Machiko Ono | |
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尾野 真千子 | |
| Born | (1981-11-04)November 4, 1981 (age 44) Nishiyoshino,Nara Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Agent | Tom Company |
| Spouses | |
Machiko Ono (尾野 真千子,Ono Machiko; born November 4, 1981) is a Japanese actress.
Machiko Ono was born on November 4, 1981, in the small village ofNishiyoshino, Nara (now part ofGojō City), Nara Prefecture.[1] Her family consist of her mother, father, and three older sisters.[2]
Born in a rural area ofNara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film directorNaomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase'sSuzaku,[3] which earned the filmmaker theCamera d'Or at the 1997Cannes Film Festival.[4] Ono won the best actress award at theSingapore Film Festival for her role.[5] After appearing in films by directors such asShinji Aoyama,Akihiko Shiota,Nobuhiro Yamashita, andIsao Yukisada, Ono again starred in a Kawase film,The Mourning Forest, which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[6]
Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role inNHK'sAsadora entitledCarnation which began broadcasting in October 2011.[7]
In July 2015, Ono married an "ordinary man" who was eleven years her senior and was the managing director of the talent agencyLDH after dating for a year.[8] The marriage only lasted two years before divorcing in September 2017, citing "differences in lifestyle and personal values" that arose amidst her busy schedules.[9] In May 2021, she got remarried to a non-celebrity man, who is ten years her senior, again after only dating for a year.[10] The couple resides in the village ofNakijin,Okinawa.[10]
| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 萌の朱雀 Moe no Suzaku | Suzaku | Michiru | Lead role | |
| 2000 | Eureka | Eureka | Mikiko Sawai | ||
| 2004 | 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | |||
| 茶の味 | The Taste of Tea | ||||
| 2006 | ナイスの森~The First Contact~ | Funky Forest | Mīko | ||
| こおろぎ | Crickets | ||||
| 2007 | 殯の森 Mogari no mori | The Mourning Forest | Machiko | Lead role | |
| 2008 | クライマーズ・ハイ | Climber's High | Chizuko Tamaki | ||
| 2011 | 小川の辺 | Ogawa no Hotori | Ikuhisa | ||
| 2012 | 外事警察 | Gaiji Keisatsu | Hina Matsuzawa | ||
| のぼうの城 | The Floating Castle | Chiyo | |||
| 大奥〜永遠〜[右衛門佐・綱吉篇] | The Castle of Crossed Destinies | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | |||
| 2013 | 探偵はBARにいる2 ススキノ大交差点 | The Detective Is in the Bar 2 | Yumiko Kawashima | ||
| 謝罪の王様 | The Apology King | Misaki Ube | |||
| そして父になる | Like Father, Like Son | Midori Nonomiya | |||
| 2014 | ニシノユキヒコの恋と冒険 | Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken | Manami | ||
| 魔女の宅急便 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Osono | |||
| 2015 | 神様はバリにいる | Bali Big Brother | Shōko Terukawa | ||
| ソロモンの偽証 | Solomon's Perjury | Ryōko Nakahara | |||
| きみはいい子 | Being Good | Masami | |||
| 起終点駅 ターミナル | Kishūteneki Terminal | Saeko Yūki | |||
| 2016 | エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺 | Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki | Ryōko Kishi | ||
| TOO YOUNG TO DIE! 若くして死ぬ | Too Young To Die! | Naomi Kamei[11] | |||
| 後妻業の女 | Black Widow Business | Tomomi Nakase | |||
| ミュージアム | Museum | Haruka | |||
