Ryoko Yonekura
Also Known As: Yonekura Ryoko, よねくら りょうこ, Ryôko Yonekura , Ryōko Yonekura, 米倉 涼子, 米仓 凉子, Ryouko Yonekura, ریوکو یونهکورا
Biography: Ryoko Yonekura (米倉 涼子 Yonekura Ryōko, born August 1, 1975 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and former fashion model best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama Doctor-X. Yonekura studied classical ballet for 15 years from the age of five. Represented by the Oscar Promotion agency, she won a national young beauty award in 1992. In 1993, she started her career as a model, working for fashion magazines such as CanCam. She announced her intention to start her acting career in June 1999. Her acting debut was in the TBS television drama Koi no Kamisama (God of Love), and has appeared in many dramas ever since. Yonekura played the role of Roxie Hart in the Japanese-language production of Chicago in Tokyo 2008 and in 2010. She then learned the role in English and made her Broadway debut in 2012, reprising her role in July 2017. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kanagawa, Japan
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The Housekeeper Saw!
Overview: Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. That pearl is owned by the Iwakura family, who run a large pearl company. While looking at the pearl however, Nobuko is pulled away by a handsome man who seems to have some connection to the family. So when Nobuko finds one of her pearl earrings missing and probably taken by that man, she decides to work as a housekeeper for the Iwakura family until the man shows up again and she can get her earring back. But the Iwakura family that Nobuko is now working for has plenty of secrets beyond just pearls that she'll have to sort out if she wants her earring back...
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-05
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Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Overview: Christmas Special following the series.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-21
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Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere
Overview: A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-23
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Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
Overview: Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he is suffering from a complicated CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension). Kantaro Kurosu is the director of the Cross Medical Center. He asks Michiko Daimon to perform surgery on Kojiro, but, right before his surgery, she is deprived of “the most important weapon as a surgeon.”
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-03
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The Negotiator: The Movie
Overview: ¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura) and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to negotiate, an explosion suddenly occurs. The hostages panic and run, while the criminals are able to blend into crowd of people and escape. A few weeks later, Reiko is at the Haneda Airport to go on a vacation. She then spots Yusuke Kimoto (Kento Hayashi), a man who was one of the hostages at the shopping mall. Reiko remembers Yusuke's bizarre behavior and her instinct starts kicking in. She decides to follow the man and boards the airplane that Yusuke is taking. Shortly after take-off her instincts prove correct. The airplane is hijacked ...
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-11
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The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
Overview: Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to this school finds a long lost script of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" which was banned from school 11 years ago. Breaking strict school rules and boundaries, she and her friends decide to perform the play. With sentiment, love and passion, the girls cherish the moment of their life before taking the next step towards adulthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-08
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Stop the Old Fox
Overview: After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the corruption of the shogunate becomes determined to expose the collusion between Kannouji, and the unforgivable relationships between the ladies in waiting of the inner palace and the monks. Nui is undertaking this undercover investigation without regard for the danger she is putting herself in, for the sake of Shinnosuke whom she secretly loves
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-22
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A Hardest Night!!
Overview: A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude jokes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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Doctor X: The Movie Final
Overview: The star-studded casts of the drama series come together for the highly anticipated movie adaptation of "Doctor X"! The secret of Michiko Daimon is finally revealed. "I never fail." How was the solitary surgeon Michiko Daimon born? What is the dark and mysterious tumultuous half-life of Michiko?
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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Out Burn
Overview: Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs to try and keep the peace. However, Eiko has some sidelines: she's a moneylender to her fellow police officers without charging interest in return for information and is also willing to do the odd side job for those on the criminal side for the money. One day, Kasumi (Riho Takada), who is the daughter of Senma-gumi gang's leader (Toshiyuki Nishida), is found stabbed to death. As this threatens to pit gang against gang, Eiko and the police have to hurry and find her killer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-09
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The Housekeeper
Overview: Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with his wife Haruko, their three sons, and Tatsuya's mother, Shigeko. Although the Inamuras appear to be a happy family, Nobuko soon uncovers the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-12-22
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Housekeeper the Peeper
Overview: Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, known for its tremendous wealth. In the Uehara family, there is a massive quarrel over each member’s future succession and inheritance. In the middle of this hectic situation, Nobuko is asked by the daughter called Akemi to protect her.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-02
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Tsuyoki ari
Overview: Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed by housekeeper Saki Tsubaki. Isako Sawada doesn't like that arrangement, but she hides her contempt because she has a plan. Her plan is to become a widow in 3 years and inherit one billion yen from her husband. Isako Sawada schemes to have Nobuhiro die in an apparent natural manner and she is having a relationship with another man.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-02
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Giwaku
Overview: Sahara Takako is a lawyer who specialises in civil cases. She hates to lose and will use whatever means necessary to pursue the truth. Despite her competence, she is mocked as a rotten lawyer for defending companies that exploit their employees and winning many of these lawsuits. One day, Takako gets an unexpected request from a veteran lawyer, Harayama Masao. He would like her to take over the defence of a woman because he is in poor health and needs to be hospitalised. This woman is Shirakawa Kumako, who has been in the public eye. Called “Onikuma” by the public, which is a play on her maiden name, Onizuka, she faces charges of killing her husband Fukutaro, the owner of an established Atami restaurant, for insurance money.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-03
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Cardboard House Girl
Overview: The story of a woman who lost everything.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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