Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura (木村 多江, Kimura Tae, born March 16, 1971) is a Japanese actress.^[1] She won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for All Around Us.^[2]

Tae Kimura
木村 多江
Born	(1971-03-16) March 16, 1971 (age 53) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995—present
Agent	Yūgō Jimusho

Biography

Kimura starred in Ryosuke Hashiguchi's All Around Us.^[3] Her performance in the film was described by Jason Gray as "one of the most accurate portrayals of someone suffering from depression I've ever seen."^[4]

She co-starred in Isshin Inudo's Zero Focus with Miki Nakatani and Ryōko Hirosue,^[5] and starred in Makoto Shinozaki's Tokyo Island.^[6]

She appeared in Miwa Nishikawa's Dreams for Sale.^[7][8]

Filmography[9]

Films

• Hana and Alice (2004)
• Infection (2004) – 2nd nurse^[10]
• All About My Dog (2005)
• Densha Otoko (2005)
• Oh! Oku (2006)
• Kaidan (2007)^[11]
• All Around Us (2008)
• Shizumanu Taiyō (2009)^[12]
• Zero Focus (2009)
• Tokyo Island (2010)
• Yoake no Machi de (2011)
• Dreams for Sale (2012)
• Monsterz (2014)^[13]
• The Case of Hana & Alice (2015)
• Have a Song on Your Lips (2015)^[14]
• Gold Medal Man (2016)
• Kōfuku no Alibi (2016)
• Cat Collector's House (2017)
• Yurigokoro (2017)
• Bōkyō (2017) – Sayoko
• Good-Bye (2020) – Shizue Tajima^[15]
• Not Quite Dead Yet (2020)
• The Supporting Actors: The Movie (2021) – Herself^[16]
• Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021)^[17]
• Cottontail (2022) – Akiko^[18]
• Prior Convictions (2022) – Emma Miyaguchi^[19]
• My Home Hero: The Movie (2024), Kasen Tosu^[20]
• 90 Years Old – So What? (2024), Mariko Kikkawa^[21]

Television

• Ring: The Final Chapter (1999)
• Unfair (2006)
• Masshiro (2015)^[22]
• Nankyoku tairiku (Antarctica) (2011), Furutachi Ayako
• Daddy Sister (2016), Kimiko Kohashi
• Your Turn to Kill (2019), Sanae Enomoto^[17]
• 24 Japan (2020), Rikka Shidō
• Involvement in Family Affairs (2022), Kumi Miyama^[23]
• Last Man:The Blind Profiler (2023), Deborah Jean Hongō^[24]
• What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Nabe^[25]
• My Home Hero (2023), Kasen Tosu^[20]
• Alice in Wonderful Kitchen (2024), Makiko Gojō^[26]
• House of Ninjas (2024), Yoko Tawara^[27]

References

1. 木村多江 プロフィール [Agent profile] (in Japanese). Yougo Office. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
2. 第32回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 [32nd Japan Academy Prize] (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
3. Schilling, Mark (12 June 2008). "One man, two worlds - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
4. Gray, Jason (2 February 2009). "Midnight Eye feature: Midnight Eye's Best (and Worst) of 2008". Midnight Eye.
5. Chang, Dustin (11 July 2010). "JAPAN CUTS 2010: ZERO FOCUS Review - Twitch". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
6. Lee, Maggie (28 December 2011). "Tokyo Island: Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter.
7. Lee, Maggie (24 September 2012). "Dreams for Sale - Variety". Variety.
8. Schilling, Mark (7 September 2012). "'Yume Uru Futari (Dreams for Sale)' - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
9. "Tae Kimura". plex. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
10. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
11. 怪談. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
12. 沈まぬ太陽. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
13. 映画『ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＺ モンスターズ』公式サイト [Monsterz Official website] (in Japanese). Warner Bros. Pictures. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
14. くちびるに歌を. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
15. "グッドバイ 嘘からはじまる人生喜劇". eiga.com. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
16. "映画「バイプレイヤーズ」の新キャスト8名解禁！有村架純、天海祐希、役所広司ら". Natalie. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
17. "西野七瀬＆横浜流星も！『あなたの番です』劇場版にドラマキャスト勢揃い". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
18. "錦戸亮が日英合作映画「Cottontail」に出演、主演はリリー・フランキー". Natalie. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
19. "前科者". eiga.com. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
20. "「マイホームヒーロー」ドラマ化＆実写映画化！主人公・鳥栖哲雄役は佐々木蔵之介". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natalie. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
21. "九十歳。何がめでたい". eiga.com. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
22. 火曜ドラマ『まっしろ』TBSテレビ (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
23. "INTERVIEW インタビュー 深山久美役 木村多江さん". やんごとなき一族 (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
24. 融合事務所【公式】 [@yougo_staff] (June 4, 2023). "『日曜劇場「ラストマン−全盲の捜査官−」第７話ご覧になってますか？1話から皆実に協力していたデボラの正体は元妻デボラジーン・ホンゴウ#木村多江でした！この後も引き続きお楽しみください！" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Twitter.
25. "『どうする家康』新キャスト8人発表 2代将軍・徳川秀忠役も決定【8人の役柄紹介あり】". Oricon. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
26. "木村多江がドラマ「厨房のありす」で創薬化学者に、門脇麦の過去を知るキーパーソン役". 映画ナタリー Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natalie. December 7, 2023. Archived from the original on January 14, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
27. "賀来賢人主演・原案『忍びの家 House of Ninjas』、Netflixで2024年配信". Crank-in!. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Tae Kimura at IMDb
• Tae Kimura at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)