Hana Kino
- Date of Birth：
- January 8, 1948
- Height：
- 160cm
After graduating university, she became a junior high school art teacher, but left after only one year due to her desire to become an actress. She subsequently moved to Tokyo to pursue her dream, and, in 1974, formed an all-girls theatre troupe called Blue Bird with five of her friends from her teacher training school. By the following year, they had begun performing, and they quickly became prominent figures of the small theatre boom in 1980s Japan. Since leaving the troupe in 1986, Hana has expanded her repertoire to include TV, film, and commercials. In 2019, she played the complex role of an unbelievably strict mother who goes out of control due to her immense love for her son, in Lovely Irene (Director: Keisuke Yoshida)—a role which earned her significant praise, and the Best Supporting Actress award at the 43rd Kinema Junpo Awards. She was also nominated as Best Supporting Actress at the 43rd Houchi Movie Awards for her roles in Lovely Irene and No Matter How Much my Mother Hate Me , and was nominated as Best Supporting Actress at the Nikkan Sports Film Awards for her roles in Lovely Irene and Ten Years Japan. From gentle women who are full of kindness, to angry, demon-like characters, Hana has the innate ability to bring an unbridled amount of reality and persuasion to every role she embraces.
WORKS
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| 2023 | ”Hamon" | Directed by Naoko Ogigami | |
| "Village" | Directed by Michihito Fujii | ||
| 2022 | "Nagi's Island" | Directed by Masahiko Nagasawa | |
| "School Meals Time Final Battle" | Directed by Shinya Ayabe | ||
| 2021 | "And So the Baton Is Passed" | Directed by Tetsu Maeda | |
| "My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy" | Directed by SABU | ||
| 2020 | "MOTHER" | Directed by Tatsushi Omori | |
| 2019 | "Closed Word”" | Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama |
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| "Moonlit Winter" | Directed by Dae Hyung Lim | ||
| 2018 | “Come on Irene” | Directed by Keisuke Yoshida |
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| “Ten Years Japan” | Directed by Kei Ishikawa |
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| “No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me” | Directed by Osamu Minorikawa | ||
| 2017 | “Hello, Goodbye” | Directed by Takeo Kikuchi | |
| 2015 | “Lovers” | Directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi | |
| “Neko Samurai: A Tropical Adventure” | Directed by Takeshi Watanabe |
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| “Otoko no Issho” | Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki |
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| 2014 | “Eight Ranger 2” | Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi | |
| 2013 | “Sayonara keikoku” | Directed by Tatsushi Omori | |
| “Love-craft girl” | Directed by Katsutoshi Hirabayashi | ||
| “Sayonara and Marshmallow” | Directed by Yoshihiro Ikawa | ||
| “Like Father, Like Son” | Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda | ||
| “Life can be so wonderful” revival | Directed by Osamu Minorikawa | ||
| “Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship” | Directed by Osamu Minorikawa | ||
| 2012 | “Key of Life” | Directed by Kenji Uchida | |
| “Themis” | Directed by Shion Sono | ||
| 2011 | “Share House” | Directed by Ichiro Kita | |
| “HAYABUSA” | Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi | ||
| “Sukiyaki” <“Gokudo meshi” (Japanese title)> | Directed by Tetsu Maeda |
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| “Bunny Drop” | Directed by SABU | ||
| “Homecoming” | Directed by Toshihiro Iijima | ||
| 2010 | “Sword of Desperation” | Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama | |
| 2009 | “Dotei Horoki” | Directed by Yuichi Onuma | |
| 2008 | “K-20: Legend of the Mask” | Directed by Shimako Sato | |
| “Maho tsukai ni taisetsu na koto” | Directed by Shun Nakahara | ||
| “Happy Flight” | Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi |
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| 2007 | “Life can be sofilmn” | Directed by Osamu Minorikawa | |
| “Baumkuchen” | Directed by Kensaku Kakimoto | ||
| “Sutekina yoru, boku ni kudasai” | Directed by Shun Nakahara | ||
| 2006 | “Memories of Tomorrow” | Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi | |
| “Memories of Matsuko” | Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima | ||
| 2005 | “Iiko.” ※2006 Pia Film, Festival invitation | Directed by Tadasuke Kotani | |
| 2004 | “Swing Girls” | Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi | |
| “Vital” | Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto | ||
| “Te wo nigiru dorobou no hanashi” | Directed by Isshin Inudo |
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| “Tony Takitani” | Directed by Jun Ichikawa | ||
| “The Reason” | Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi | ||
| 2003 | “No One's Ark” | Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita |
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| 2002 | “Laundry” | Directed by Junichi Mori |
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| “Filament” | Directed by Jinsei Tsuji | ||
| 2001 | “Kokubetsu” | Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi | |
| 〜2000 | “Memories of You” | Directed by Jun Ichikawa | |
| Previous | “Beijing Watermelon” | Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi | |
| “Yamai wa kikara: Byoin e iko 2” | Directed by Yojiro Takita | ||
| 【STAGE】 | |||
