Emi Wakui

Emi Wakui
Native name	和久井 映見
Born	8 December 1970 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Agent	Alpha Agency
Known for	Ōoku Princess Toyotomi Robo-G Again
Spouse(s)	Masato Hagiwara (m. 1995; div. 2003)
Website	www.alpha-agency.com/artist/wakui.html

Emi Wakui (和久井 映見 Wakui Emi, born 8 December 1970 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actress.^[1][2] She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in Niji no hashi,^[3] and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Seiko Kawashima in Musuko.^[4]

Filmography

Film

• Beppin no Machi (1989)
• Shushoku Sensen Ijonashi (1991)
• My Sons (1991) – Seiko Kawashima
• Angel: Boku no Uta wa Kimi no Uta (1992)
• Niji no Hashi (1993)
• The Taste of Tea (2004)
• Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo (2004)
• School Wars: Hero (2004)
• Makoto (2005)
• Japan Sinks (2006)
• Tsubakiyama Kachō no Nanoka-Kan (2006)
• Sonotoki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku (2007)^[5]
• Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru (2009)^[6]
• Ōoku (2010)^[7]
• Princess Toyotomi (2011)^[8]
• Robo-G (2012)^[9]
• In the Hero (2014)^[10]
• Again (2015)^[11]

Television

• Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) – Nōhime
• Fumō Chitai (2009) – Yoshiko Iki
• Taira no Kiyomori (2012) – Ikenozenni^[12]
• The Last Cop (2015) – Kanako Suzuki^[13]
• The Emperor's Cook (2015) - Empress Teimei^[14]

References

1. 和久井映見のプロフィール [Emi Wakui's Profile] (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
2. 和久井映見 [Emi Wakui's Profile] (in Japanese). Yahoo Japan Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
3. 第 17 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
4. 第15回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
5. そのときは彼によろしく (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
6. 風が強く吹いている (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
7. 二宮和也と柴咲コウ出演の映画『大奥』の全出演者が決定！和久井映見、倍賞美津子ベテラン勢も (in Japanese). Cinematoday Inc. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
8. プリンセス トヨトミ (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
9. 映画 ロボジー. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
10. 映画 イン・ザ・ヒーロー. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
11. 映画 アゲイン 28年目の甲子園. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
12. "Female cast revealed for NHK's new taiga drama, Taira no Kiyomori". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
13. Hulu初のオリジナルドラマは唐沢寿明主演「THE LAST COP」。日テレでも今夏放送 (in Japanese). Impress Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
14. TBS official website (in Japanese)

External links

• Agent profile (Japanese)
• Emi Wakui at the Internet Movie Database