---
name: "Akiko Takeshita"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/akiko-takeshita"
fi1m_id: "akiko-takeshita"
imdb_id: "nm1440108"
tmdb_id: 1770
wikidata_id: "Q7800607"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 June 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T19:43:09.673870+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Akiko Takeshita

## Identity

Akiko Takeshita

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akiko-takeshita
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** akiko-takeshita
- **IMDb ID:** nm1440108
- **TMDB ID:** 1770
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7800607
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7800607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1440108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1770

Actor. Born 6 June 1959 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 June 1959, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2003–2007
- **Also known as:** 竹下明子
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7800607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1440108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1770

## Biography

Akiko Takeshita is a Japanese actress. She was born on 6 June 1959 in Tokyo.

Takeshita was a lead actress with the theatre company Yume no Yūminsha from its founding in 1980 until its dissolution in 1992. She is known for her film roles as Ms. Kawasaki in *Lost in Translation* (2003) and as the Japanese Tavern Boss Lady in *Lust, Caution* (2007). She was previously married to playwright and director Hideki Noda.

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lust, Caution* (2007), Fi1m 76, as Japanese Tavern Boss Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/lust-caution.md)
- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Fi1m 86, as Ms. Kawasaki — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lust, Caution* (2007), as Japanese Tavern Boss Lady — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/lust-caution.md)
- *Lost in Translation* (2003), as Ms. Kawasaki — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)

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