Kou Shibasaki Filmography

Born:: August 5, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:: Actor

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Actors: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Kou Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Shinagawa, Ikkei Watanabe

Synopsis: This postmodern mystery-thriller from director Hiroshi Nishitani embodies a big-screen cinematization of the popular Japanese television series Galileo. Shinichi Tsutsumi stars as Ishigami Tetsuya, a brilliant but eccentric mathematician-cum-high school science teacher who develops a crush on the Read More

2008
Dororo

Actors: Kou Shibasaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki

Synopsis: A fierce woman warrior joins a wandering demon hunter on his quest to recover the missing body parts and regain his natural form in director Akihiko Shiota's adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's popular manga of the same name. Years ago, malevolent ruler Daigo Kagemitsu promised to deliver his unborn son Read More

1/27/07
Maiko Haaaan!!!

Actors: Sadawo Abe, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kou Shibasaki, Saori Koide

Synopsis: From director Nibou Mizuta comes this high energy comedy focusing on the story of Kimihiko Onizuka (Sadao Abe), a nerdy businessman that drops his normal place in society in order to indulge in the pleasures of the strip baseball with a Geisha. Things get a bit complicated when a professional Read More

2007
One Missed Call

Actors: Kou Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Renji Ishibashi, Goro Kishitani

Synopsis: Visionary horror film director Takashi Miike delivers a typically stylish and idiosyncratic scare-fest with this thriller. Yumi Nakamura (Kou Shibasaki) is a mildly paranoid young woman whose good friend, Yoko, receives a strange and mysterious call on her cell phone. The phone's read-out says Read More

4/22/05
The House of Himiko

Actors: Kou Shibasaki, Jô Odagiri, Min Tanaka, Hidetoshi Nishijima

2005
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Actors: Takao Osawa, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Moriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Synopsis: Isao Yukisada directed and co-wrote this romantic melodrama, based on a best-selling novel by Katayama Kyoichi. A typhoon is approaching town when Ritsuko (Kou Shibasaki, who also starred in director Yukisada's Go) discovers a mysterious old cassette tape that leads her to abruptly abandon her Read More

2005
Go

Actors: Yosuke Kubozuka, Kou Shibasaki, Shinobu Otake, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Hirofumi Arai

Synopsis: Isao Yukisada spins this gritty coming-of-age tale about Sugihara (Yosuke Kubozuka), a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean who struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him. The film begins with Sugihara studying at a Korean junior high school that is dedicated to memory of Read More

2002
Drive

Actors: Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kou Shibasaki, Ren Osugi, Masanobu Ando, Susumu Terajima

Synopsis: In Sabu's Drive, a group of bank robbers ends up in a panic when their driver, Mickey (Toshio Kakei), double-crosses them, taking off with all the loot and leaving them stranded. Meanwhile, Asakuru (Shinichi Tsutsumi of Sabu's Postman Blues) has just seen the doctor about his debilitating tension Read More

2002
Battle Royale

Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Kou Shibasaki

Synopsis: In a future where society is on the verge of collapse, the government takes drastic action against the problem of rebellious teenagers in this violent sci-fi opus from Japan. In the year 2002, Japan's economy has taken a dramatic turn for the worse, and massive unemployment and inflation have Read More

2001