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Japan Today - Found Oct. 14, 2008 Many movie fans overseas got their first look at Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi as the troubled deaf-mute girl Chieko in the 2006 film Babel, for |
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Red Carpet Fashion Awards - Found Sep. 4, 2008 Rinko Kikuchi arrives at The Sky Crawlers premiere at the Sala Grande during the Venice Film Festival last night. Rinko proves a voice-over for ... |
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Grazia Magazine - Found Nov. 18, 2008 Here's Anne Hathaway, Sienna Miller and Rinko Kikuchi working the Chanel jacket in three very different ways: Lady-like chic, Boho glamour and... |
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Variety Asia Online - Found Nov. 10, 2008 Sideways.' The pic, which is already shooting on location in California's Napa Valley, stars Rinko Kikuchi ('Babel'), Kyoka Suzuki, Fumiyo... |
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Macro World Investor - Found Nov. 17, 2008 Voice talent: Ryo Kase, Rinko Kikuchi Why it would get nominated: The latest sci-fi spectacle from anime legend Mamoru Ishii ('Ghost in the... |
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Variety - Found Nov. 7, 2008 Rinko Kikuchi and Sergi Lopez will star in Isabel Coixet's 'Map of the Sounds of Tokyo,' the Spanish director's follow-up to Penelope Cruz starrer |
'Sideways' gets Japanese remake
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Variety - Found Nov. 6, 2008 Sideways.'The pic, which is already shooting on location in California's Napa Valley, stars Rinko Kikuchi ('Babel'), Kyoka Suzuki, Fumiyo... |
Rinko Kikuchi Biography
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- Yuriko Kikuchi redirects here. For the American dancer, see Yuriko (dancer).
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Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子 Kikuchi Rinko?), born Yuriko Kikuchi (菊池 百合子 Kikuchi Yuriko?), January 6, 1981) is a Japanese actress. She has been nominated for the Academy Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Golden Globe, and won the NBR Award and the CFCA Award. 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, since Miyoshi Umeki, who won in 1957 for Sayonara, died on August 27, 2007.
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Biography
Kikuchi was born in Minamigaoka,Hadano-City,Kanagawa-Prefacuture. 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-mute teenage girl, in a role for which she was critically acclaimed1 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 hypnotic, emotionally intense role in Babel has led to her being noticed by many international directors, such as Rian Johnson, auteur director of Brick. She will star in his next film, The Brothers Bloom, which will be her first fully English-language feature.
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.
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 for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2 Film nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture. |
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| 2007 | Zukan ni Nottenai Mushi3 | Satoshi Miki | a.k.a. The Bug That's Not in the Guide |
| 2008 | The Brothers Bloom4 | Rian Johnson | |
| The Sky Crawlers5 | Mamoru Oshii | Animated film |
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)
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 Role2 | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b c d "Midnight Eye interview: Rinko Kikuchi". Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ a b c "OSCAR.com - 79th Annual Academy Awards - Nomination". Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ "ANORE INC.". Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ "Brody and Kikuchi in Bloom - ComingSoon.net". Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
- ^ "Oshii Casts Oscar-Nominated Kikuchi for Sky Crawlers - Anime News Network". Retrieved on 2008-07-5.
External links
Bibliography
- Morris, Jerome C. "Exposed! Interview with Riko Kikuchi", in Asian Cult Cinema, #55.
Rinko Kikuchi Videos and Clips
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