Kaori Momoi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-04-08 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Kaori Momoi

Biography

Kaori Momoi  (桃井 かおり, Momoi Kaori, born April 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Momoi was born in Tokyo, and at the young age of 12 traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years she returned to Tokyo, later graduating from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's Ai Futatabi (To Love Again) beginning a career that has already spanned 35 years and over 60 films. As an actress, she has worked with some of the most notable films directors in Japan, including Akira Kurosawa (Kagemusha, 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (Seishun no Satetsu, 1974), Yoji Yamada...

Acting

2005

2006

Love and Honor

as Ine Hatano

1977

1980

Kagemusha

as Otsuyanokata

2004

Izo

as Saya

1997

2000

Crossfire

as Chikako Ishizu, the Detective

2004

1976

The Youth Killer

as Ikuko Ishikawa

2005

The Sun

as Empress Kojun

2012

Helter Skelter

as Hiroko Tada

1974

Bitterness of Youth

as Tomiko Ohashi

2012

Emperor

as Mitsuko Kajima

1996

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

as Fujimoto's mother

1979

1997

Tokyo Lullaby

as Tami Ohsawa

1982

Kidnapping Blues

as Young Girl's Mother

2000

The Island Tales

as Marianne

2014

Oh Lucy!

as Setsuko / Lucy

1996

1995

The Girl of Silence

as Akemi Tanaka

2007

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

as the President of Toraoh

2017

Tales of Mexico

as Esperanza

1989

READY! LADY

as Moeko

1982

Suspicion

as Kumako Onizawa

2009

1981

Why Not?

as Ine

1973

1981

The Woman Next Door

as Sachiko Tokizawa

2011

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

as (segment "Heartquake")

1982

1988

The Yen Family

as Noriko Kimura

1984

Main Theme

as Kayoko Ise

2017

1988

Tomorrow

as Tsuruko Miura

1975

1988

Love Bites Back

as Chikako Koga

2017

Magic Kimono

as Keiko

1987

Hawaiian Dream

as Reiko Caine

1977

1980

Until Evening

as Sugiko Emori

1979

Heaven Sent

as Sayoko Morisaki

2019

Get to the Punchline

as Grandmother

1990

Ready to Shoot

as Ritsuko

1997

2015

Candy Boys

as Narrator (voice)

2016

Hee

as Azusa

2009

Dance, Subaru!

as Isuzu Hibino

2003

Like Asura

as Toyoko Masukawa

2020

I Never Shot Anyone

as Hikaru Tamayodo

2009

Production

2016

Hee

as Editor

2016

Hee

as Screenplay

1991

Goaisatsu

as Director

2016

Hee

as Director

2006

2006

2016

Hee

as Costume Design

2016

Hee

as Art Direction

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