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Masami Nagasawa
Nagasawa in 2015
Born (1987-06-03) June 3, 1987 (age 37)
Iwata, Japan
Occupations
Years active2000–present
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
ParentKazuaki Nagasawa
Awards
Japanese name
Kanji長澤 まさみ
Hiraganaながさわ まさみ
Transcriptions
RomanizationNagasawa Masami

Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ, Nagasawa Masami, born June 3, 1987) is a Japanese actress and model. She won several awards, including a Japan Academy Prize, a Mainichi Film Award and a Blue Ribbon Award.

Career

Film

Nagasawa entered the film industry, winning the 5th "Toho Cinderella" competition, in which she competed with thousands of other 6th graders to appear in a Toho film.[1] Many of her early roles were in Toho films, including Crossfire, Yomigaeri, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., Godzilla: Final Wars, and Crying Out Love in the Center of the World. Nagasawa's performance in Crying Out Love in the Center of the World received both a Blue Ribbon Award[2] and a Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress.[3]

Nagasawa (left) at Japan Cuts 2012.

In 2007, she received a Japan Academy Prize nomination in the Best Actress category for her performance in the 2006 film Nada Sōsō (Tears for You).[4] After a string of less notable films, including Gunjo[5] and Magare Spoon!,[6] she starred in the 2011 film adaptation of Mitsurō Kubo's manga Moteki. Her performance in Moteki won Nagasawa a Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress,[7] and she was nominated for a Japan Academy Award in the Best Actress category.[8] That same year Nagasawa expanded into voice acting by providing the voice of character "Umi Matsuzaki" in the Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill.[9] In 2016 she provided the voice for the character "Miki Okudera" in the international hit Your Name.[10]

Nagasawa (second from right) at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Her live action films have also received international attention. Kiyoku Yawaku (Beyond the Memories), a live action adaptation of Ryo Ikuemi's manga series, was screened at the 17th annual Japanese Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia in 2013.[11] Umimachi Diary (Our Little Sister), a live action adaptation of Akimi Yoshida's manga, competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[12] In 2017 Nagasawa starred in the Kiyoshi Kurosawa film Before We Vanish, which competed in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[13] Her performance in Before We Vanish also received recognition in Japan, winning a Mainichi Film Award for Best Lead Actress,[14] and earning a nomination for a Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.[15]

In 2018, she starred in 50 First Kisses, a Japanese remake of the 2004 American film 50 First Dates.[16][17]

Television

Nagasawa starred in many Japanese television drama series. Early supporting roles in the 2002 NHK asadora Sakura and the 2005 TBS Television live action manga adaptation Dragon Zakura led to more TV work, including a leading role in the 2007 Fuji TV series Proposal Daisakusen (Operation Love). Her performance in Proposal Daisakusen (Operation Love) received the most votes in the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Actress category.[18]

After her initial success in television, Nagasawa continued to perform in both supporting and leading television drama roles. In 2009 she played a supporting role in the NHK taiga drama Tenchijin, and in 2010 she joined several other leading Japanese actors in the Fuji TV 50th anniversary mini-series Wagaya no Rekishi.[19] In 2012 her performance in the TV Asahi drama Toshi densetsu no onna won the 73rd Television Drama Academy Best Actress Award.[20] In 2013 she learned Chinese to play a leading role in the Taiwan Television adaptation of the manga series Chocolat.[21] Nagasawa returned to NHK in the 2016 taiga drama Sanada Maru.[22]

Personal life

Nagasawa lives in Meguro, Tokyo.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref(s)
2000 Crossfire Kaori Kurata Shusuke Kaneko
2001 Nagori Yuki Natsuho Mizuta Nobuhiko Obayashi
2003 Yomigaeri Naomi Morishita Akihiko Shiota
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS Shobijin Masaaki Tezuka
Robot Contest Satomi Hazawa Tomoyuki Furumaya Lead role
Like Asura Yōko Satomi Yoshimitsu Morita
2004 Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Aki Hirose Isao Yukisada Lead role
Breathe In, Breathe Out Kanako Doi Tetsuo Shinohara
Godzilla: Final Wars Shobijin Ryuhei Kitamura
2005 Touch Minami Asakura Isshin Inudo Lead role
2006 Rough Ami Ninomiya Kentarō Ōtani Lead role
Tears for You Kaoru Nobuhiro Doi Lead role
2007 Say Hello for Me Karin Takigawa/Suzune Morikawa Yūichirō Hirakawa Lead role
2008 Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess Princess Yuki Shinji Higuchi
La Maison en Petits Cubes Narrator Kunio Katō
2009 Cobalt Blue Ryoko Nakamura YŌsuke Nakagawa Lead role
Go Find a Psychic! Yone Sakurai Katsuyuki Motohiro Lead role
2011 Peak: The Rescuers Kumi Shiina Osamu Katayama
From Up on Poppy Hill Umi Matsuzaki (voice) Gorō Miyazaki Lead role
Moteki Miyuki Matsuo Hitoshi Ōne
I Wish Ms. Mimura Hirokazu Kore-eda
2013 Beyond the Memories Kanna Seto Takehiko Shinjō Lead role
The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians Kumi Teruyoshi Uchimura
2014 Wood Job! Naoki Ishii Shinobu Yaguchi [24]
The Crossing Part 1 Masako John Woo Chinese-Hong Kong film
2015 Our Little Sister Yoshino Kōda Hirokazu Kore-eda Lead role
I Am a Hero Yabu / Tsugumi Oda Shinsuke Sato
2016 Good Morning Show Keiko Ogawa Ryoichi Kimizuka
Gold Medal Man Ms. Sano Teruyoshi Uchimura
Your Name Miki Okudera (voice) Makoto Shinkai
2017 Reminiscence Minako Shikata Yasuo Furuhata
Gintama Tae Shimura Yūichi Fukuda
Before We Vanish Narumi Kase Kiyoshi Kurosawa Lead role
2018 The Lies She Loved Yukari Kawahara Kazuhito Nakae Lead role
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island Fiona (voice) Kazuaki Imai
50 First Kisses Rui Fujishima Yūichi Fukuda Lead role
Gintama 2 Tae Shimura Yūichi Fukuda
Bleach Masaki Kurosaki Shinsuke Sato
2019 Masquerade Hotel Naomi Yamagishi Masayuki Suzuki
Kingdom Yang Duan He Shinsuke Sato
The Confidence Man JP: The Movie Darko Akira Tanaka Lead role
2020 The Confidence Man JP: The Movie 2 Darko Akira Tanaka Lead role
Detective Chinatown 3 Anna Ozawa Chen Sicheng Chinese film
Mother Akiko Tatsushi Ōmori Lead role
2021 Shin Ultraman Shinji Higuchi

