Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa (Japanese長澤 まさみNagasawa Masami, born June 3, 1987 in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan ) is a Japanese actress.

Biography

On the recommendation of Tomoko Ikuta they took part in 2000 in the fifth Cinderella Competition of the film production studios Toho, the young talents to promote. The twelve- year-old won the competition and was able to prevail against 35 153 other participants. Her debut as an actress she had in the same year with the role of Shusuke Kaneko Kaori Kurata in horror film Pyrokinesis, in which she starred alongside Akiko Yada and Ito Hideaki.

After minor roles in several television series and the feature films Nagoriyuki, Yomigaeri and Ashura no gotoku she had her first starring role in 2003 Tomoyuki Furumayas tragicomedy Robokon. In it she plays a schoolgirl who takes part in the construction of a robot due to less club activities. For this film, she was honored at the award ceremony of the Japanese Academy Awards in 2004 with five other actors as Best Young Actress and won at the Yokohama Film Festival for Best young talent. The latter award she received for Ashura no gotoku.

Nagasawa, who worked as a model for teen magazines and see 2003 and 2004 as an elf in two Godzilla films, succeeded the final break with the drama Sekai no Chushin de, ai o sakebu on a novel by Kyoichi Katayama in 2004. , the multi-award winning film directed by Isao Yukisadas played in Japan over 50 million euros a. In it she plays a dying leukemia teenagers and won for her portrayal of the Japanese Academy Award for Most Popular Actor and Best Supporting Actress as well as the Blue Ribbon Award, the Hochi Film Award and the Nikkan Sports Film Award.

There followed in 2005 the role of the Japanese high school student Minami Asakura in Touch, a film based on the manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. At another comic book adaptation by Adachi, Rough, she worked with also as the lead actress. This came in Japanese theaters in August 2006. For the movie Nada so so she was nominated for Best Actress at the ceremony of the Japanese Academy Awards in 2007. Your partner Satoshi Tsumabuki film also received a nomination.

Filmography

  • 2000: Pyrokinesis ( Kurosufaia )
  • 2002: Sakura ( TV series)
  • 2002: Nagoriyuki
  • 2002: Yomigaeri
  • 2003: Ashura no gotoku
  • 2003: Robokon
  • 2003: Gojira tai tai Mosura Mekagojira: Tōkyō SOS
  • 2004: Sekai no Chushin de, ai o sakebu
  • 2004: Shinkokyū no hitsuyō
  • 2004: Gojira: Fainaru Uozu
  • 2005: Touch ( Tatchi )
  • 2006: Rough
  • 2006: Nada sō sō
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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