Born in Tokyo. She starred in the drama Dream Island Girl (written and directed by Shoichiro Sasaki), which aired on NHK in 1974. In the drama Four Seasons ~ Utopiano (written and directed by Shoichiro Sasaki), she painstakingly portrayed the image of a young woman who moved from a snowy country to the city to become a piano tuner. The film, with its beautiful music and visuals, was highly acclaimed both domestically and internationally, and won numerous international awards. Her major awards in ...