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Kumiko Asô(I)

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Kumiko Asô
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo.
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Masquerade Night (2021)
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Born Hiramaru Kumiko in Chiba Prefecture's Sanbu-gun (now separated into Sanmushi and rural Sanbu-gun), which is next door to Narita, Japan on the 17th of June 1978, Kumiko Aso began her film career with 1995's Bad Guy Beach despite a lack of interest in acting at the time. It was 1998's Dr. Akagi, which introduced her to a wide audience in Japan. She garnered Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress for this film. Ironically, her manager had sent her to this movie's auditions and Kumiko would claim later she was not even sure what she was auditioning for. Either way, this film would not be the last, which would accord her an award. She had initially aimed to become a pop star and had sent an application for an audition. She participated in a Japanese schoolgirl audition for the Young Jump weekly magazine, which she won in 1995. She has become a well-known actress, model and product representative in her native country. Aso has also starred in a couple of Kiyoshi Kurosawa films, had a cameo in the cult film Tenten and became a stalker in Moteki, by which time she had cut her hair for an older look. Earlier she had expanded her horizons and played a leading role as an Iranian-Japanese in the 2007 Iranian film Hafez. She had contemplated quitting acting in 2006, but persisted in the profession because she enjoyed her time in Jiko Keisatsu TV serial. She married stylist Daisuke Iga in late 2007 after dating for four years and gave birth to their daughter in 2012. She gave birth to a boy in 2016. She cites reading manga as a hobby. She is signed to the Breath talent agency.
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Kumiko Asô and Yûsuke Iseya in Casshern (2004)

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Pulse (2001)
Pulse
6.5
  • Michi Kudo
  • 2001
Kumiko Asô and Akira Emoto in Dr. Akagi (1998)
Dr. Akagi
7.2
  • Sonoko Mannami
  • 1998
Rena Tanaka in Yûnagi no machi sakura no kuni (2007)
Yûnagi no machi sakura no kuni
7.2
  • Minami Hirano
  • 2007
Samurai Resurrection (2003)
Samurai Resurrection
5.1
  • Clara Oshina
  • 2003

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Actress

  • Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)
    Lonely Castle in the Mirror
    • (voice)
  • Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)
    Yes, I Can't Swim
  • Tonbi (2022)
    Tonbi
  • Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou (2021)
    Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou
  • Takuya Kimura and Masami Nagasawa in Masquerade Night (2021)
    Masquerade Night
  • Ano Toki Kiss Shite Okeba (2021)
    Ano Toki Kiss Shite Okeba
  • MIU404 (2020)
    MIU404
  • Beautiful - The Woman Who Met with God (2019)
    Beautiful - The Woman Who Met with God
  • Kumiko Asô and Joe Odagiri in Prescription Police (2006)
    Prescription Police
  • The Wonderland (2019)
    The Wonderland
    • (voice)
  • Ichigo no uta (2019)
    Ichigo no uta
  • Tonde Saitama (2019)
    Tonde Saitama
  • Takayuki Yamada and Masaki Suda in Dele (2018)
    Dele
  • Sumiko Fuji, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Jun'ichi Okada, Hirofumi Arai, and Haru Kuroki in Samurai's Promise (2018)
    Samurai's Promise
  • LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! (2018)
    LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!

Soundtrack

  • Urutora mirakuru rabu sutôrî (2009)
    Urutora mirakuru rabu sutôrî

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Official Trailer
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Official Trailer
Trailer [EN]
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Trailer [EN]
The Boy and the Beast
Trailer 1:36
The Boy and the Beast
The Boy and the Beast
Trailer 1:38
The Boy and the Beast
The Boy and the Beast
Trailer 2:08
The Boy and the Beast
Wolf Children
Trailer 2:34
Wolf Children
Kaidan
Trailer 1:14
Kaidan
Samurai Resurrection
Trailer 1:42
Samurai Resurrection
Red Shadow: Aka Kage
Trailer 1:48
Red Shadow: Aka Kage
Casshern
Trailer 1:00
Casshern

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    • June 17, 1978
    • Sanbu-gun, Chiba, Japan
    • Daisuke IgaDecember 28, 2007 - present

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