| 2020 | "Sarusuberi 〜Corona no koro〜” | Author：Eri Watanabe Direction：Eri Watanabe/Hana Kino |
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| 2019 | "Areyoto Sunny wa sindanosa" -Tsukikage Bangaichi＃6 | Author：Seiji Nozoe Direction：Hana Kino |
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| ”The Twelfth Angel" | Author：Og Mandino Direction：Jin Uyama |
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| 2018 | "Mikan to Yu-utsu -Ibaraki Noriko Ibun-" -Group Le Bal | Author：Ikue Osada Direction：Nozomi Makino |
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| ”Umigoe no Hanatachi" -Tegamiza | Author：Ikue Osada Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "A Little Night Music" | Author：Hugh Wheeler Direction：Maria Friedman |
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| 2017 | "Cloud Nine" -Mochiron Produce | Author：Caryl Churchill Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Kujirayo! Watashi no teninore" -Office ３〇〇 | Author/Direction：Eri Watanabe | ||
| 2016 | "Dodome yuki" -Tsukikage Bangaichi＃5 | Author：Mitsunori Fukuhara Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Kaku Onna" -Nitosha | Author/Direction：Ai Nagai | ||
| 2015 | "Jaguar no me 2008" -Nihon no 30dai | Author：Juro Kara Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Toda Nudez Será Castigada" | Author：Nelson Rodrigues Direction：Daisuke Miura |
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| "Mikan to Yu-utsu -Ibaraki Noriko Ibun-" -Group Le Bal | Author：Ikue Osada Direction：Nozomi Makino |
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| 2014 | "Tsunzaki kouro, sareruga mama" -Tsukikage Bangaichi＃4 | Author：Mitsunori Fukuhara Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" | Author：Mark Haddon Direction：Yumi Suzuki |
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| 2013 | "Ihatovo no gekiressya" -Komatsuza | Author：Hisashi Inoue Direction：Jin Uyama |
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| 2012 | "Inori to kaibutsu 〜Willville no sanshimai〜" | Author/Direction：Keralino Sandrovich | |
| "Kujikemamire" -Tsukikage Bangaichi＃3 | Author：Mitsunori Fukuhara Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Tsuki ni nureta te" -Office ３〇〇 | Author：Eri Watanabe Direction：Jin Uyama |
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| "Yoru no mori" -Kyokou no ryodan | Author/Direction：Hana Kino | ||
| 2011 | "Inochi wo utau -Nihon no gendaishikara-" | Artistic director：Mansai Nomura | |
| "Haru sugite" -Learning Lapin | Author：Yoshinari Ohta Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Tsuki ni nureta te" | Author：Eri Watanabe Direction：Jin Uyama |
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| 2010 | "Harper Regan" | Author：Simon Stephens Direction：Keishi Nagatsuka |
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| "Jet no madokara te wo furuwa" -Tsukikage Bangaichi＃2 | Author：Masako Chiba Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Away in the Life" -Puropera ken × Kinniku syoujyotai | Author/Direction：Masahiko Kawahara | ||
| "Elegance" -SIS Company | Author/Direction：Masako Chiba | ||
| 2009 | "RaiRaiRaiRaiRai" -Gekidan, Motoya Yukiko | Author/Direction：Yukiko Motoya | |
| "Nagare shimai Tatsuko to Katsuko 〜Kemonotachi no yoru〜" -Magokoroichiza mimo kokoromo 真心一座 身も心も | Author：Masako Chiba Direction：Masahiko Kawahara |
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| 2008 | "Tomodachi" | Author：Kobo Abe Direction：Toshiki Okada |
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| "Monogatariga, hajimaru" -Tsukikage Bangaichi＃1 | Author：Hiromi Kawakami Script：Masako Chiba Direction：Hana Kino |
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| 2007 | "Inugaoke no ichizoku no inbou 〜Kaneda Shinichi Kousukenosuke no jikendesu. Note" -Gekidan☆Shinkansen | Author/Direction：Hidenori Inoue | |
| "Katazuketai onnatachi" -Group Le Bal | Author：Ai Nagai Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Ribbon" -Office ３〇〇 | Author/Direction：Eri Watanabe | ||
| 2006 | "Shiawase no tsubo" | Author/Direction：Saburo Fukushima | |
| "SASORIIX Yakusoku" | Author：Masako Chiba Direction：Narushi Ikeda |
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| 2005 | "Choukyoushi" | Author：Juro Kara Direction：Hironori Naito |
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| "Neko to Shozo to futarino onna" | Author：Junichiro Tanizaki Script：Shungiku Uchida Direction：Hana Kino |
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| 2004 | "Shin・Meian" -Nitosha | Author/Direction：Ai Nagai | |
| "Manatsu no yonoyume" -The Globe Tokyo | Author：W.Shakespeare Script/Direction：Hana Kino |
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| 2003 | "Hana no Kurenai Tengu" -Gekidan☆Shinkansen | Author：Kazuki Nakajima Direction：Hidenori Inoue |
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| "Double album" | Author：Ai Nagai Direction：Hana Kino |
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| "Ribbon" -Uchu-dou | Author/Direction：Eriko Watanabe | ||
| 2002 | "Yuurei wa kokoniiru" | Author：Kobo Abe Direction：Shoji Kokami |
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| "Little Women" | Author：Louisa May Alcott Script/Direction：Osamu Matsumoto |
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| 2001 | "Paper Marriage" | Author：Mayumi Nakatani Direction：Kyoichi Itagaki |
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| ～ 2000 | "Yonimo sutekina Never ending story" | Author/Direction：Masahiko Kawahara | |
| "Leben des Galilei" | Author：Bertolt Brecht Direction：Osamu Matsumoto |
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