Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani
Native name	中谷 美紀
Born	12 January 1976 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1991-present

Miki Nakatani (中谷 美紀 Nakatani Miki, born 12 January 1976) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is most known for her appearance in Ring.

Biography

Nakatani starred in Hideo Nakata's Chaos.^[1] She co-starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film Loft with Etsushi Toyokawa.^[2] She won the Best Actress award at the 31st Hochi Film Award for Memories of Matsuko in 2006.^[3]

Nakatani appeared in François Girard's Silk.^[4] She co-starred in Isshin Inudo's Zero Focus with Ryoko Hirosue and Tae Kimura.^[5]

Filmography

Film

• Berlin (1995) - Kyoko
• Daishitsuren (1995)
• Ring (1998) - Mai Takano
• Rasen (1998) - Mai Takano
• Ring 2 (1999) - Mai Takano
• Chaos (2000) - Satomi Tsushima
• Keizoku (2000) - Jun Shibata
• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) - Nui
• River of First Love (2004) - Satuki Kato
• The Hotel Venus (2004) - Wife
• Rikidozan (2004) - Aya
• Thirty Lies or So (2004) - Takarada
• Train Man (2005) - Hermes
• Loft (2005) - Reiko Hatuna
• Dead Run (2005) - Akane
• Memories of Matsuko (2006) - Matsuko Kawajiri
• Christmas on July 24th Avenue (2006) - Sayuri Honda
• Silk (2007) - Madame Blanche
• Happy Ever After (2007) - Sachie Morita
• Flavor of Happiness (2008) - Takako Yamashita
• Zero Focus (2009) - Sachiko
• Sweet Little Lies (2010)
• Hankyu Train (2011) - Shoko
• Tale of Ganji (2011) - Shikibu Murasaki
• Himawari & Puppy's Seven Days (2013)
• Real (2013) - Eiko Aihara
• The Kiyosu Conference (2013) - Nene
• Ask This of Rikyu (2013) - Souon
• The World of Kanako (2014)

Television

• Hitotsu Yane no Shita (1993) - Aiko Mifune
• Oda Nobunaga (1998) - No-Hime
• Joi (1999)
• Woman Doctor (1999)
• Keizoku (1999) - Jun Shibata
• Eien no Ko (2000) - Yuki Kusaka
• Manatsu no Merry Christmas (2000) - Haru Hoshino
• Prince Shotoku (2001) - Tojiko no Iratsume
• R-17 (2001)
• Otosan (2002)
• Believe (2002)
• Jin (2009)
• Beautiful Rain (2012) - Akane Nishiwaki
• Gunshi Kanbei (2014) - Teru
• Ghostwriter (2015) - Risa Tono

Discography

Albums

• Shokumotsu Rensa (1996)
• Cure (1997)
• Vague (1997)
• Absolute Value (1998)
• Shiseikatsu (1999)
• Pure Best (2001)
• Miki (2001)

Singles

• "Mind Circus" (1996)
• "Strange Paradise" (1996)
• "Suna no Kajitsu" (1997) with Ryuichi Sakamoto
• "Wilder Than Heaven" (1997)
• "Ibara no Kanmuri" (1997)
• "Chronic Love" (1999)
• "Frontier" (1999)
• "Kowareta Kokoro" (2000)
• "Air Pocket" (2001)

Videos

• Butterfish (1997)
• Completeness (1998)
• Air Pocket (2002)

DVDs

• Butterfish (2000)
• Kowareta Kokoro (2000)
• Air Pocket (2002)

References

1. Phipps, Keith (12 March 2003). "Hideo Nakata's Chaos - Film - Movie Review - The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club.
2. Hirschkron, Sky (15 March 2006). "Loft - Movie Review - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine.
3. 報知映画賞ヒストリー [Hochi Film Award History] (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
4. Holden, Stephen (14 September 2007). "Silk - Movies - Review - NYTimes.com". The New York Times.
5. Chang, Dustin (11 July 2010). "JAPAN CUTS 2010: ZERO FOCUS Review - Twitch". Twitch Film.

External links

• Official website
• Miki Nakatani at the Internet Movie Database
• Miki Nakatani at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
• Miki Nakatani discography at Discogs