Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa, born on June third, nineteen eighty-seven, is a celebrated Japanese actress and model known for her extensive film career that began in her early teens. She first captured audiences' attention at the age of twelve with her role as a young psychic orphan in the science fiction film Pyrokinesis, released in two thousand. Her early work laid the foundation for a remarkable trajectory in the film industry.

During her high school years, Nagasawa starred in notable films such as Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. in two thousand three and Godzilla: Final Wars in two thousand four. However, it was her leading role in Crying Out Love in the Center of the World, released in two thousand four, that truly established her as a prominent figure in Japanese cinema. This performance earned her the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress and two Japan Academy Film Prizes, marking the beginning of her accolades.

As her career progressed, Nagasawa continued to take on diverse roles, including Princess Yuki in Shinji Higuchi's Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess in two thousand eight and Umi Matsuzaki in Gorō Miyazaki's From Up on Poppy Hill in two thousand eleven. Her performance in Love Strikes! the same year garnered her a second Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress. In two thousand sixteen, she played a supporting character in the acclaimed film Your Name, followed by a leading role in the science fiction drama Before We Vanish in two thousand seventeen, for which she received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress.

In two thousand nineteen, Nagasawa starred in the crime mystery Masquerade Hotel and portrayed Yang Duan He in the action-adventure film Kingdom, earning a nomination for a Nikkan Sports Film Award. She reprised this role in the two thousand twenty-three sequel Kingdom: Flame of Destiny. Additionally, she has appeared in The Confidence Man JP film trilogy from two thousand nineteen to two thousand twenty-two, played Anna Kobayashi in Detective Chinatown 3 in two thousand twenty-one, and featured as Hiroko Asami in the superhero film Shin Ultraman in two thousand twenty-two. Most recently, she took on the role of Scorpion-Aug in Hideaki Anno's Shin Kamen Rider in two thousand twenty-three.