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
2001 Pure Soul Maru Seta YTC
2002 Sakura Kanako Numata NHK Asadora
2004 True Horror Story Mayu Morimoto Fuji TV
Runaway Onizuka Sari TBS
Mystery Theater: Satsujin Stunt Hitomi Takamizawa TV Asahi Guest
2005 Affectionate Time Azusa Minagawa Fuji TV
Dragon Zakura Naomi Mizuno TBS
Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika Maki Yajima TBS
2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Korin NHK Taiga drama
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Hoshi Izumi TBS Lead role
2007 Akechi Mitsuhide Tsumaki Hiroko Fuji TV TV movie
Romeo and Juliet Juliet Kihira NTV
The Reason Mama Cooks Miyuki Kouda Fuji TV Special appearance
Proposal Daisakusen Rei Yoshida Fuji TV Lead role
Butterfly Stroke in Ganges River Teruko Takano TV Asahi Lead role
20 Year Old Lover Sawada Yuri TBS Lead role
2008 Proposal Daikusen SP Rei Yoshida Fuji TV Lead role
Last Friends Michiru Aida Fuji TV Lead role
Galileo: Episode Zero Akari Shionoya Fuji TV
Fujiko F. Fujio no Parallel Space Nebumi Camera Takeko Wowow Lead role
2009 Tenchijin Hatsune NHK Taiga drama
Soka, Mo Kimi wa Inai no Ka Yōko TBS TV movie
My Sister Saya TBS Lead role
2010 Sotsu Uta Hitomi Tachibana Fuji TV Lead role
Wagaya no Rekishi Yukari Ichinose Fuji TV Mini-series
Gold Rika Fuji TV
2012 Bunshin Mariko/Futaba/Akiko Wowow Lead role
I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective Tsukiko Otonashi TV Asahi Lead role
High School Entrance Exam Kyōko Haruyama Fuji TV Lead role
2013 I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective 2 Tsukiko Otonashi TV Asahi Lead role
Chocolat Chie Tatsumi Gala TV Lead role
Summer Nude Kasumi Ichikura Fuji TV
2014 All About My Siblings Takako Yashiro Fuji TV
2016 Sanada Maru Kiri NHK Taiga drama
2018 The Confidence Man JP Darko Fuji TV Lead role

Japanese dub

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2017 Sing Ash [25]

Stage

  • Crazy Honey (2011, Parco Theater)

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Reff
2004 25th Yokohama Film Festival Best New Talent Like Asura, Robot Contest Won [26]
2005 29th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Herself Won [27]
47th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actress Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Won [2]
28th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actress Won [3]
Popularity Award Winner Won
2007 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Actress Proposal Daisakusen Nominated [18]
30th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Tears for You Nominated [4]
2012 54th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actress Moteki Won [7]
35th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Nominated [8]
VoCE Beauty Awards The Best Beauty of The Year Won [28]
11th New York Asian Film Festival Star Asia Rising Star Award Love Strikes Won [29]
Television Drama Academy Awards Best Actress Toshi Densetsu no Onna Won [19]
2018 72nd Mainichi Film Awards Best Lead Actress Before We Vanish Won [14]
41st Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Nominated [15]
2019 44th Hochi Film Award Best Actress Masquerade Hotel, The Confidence Man JP: The Movie Won
32nd Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting Actress Masquerade Hotel, Kingdom Nominated
2020 62nd Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actress The Confidence Man JP: The Movie Won
Best Supporting Actress Masquerade Hotel, Kingdom Nominated
43rd Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actress Kingdom Won

References

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