Kimiko Yo
Acting
Born May 12, 1956 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour…
Known For · 40 titles
The Naked Director
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Half Blue Sky
Churasan
Into the White Night
Dangerous Detective
Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
Shin Godzilla
Straight to Hell
Atsuhime
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Back of Father
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
Sanctuary
Hakusen Nagashi
The Files of Young Kindaichi
Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
Sheep in the Box
Say You Love Me
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
dele
Departures
Affectionate Time
Just One Love
Bambino!
Evil People
Dear Father
Trillion Game
Parasyte: Part 1
Shinjuku Field Hospital
Love Story
Usotoki Rhetoric
Worst by Chance
The Gift of Your Heart
Concerto
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
Parasyte: Part 2
Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire
Dangerous Relationship