Rinko Kikuchi
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| Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子 Kikuchi Rinko) |
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| Born | Yuriko Kikuchi January 6, 1981 Hadano, Japan |
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Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子 Kikuchi Rinko), born Yuriko Kikuchi (菊地 百合子 Kikuchi Yuriko), January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories, since Miyoshi Umeki, who won in 1957 for Sayonara.
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[edit] Life
Kikuchi was born in Minamigaoka, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture. She debuted in 1999 under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo-directed film Ikitai (生きたい).[1] Soon after, in 2001, she starred in the acclaimed Kazuyoshi Komuri-directed film Sora no Ana (空の穴), which was featured across several international film festivals, including the Rotterdam Film Festival.[1] In 2004, she appeared in the critically acclaimed Katsuhito Ishii-directed film Cha no Aji (茶の味), which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.[1]
In 2006, she appeared in the critically-acclaimed Alejandro González Iñárritu-directed film Babel, where she played Chieko Wataya, a deaf teenage girl, in a role for which she was critically acclaimed[1] and nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[2] She won several, such as the National Board of Review Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance (tying with Jennifer Hudson) and the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough. Kikuchi is also the fifth actress in Academy Award history to be nominated for an award for a role in which they do not speak a word. (The others were Jane Wyman, Patty Duke, Holly Hunter, and Samantha Morton.) Her emotionally intense role in Babel has led to her being noticed by many international directors, such as Rian Johnson, auteur director of Brick. She starred in his second film, 2009's The Brothers Bloom, which was her first fully English-language feature. Though she plays a main character, she only speaks three words in the film; her character is said to only know three words of English.
She was mentioned in an episode of the TV show Robot Chicken on the Adult Swim network in a parody of the popular movie-themed Lego play sets.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1999 | Ikitai | Kaneto Shindo | a.k.a. Will to Live |
| 2000 | Sanmon Yakusha | Kaneto Shindo | |
| Akai Shibafu | Mieko Umeuchi | a.k.a. Red lawn | |
| 2001 | Paradice | Tatsuya Moriyama | a.k.a. Paradise |
| Sora no Ana | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | a.k.a. Hole of Sky | |
| DRUG | Hiroshi Sugawara | ||
| 2002 | Hachigatsu no Maboroshi | Kosuke Suzuki | a.k.a.Mirage of August |
| 2003 | Jyunanasai | Hoka Kinoshita | a.k.a. Seventeen |
| 2004 | Tori | Tadanobu Asano | |
| Cha no Aji | Katsuhito Ishii | a.k.a. The Taste of Tea | |
| 69 sixty nine | Sang-il Lee | ||
| Survive Style 5+ | Gen Sekiguchi, Taku Tada | ||
| Riyū | Nobuhiko Obayashi | ||
| 2005 | Tagatameni | Taro Hyugaji | |
| 2006 | Nice no Mori: The First Contact | Katsuhito Ishii, Shunichiro Miki, Hajime Ishimine (ANIKI) | |
| Warau Daitenshi Michael | Issei Oda | aka Archangels | |
| Babel | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[2] Film nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture Non-speaking Role |
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| 2007 | Zukan ni Nottenai Mushi[3] | Satoshi Miki | a.k.a. The Bug That's Not in the Guide |
| 2008 | The Brothers Bloom[4] | Rian Johnson | Non-speaking role |
| The Sky Crawlers[5] | Mamoru Oshii | Animated film | |
| 2009 | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Isabel Coixet | |
| 2010 | Shanghai | In post-production | |
| Norwegian Wood | Tran Anh Hung | Naoko |
[edit] Television
- Bakayaro! Special 2 (1999)
- Kawaii dakeja Dame kashira (ANB) (1999)
- Chura-san (NHK) (2001)
- The private detective Mike Hama (YTV) #1 (2002)
- Uchu ni Ichiban Chikai basho (2003)
- Ai to Shihonshugi (WOWOW) (2003)
[edit] Awards and nominations
| Year | Group | Award | Result | Film |
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| 2006 | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Award | Won | Babel |
| Best Ensemble Cast | Won | |||
| National Board of Review | Best Breakthrough Performance - Female | Won | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Most Promising Performer | Nominated | |||
| 2007 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Golden Globes | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
| Academy Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role[2] | Nominated |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Midnight Eye interview: Rinko Kikuchi". http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/rinko_kikuchi.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ a b c "OSCAR.com - 79th Annual Academy Awards - Nomination". http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=detail&nominee=KikuchiRinkoActressSupportingRoleNominee. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ "ANORE INC.". http://www.anore.co.jp/index_english.html. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ "Brody and Kikuchi in Bloom - ComingSoon.net". http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=18762. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ "Oshii Casts Oscar-Nominated Kikuchi for Sky Crawlers - Anime News Network". http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-16/oshii-casts-oscar-nominated-kikuchi-for-sky-crawlers. Retrieved on 2008-07-05.
[edit] External links
[edit] Bibliography
- Morris, Jerome C. "Exposed! Interview with Riko Kikuchi", in Asian Cult Cinema, #55.
