Youki Kudoh
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: January 17, 1971
Place of Birth: Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
The Chronicle
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.
Psycho Doctor
Memoirs of a Geisha
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.
Undeclared
College freshman Steve Karp, his girlfriend and their fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.
Mystery Train
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.
Granny Gabai
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.
Masters of Horror
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
Delinquent Teenagers Who Can't Cut Cake
Kodaira Megumi is a normal 17-year-old girl who attends a public high school in Tokyo. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't study, and people around her say she's unmotivated. In fact, her IQ is 76. Although she does not have an intellectual disability (IQ less than 70), she falls under "borderline intelligence", which is below average. People with borderline intelligence are said to make up 14% of the population, which equates to 5 people in a class of 35 people. Megumi has been left behind by society as she is forced to compete in the same arena as people of average intelligence. Then, due to a certain mistake, a child becomes pregnant and a tragedy occurs.
Imprint
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.
Blood: The Last Vampire
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.
Filmography
as Sumire Mashiba
as Senpai (voice)
as Nellie Jones
as Rie Ota
as Saeko
as Satoko's mother
as Mikami Mayumi
as Junko
as Toyo
as Molecules
as Kimiko Kujo
as Dragon Lady
as Mother
as Woman
as Pumpkin
as Woman
as Kinue Nagai
as Nami Okino
as Kikuki
as Mina Shen
as Saya (voice)
as Hatsue Miyamoto
as Midori
as Riyo
as Yukari Hanafusa / Sakiko
as Mitsuko
as Shinko Terazawa
as Yuko
as Fumi
as Inoue Yumiko
as Fusae Saotome
as Rie Takami
as Erika Kobayashi