Cast

Yû Aoi

1985

Active years (films on this site)

2001–2025

Genres

DramaComedyActionRomanceWar

Schools and movements

Contemporary Asian CinemaJ-HorrorAnimation and Puppet Film

Biography

Yu Aoi is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula dancing film Hula Girls and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the Honey and Clover manga series.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer 2006
• Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress 2007
• Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 2007

Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)

• 2007 · Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Actress (Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress)

Directors worked with

Yoji Yamada5 filmsShunji Iwai4 filmsKeishi Otomo2 filmsJunya Satō1 filmKatsuhiro Otomo1 filmTakashi Koizumi1 filmSang-il Lee1 filmTakeshi Koike1 filmKazuya Shiraishi1 filmShinya Tsukamoto1 filmRyota Nakano1 filmTetsuya Mariko1 filmJoe Odagiri1 filmKiyoshi Kurosawa1 film

22 films on this site

1. All About Lily Chou-Chou 2001 · Shunji Iwai · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
2. Hana & Alice 2004 · Shunji Iwai · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
3. Yamato 2005 · Junya Satō · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
4. Mushishi 2006 · Katsuhiro Otomo · IMDb 6.0 · Cast
5. Best Wishes for Tomorrow 2007 · Takashi Koizumi · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
6. Hula Girls 2007 · Sang-il Lee · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
7. Redline 2009 · Takeshi Koike · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
8. About Her Brother 2010 · Yoji Yamada · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
9. Vampire 2011 · Shunji Iwai · IMDb 5.2 · Cast
10. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins 2012 · Keishi Otomo · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
11. Tokyo Family 2013 · Yoji Yamada · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
12. The Murder Case of Hana & Alice 2015 · Shunji Iwai · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
13. What a Wonderful Family! 2016 · Yoji Yamada · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
14. Birds Without Names 2017 · Kazuya Shiraishi · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
15. What a Wonderful Family! 2 2017 · Yoji Yamada · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
16. Killing 2018 · Shinya Tsukamoto · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
17. A Long Goodbye 2019 · Ryota Nakano · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
18. From Miyamoto to You 2019 · Tetsuya Mariko · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
19. They Say Nothing Stays the Same 2019 · Joe Odagiri · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
20. Wife of a Spy 2020 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
21. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final 2021 · Keishi Otomo · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
22. Tokyo Taxi 2025 · Yoji Yamada · IMDb 7.2 · Cast