Rie Miyazawa

Life and career

Miyazawa was born in Tokyo to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother Mitsuko Miyazawa.{{cite news |title=Japan grapples with broken sumo romance |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/01/27/Japan-grapples-with-broken-sumo-romance/5221728110800/ |work=UPI |via=UPI Archives

Miyazawa gained notoriety in 1991 with the publication of a fine art nude photography book, Santa Fe, and even more publicity in 1992 with her engagement to sumo star Takanohana. The engagement was called off in 1993. In September 1994 she cut her wrists with a broken glass in what she described as an "accident" and which some reports characterized as a suicide attempt. Miyazawa continued to pursue her career as an actress, including a performance in Kon Ichikawa's movie 47 Ronin that year. But the following February she pulled out of the drama Kura and in November backed out of the musical Kyote.

In early 1996 Miyazawa moved to Coastal California, but by May she was back on TV reporting from the Cannes Film Festival and later that year she appeared in two TV dramas: Hanayome Kaizoebito and Kyosokyoku. In 1997 she made Mikeneko Homes (tasogare) Hoteru and also appeared on stage.

In 2001, Miyazawa won the Best Actress Award at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival by portraying a Chinese Kunqu performer in the Hong Kong film Peony Pavilion, directed by Yonfan. Then in 2002, she starred alongside Hiroyuki Sanada in Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight Samurai), the year's hit movie that won numerous awards at home, including ones for the lead actors, and was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. In 2003 she played the role of Oshino in the NHK TV series Musashi.

Tony Takitani (2004) — an adaptation of a short story by the bestselling author Haruki Murakami — received critical acclaim, with Miyazawa playing two roles alongside Issey Ogata. The film, which was entered at the Sundance Film Festival, has been described as "a perfectly controlled minimalist film masterpiece". In 2005, she starred as Tsubaki in Ashurajō no Hitomi (あしゅらじょう の ひとみ), which is a movie adaptation of a 16th-century play.

Most recently, Miyazawa received the 40th Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress for her performance in Her Love Boils Bathwater.

Personal life

On February 13, 2009, Miyazawa announced to the public that she was six months pregnant and would soon marry the child's father, reported to be Hiroyuki Nakatsu, an ex-pro surfer from Hawaii turned entrepreneur. On May 20, 2009, in Tokyo she gave birth to a baby girl.

On March 23, 2016, Miyazawa announced that her divorce from Nakatsu has been finalized.

On March 16, 2018, she married Go Morita from the band V6.

Filmography

Film

• Seven Days' War (1988), Hitomi Nakayama
• Who Do I Choose? (1989)
• Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)
• Erotic Liaisons (1992)
• Kin chan no Cinema Jack II : Light of Firefly (1994)
• 47 Ronin (1994)
• Tenshu monogatari (1995)
• The Cabbie (2000)
• Peony Pavilion (2001)
• Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project (2001)
• Utsutsu (2002)
• The Twilight Samurai (2002)
• The Face of Jizo (2004)
• Tony Takitani (2004)
• Ashurajō no Hitomi (2005)
• The Book of the Dead (2005), Lady (voice)
• Hana (2006)
• The Invitation from Cinema Orion (2007)
• Dreaming Awake (2008)
• Haha Shan no Komoriuta (2009)
• Gelatin Silver Love (2009)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)
• Pale Moon (2014), Rika Umezawa
• Too Young to Die! (2016)
• Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
• No Longer Human (2019)
• Seven Days War (2019), Hitomi Nakayama (voice)
• Independence of Japan (2020), Masako Shirasu
• The Sunday Runoff (2022), Yumi Kawashima
• I Am Makimoto (2022), Miharu Imae
• The Moon (2023), Yoko Dojima
• Phoenix Reminiscence of Flower (2023), Romi (voice)
• The Last Man: The Movie – First Love (2025), Nagisa Ivanova
• Numb (2026), Aki

Television

• Kasuga no Tsubone (1989), young Ohatsu
• Taiheiki (1991), Fujiyasha
• Tokyo Elevator Girl (1992)
• Kita no Kuni kara: Himitsu (1995)
• Concerto (1996)
• Kita no Kuni kara: Jidai (1998)
• Genroku Ryōran (1999), Yōzen-in
• Kita no Kuni kara: Yuigon (2002)
• Gō (2011), Yodo-dono
• Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru (2014)
• Sherlock Holmes (2014 puppetry in which she voices Irene Adler)
• North Light (2020), Yukari Murakami
• The Naked Director Season 2 (2021), Ms. Takamiya
• The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Lady Maki
• Phoenix: Eden17 (2023), Romi (voice)
• Asura (2025), Tsunako
• Human Specimens (2025), Rumi Ichinose
• Queen of Mars (2025), Takima Suzuki

Japanese dub

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), Madellaine
• Oceans (2009), Narrator

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Stage

• Gypsy (1991)
• Kaijin Bessō (1994)
• Tenshu monogatari (1994, 1996)
• Furu-amerika ni Sode wa Nurasaji (1994)
• Tezuka's Ancestor Dr. Ryoan (1998)
• Rainbow Parakeet (2000)
• The Tale of Genji (2000)
• The Kiss of an Invisible Man (2004)
• Rope (2006–07)
• Dorakuru－God Fearing Dracul (2007)
• A Doll's House (2008)
• Piper (2009)
• The Character (2010)

Awards

• A Doll's House
  • Yomiuri Theater Award—Best Actress
• Rope
  • The 41st Kinokuniya Stage Award—Individual Award
• Art Encouragement Prize for 2004—from Agency for Cultural Affairs
• • The Face of Jizō*
  • Blue Ribbon Award—Best Actress
  • Kinema Junpo Awards—Best Actress
  • Yamaji Fumiko Award—Best Actress
• • The Kiss of an Invisible Man*
  • Yomiuri Theater Award—Best Actress
• • Twilight Samurai*
  • Japan Academy Award—Best Actress
  • Blue Ribbon Award—Best Supporting Actress
  • Nikkan Sports Movie Award—Best Actress
  • Kinema Junpo Awards—Best Actress
  • Mainichi Film Concours—Best Supporting Actress
  • Hochi Film Award—Best Actress
• Utsutsu
  • Kinema Junpo Awards—Best Actress
  • Blue Ribbon Award—Best Supporting Actress
• Peony Pavilion
  • Moscow International Film Festival—Best Actress
• Seven Days' War
  • Japan Academy Award—Best New Actor
  • Nikkan Sports Movie Award—Best New Talent
• Who Do I Choose?
  • Nikkan Sports Film Award—Best New Talent

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