Kaori Momoi

ActorWriterDirector Apr 8 (age 74) Tokyo, Japan 1971–2025 (54 year career)

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Biography

Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, Momoi Kaori, born April 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Momoi was born in Tokyo, and at the young age of 12 traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years she returned to Tokyo, later graduating from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's Ai Futatabi (To Love Again) beginning a career that has already spanned 35 years and over 60 films. As an actress, she has worked with so…

Known For

Film

Memoirs of a Geisha

Mother

Film

Ghost in the Shell

Hairi

Film

Kagemusha

Otsuyanokata

Film

Sukiyaki Western Django

Ruriko

Film

Helter Skelter

Hiroko Tada

Film

Emperor

Mitsuko Kajima

Film

Love and Honor

Ine Hatano

Film

Swallowtail Butterfly

Suzukino

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (87)

CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ

2022

優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄

2022

The Brightest Roof in the Universe

as Mrs. Hoshi

I Never Shot Anyone

as Hikaru Tamayodo

Sagi no Ko

Get to the Punchline

as Grandmother

Ghost in the Shell

as Hairi

Magic Kimono

as Keiko

Tales of Mexico

as Esperanza

Greetings from Fukushima

as Satomi

Hee

as Azusa

Candy Boys

as Narrator (voice)

Greater Things

OKI - In the Middle of the Ocean

as Oki

Oh Lucy!

as Setsuko / Lucy

Helter Skelter

as Hiroko Tada

Emperor

as Mitsuko Kajima

Toriko 3D Movie: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!!

2011

as (voice)

5.7

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

2011

as (segment "Heartquake")

6.5

Last Chestnuts

2010

Hong Kong Confidential

as Amaya

Dance, Subaru!

as Isuzu Hibino

The Yellow Handkerchief

as Motel Owner

USB

Dreaming Awake

Sukiyaki Western Django

2007

as Ruriko

6.2

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

2007

as the President of Toraoh

Faces of a Fig Tree

Love and Honor

as Ine Hatano

Memoirs of a Geisha

as Mother

The Many Faces of Chika

2005

as Chika IV

The Sun

as Empress Kojun

Izo

as Saya

Revival Blues

as Kayo

Like Asura

as Toyoko Masukawa

The Island Tales

as Marianne

Crossfire

as Chikako Ishizu, the Detective

6.1

A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo

Tadon and Chikuwa

Tokyo Lullaby

as Tami Ohsawa

Dream Stadium

Bounce Ko Gals

as Saki

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

1997

as Takako Nakaura

7.6

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996

as Suzukino

7.4

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

as Fujimoto's mother

円都 YEN TOWN

The Girl of Silence

as Akemi Tanaka

Like a Rolling Stone

Goaisatsu

Ready to Shoot

as Ritsuko

The Most Suitable Profession for Women

1990

Don't Mind

1990

READY! LADY

1989

as Moeko

Love Bites Back

as Chikako Koga

The Yen Family

as Noriko Kimura

Tomorrow

as Tsuruko Miura

Hawaiian Dream

as Reiko Caine

Carefree Goddesses

as Sakie

No More Comics!

Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!

1986

7.0

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

6.1

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

as Mitsuko Ishii

Main Theme

as Kayoko Ise

Single Girl

Suspicion

as Kumako Onizawa

Kidnapping Blues

as Young Girl's Mother

9.0

Gate of Youth 2

1982

as Kaoru

Gone Without Saying Goodbye!

Eijanaika

as Ine

The Woman Next Door

as Sachiko Tokizawa

Kagemusha

1980

as Otsuyanokata

7.8

Until Evening

1980

as Sugiko Emori

Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul

1980

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

as Hitomi

No More Easy Life

as Mariko

Heaven Sent

as Sayoko Morisaki

The Yellow Handkerchief

1977

as Akemi Ogawa

6.9

I'm No Angel

1977

as Yuki

The Youth Killer

as Ikuko Ishikawa

Invitation of Lust

Light of Africa

as Fujiko

The Assassination of Ryoma

as Tae

Bitterness of Youth

as Tomiko Ohashi

Did the Red Bird Escape?

Sweet Scent of Eros

as Etsuko

Lost Lovers

To Love Again

Television (25)

Too Much

as Aiko Remen

I AM NON

as Self

遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます

2018

SCANDAL

2008

as Sindo Tamaki

Madam Mari

2003

as Madam Mari

The Life of Bangaku

2002

Beauty 7

2001

as Shouko Iijima

R-17

純情商店街ゆうれい殺人事件

ランデヴー

Gift

as Rie Kitsukawa（橘川梨江）

SMAP×SMAP

as Bistro Guest

Furuhata Ninzaburo

Heavenly Blue

as Yukiko Hata

Yume ni Mita Hibi

1989

as Tsuchiya Taeko

Female Detective Yuko Kasumi

1985

as Kasumi Yuko

Fufu seikatsu

Nettaiya

Haguregumo

浮浪云

The Roads Men Travel

as Etsuko

Priest of Darkness

as Ochiyo

前略おふくろ様

1975

10.0

Pieces of Autumn

1973

Downtown Story

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Hee

2016

Screenplay

3.0

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

Director

Faces of a Fig Tree

Director

Goaisatsu

Director