Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu
Born 深津 絵里
11 January 1973
Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Actress
Years active 1988–present
Website
www.amuse.co.jp/artist/fukatsu_eri/

Eri Fukatsu (深津 絵里 Fukatsu Eri, born 11 January 1973)[1] is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru[2] and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in Villain.[3] She also received acclaim for her role in the Japanese TV series Bayside Shakedown and the subsequent spin-off films of the series. From 1988 to 1992, she starred in "Christmas Express" commercials for the Central Japan Railway Company.

Early life

Eri Fukatsu was born in Ōita, Ōita, Japan. Her father is an engineer and her mother is the calligrapher Yumiko Fukatsu. She made her show business debut at age 13, winning the Miss Harajuku Grand Prix held in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood.

Career

In her early years in Japan's entertainment business, Eri Fukatsu worked as a singer under the names Rie Mizuhara and Rie Takahara, but later decided to use her real name. In 1988 she made her screen debut in the film adaptation of Tōma no Shinzō, entitled Summer Vacation 1999. Among her television credits, Eri Fukatsu also provides narration for the long-running "World Heritage Sites" program on Japanese television.[4]

In 1997, Fukatsu took the role of Sumire Onda in the Bayside Shakedown television series.[5] She co-starred with Satoshi Tsumabuki in Lee Sang-il's 2010 film Villain,[6] for which she won the Best Actress award at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival.[7] In 2011, she starred in Koki Mitani's Once in a Blue Moon.[8]

Filmography

Films

Television

Discography

Albums
Singles

Photobooks

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 深津絵里 - 同じ年代の女性としてすみれの決断を考えた. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. August 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 第18回ヨコハマ映画祭 1996年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  3. ↑ AWARDS OF THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – MONTRÉAL 2010
  4. ↑ "cast page, 深津 絵里 credited as narrator". The World Heritage, TBS weekly program (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS). Retrieved March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Luminous actress continues to evolve by playing 'real people'". Asahi Shimbun. September 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ Scheib, Ronnie (September 19, 2010). "Review: ‘Villain’". Variety.
  7. ↑ "Fukatsu best actress at Montreal". The Japan Times. September 8, 2010.
  8. ↑ Schilling, Mark (November 4, 2011). "‘Suteki na Kanashibari (Once In a Blue Moon/A Ghost of a Chance)’". The Japan Times.
  9. ↑ 深津絵里、モントリオール映画祭で最優秀女優賞を受賞「妻夫木さんでなかったら獲れなかった」. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. September 7, 2010.
  10. ↑ 深津絵里、樹木希林からの“結婚祝い?”に 「予定がなかったらすみません」. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. December 21, 2010.
  11. ↑ "第34回日本アカデミー賞、『悪人』妻夫木&深津がW受賞! 作品賞は『告白』". Mynavi News (in Japanese). Mynavi. February 19, 2011.

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