕事人2013
  20. 2012Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
  21. 2012Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen
  22. 2012Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012Hanagoten no Okiku
  23. 2012Robo-GSaitou Harue
  24. 2011Princess Toyotomi
  25. 2010The Lady Shogun and Her MenHisamichi Kanou
  26. 2010Hissatsu shigotonin 2010
  27. 2010Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
  28. 2009Anmitsu Hime 2
  29. 2008The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
  30. 2008Nadeshiko Tai
  31. 2008Anmitsu HimeTencha
  32. 2007Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007Hanagoten no Okiku
  33. 2006Tsubakiyama's Send BackMaya
  34. 2006Japan SinksKaori Onodera
  35. 2005MAKOTO
  36. 2004School Wars: HeroEtsuko Yamagami
  37. 2004The Taste of TeaNarrator (voice)
  38. 2004Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo
  39. 1995Birthday Present
  40. 1993Rainbow Bridge
  41. 1992Nurses and DoctorsAsako Takagi
  42. 1992Angel, My Song Is Your Song
  43. 1991My SonsSeiko Kawashima
  44. 1991All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
  45. 1990Tigers Memorial Club Band: My Summer, and Our Summer
  46. 1989Beppin TownMachiko Nakajima