| Yūko Nakamura | |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1975 |
| Occupation: | Actress |
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly (Hotaru) and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Masato Harada | |||
| 2000 | TRUTH : A STREAM | Higuchi Kaori | Masahiro Tsuchihashi | |
| 2001 | Firefly (Hotaru) | Ayako Mizusawa | Naomi Kawase | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Best Actress |
| 2003 | Rodeo Drive | Kana | Tadanori Kanou | |
| like a Desperado Under the Eaves' | Noriko | Shinji Aoyama | Short film for Jeonju International Film Festival | |
| Suicide Manual | Ricky | Fukutani Osamu | ||
| 2004 | Suicide Manual 2 | Ricky | Fukutani Osamu | |
| Hotel Water Moon | Ryotaro Kawahara | |||
| Bridge | Tadanori Kanou | |||
| Over Drive | Takefumi Tsutsui | |||
| Blood and Bones | Kiyoko Yamanashi | Yoichi Sai | ||
| 2005 | Ugoki, Hibiki, Hikari | Masahiro Tsuchihashi | ||
| DOUBLE SUICIDE ELEGY | Asami Tanaka | Ryo Kamei | ||
| The Samurai I Loved | Okimi | Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | ||
| In the Pool | Satoshi Miki | |||
| 2006 | I, my, me, mine. | Ayako | Kenichi Watanabe | |
| Akiba | Yuko | Yuichi Onuma | ||
| Colors | Kensaku Kakimoto | |||
| Strawberry Shortcakes | Akiyo | Hitoshi Yazaki | Yokohama Film Festival for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Yotsuya Kaidan | Yoko | Chihiro Ikeda | ||
| 2007 | AWAKING | Etsuko | Junji Sakamoto | |
| Welcome to the Quiet Room | Kurita | Suzuki Matsuo | ||
| 2008 | A Glass Play In Kobe | Haruka Kanzaki | Masahiro Tsuchihashi | |
| 2009 | Firefly (Hotaru) - Cannes film festival version | Ayako Mizusawa | Naomi Kawase | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for Best Actress |
| Kuhio Taisa | Michiko | Daihachi Yoshida | ||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Rinka | Yuji Nakae | ||
| Machiakari no mukou ni | Yukako | Aki Yamamoto | ||
| Visitors (segment "Koma") | Hatsuko | Naomi Kawase | Short film for Jeonju International Film Festival | |
| 2010 | Mitsue | Shinya Tsukamoto | ||
| TORSO | Michiko | Yutaka Yamazaki | ||
| BOX – THE HAKAMADA CASE | Hideko Hakamada | Banmei Takahashi | ||
| 2011 | Love and Treachery | Machiko | Hitoshi Yazaki | |
| Tada's Do-It-All House | Mari's mother | Tatsushi Ōmori | ||
| 2012 | Women on the Edge | Second daughter | Masahiro Kobayashi | |
| Ace Attorney | Sayuri Haine | Takashi Miike | ||
| Look Over Here, Momose | Miyazaki Tetsuko | Saiji Yakumo | ||
| 2013 | Strangers When We Meet | Yukiko Kawamura | Masahiro Kobayashi | Jeonju Digital Project 2013 |
| 2015 | Kamurobamura-e | Natsu | Suzuki Matsuo | |
| Good Strips | Sayoko Kudo | Yukiko Sode | ||
| Our Little Sister | Yoko Asano | Hirokazu Kore-eda | ||
| Fires on the Plain | Tamura's Wife | Shinya Tsukamoto | ||
| 2016 | Natsumi no Hotaru | Miyako | Ryūichi Hiroki | |
| The Sun | Junko Okudera | Yu Irie | ||
| RESPECT | Naomi Kawase | Short film | ||
| 2017 | Tomato no shizuku | Shinobu | Hideo Sakaki | |
| Amy Said | Naoko Iida | Taishi Muramoto | ||
| 2019 | Moonlit Winter | Jun | Lim Dae-hyung | |
| 2022 | Small, Slow But Steady | Sho Miyake | [2] | |
| 2023 | Egoist | Shizuko Saito | Daishi Matsunaga | [3] |
| 2024 | The Box Man | Gakuryū Ishii | [4] | |
| Worlds Apart | Minori Kōdai | Natsuki Seta | [5] | |
| Year | Title | Network | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dondo Bare (どんど晴れ) / Perfect Blue Sky | NHK | Kiyomi Ishihara |
| 2008 | Judge II (ジャッジII ～島の裁判官 奮闘記～) | NHK | |
| 2010-2011 | Carnation (カーネーション) | NHK | Kanako Yoshizawa (cancer patient) |
| 2013 | Henshin Interviewer no Yuuutsu (変身インタビュアーの憂鬱) / Transformation Interviewer's Depression | TBS | Manami Makabe |
| 2014 | Wakamono Tachi (若者たち2014) / All About My Siblings | Fuji TV | Shiho Nakagawa (ep.2-5) |
| 2015 | Mare | NHK | Shiori Okesaku |
| 2015 | Chanpon Tabetaka (ちゃんぽん食べたか) / I Want to Eat Nagasaki Champon Noodles | NHK | Kaori Mimura |
| 2015 | 64 (ロクヨン) | NHK | Murakushi |
| 2017 | Hokuto Aru Satsujinsha no Kaishin (北斗 ある殺人者の回心) / Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion | WOWOW | Misako Hashizume |
| 2017 | Deddo Sutokku~Michi e no Chosen (デッドストック～未知への挑戦～) / Dead Stock | TV Tokyo | |
| 2019 | Giri/Haji | BBC/Netflix | |