| 2017 | ブルーハーツが聴こえる | The Blue Hearts | |||
| いつまた、君と ~何日君再来~ | When Will You Return? | Tomoko Ashimura | Lead role | ||
| ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 | Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Harumi Tamura | |||
| 2018 | 素敵なダイナマイトスキャンダル | Dynamite Graffiti | Tomiko | ||
| クソ野郎と美しき世界 | Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai | ||||
| ちいさな英雄-カニとタマゴと透明人間 | Modest Heroes | Mama (voice) | |||
| 2019 | 台風家族 | The Stormy Family | Miyoko Suzuki | ||
| 影踏み | Shadowfall | Hisako Anzai | [12] | ||
| 2021 | ヤクザと家族 The Family | A Family | Yuka Kudō | [13] | |
| 明日の食卓 | Tomorrow's Dinner Table | Asumi | [14] | ||
| 茜色に焼かれる | A Madder Red | Ryōko Tanaka | Lead role | [15] | |
| 2022 | 20歳のソウル | Soul at Twenty | Keiko Asano | [16] | |
| ハケンアニメ! | Anime Supremacy! | Kayako Arishina | [17] | ||
| サバカン SABAKAN | Sabakan / Summer Days 1986 | [18] | |||
| こちらあみ子 | This Is Amiko | Amiko's mother | [19] | ||
| 千夜、一夜 | Thousand and One Nights | Nami | [20] | ||
| 2023 | PLASTIC | Plastic | [21] | ||
| 渇水 | The Dry Spell | Kazumi Iwakiri | [22] | ||
| おまえの罪を自白しろ | Confess to Your Crimes | Hatsumi Teranaka | [23] | ||
| 2024 | DitO | DitO | [24] | ||
| 2025 | おいしくて泣くとき | Taste and Tears | Yuka (30 years later) | [25] | |
| 新幹線大爆破 | Bullet Train Explosion | Yuko Kagami | [26] | ||
| 2026 | 仏師 | Busshi | Satomi Iida | [27] | |
| たしかにあった幻 | Yakushima's Illusion | Megumi | [28] | ||
| 鬼の花嫁 | The Ogre's Bride | Kosetsu Nadeshiko | [29] |
| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | いもたこなんきん | Imo Tako Nankin | Hanaoka Masae | Asadora | |
| 2008 | なでしこ隊 | Nadeshiko Tai | ? | ||
| 空飛ぶタイヤ | The Flying Tire | Sugimoto | |||
| 2009 | 火の魚 | Hi no Sakana | Orimi Tochiko | ||
| 外事警察 | Gaiji Keisatsu | Hina Matsuzawa | |||
| 警官の血 | The Policeman's Lineage | Kumiko Moriya | Miniseries | ||
| 2010 | マザー | Mother | Michiki Hitomi | ||
| ジョーカー 許されざる捜査官 | Joker: Yurusarezaru Sōsakan | Nezu Miyoko | |||
| ニセ医者と呼ばれて 〜沖縄・最後の医介輔〜 | They Call Me a Fake Doctor: The Last Nurse Practitioner | Nakazen Yumi | Television film | ||
| 2011 | 名前をなくした女神 | Namae o Nakushita Megumi | Anno Chihiro | ||
| カーネーション | Carnation | Ohara Itoko | Lead role;Asadora | [30] | |
| 2013 | 最高の離婚 | Matrimonial Chaos | Hamasaki Yuka | ||
| 夫婦善哉 | Meoto Zenzai | Chyouko | Lead role | ||
| 2014 | 極悪がんぼ | Gokuaku Ganbo | Kaoru Kanzaki | ||
| 2015 | フジコ | Fujiko | Fujiko Uehara | ||
| 2016 | はじめまして、愛しています。 | Hello, I Love You | Mina Umeda | Lead role | |
| 夏目漱石の妻 | Soseki Natsume and his Wife | Kyoko Nakane | Lead role | ||
| 狙撃 | Sogeki | Ryōko Kōzuki | Lead role; television film | ||
| 2018 | この世界の片隅に | In This Corner of the World | Keiko Kuromura | ||
| 2019 | 絶叫 | The Voice Calling Your Name | Youko Suzuki | Lead role; miniseries | |
| 2020–21 | 麒麟がくる | Awaiting Kirin | Iroha-dayū | Taiga drama | [31] |
| 2022 | すべて忘れてしまうから | Because We Forget Everything | F | [32] | |
| 2024 | 虎に翼 | The Tiger and Her Wings | Narrator | Asadora | [33] |
| 2024 | ライオンの隠れ家 | Light of My Lion | Aoi Tachibana | [34] | |
| 2025 | 阿修羅のごとく | Asura | Makiko | Lead role | [35] |
| トットの欠落青春記 | Totto no Ketsuraku Seishun-ki | Chō Kuroyanagi | Television film | [36] | |
| 2026 | 山田轟法律事務所 | Yamada-Todoroki Law Firm | Narrator | Single episode drama | [37] |