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name: "Yasuko Sawaguchi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yasuko-sawaguchi"
fi1m_id: "yasuko-sawaguchi"
imdb_id: "nm0768005"
tmdb_id: 19591
wikidata_id: "Q1190294"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 June 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-28T20:45:05.688580+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."
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# Yasuko Sawaguchi

## Identity

Yasuko Sawaguchi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yasuko-sawaguchi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yasuko-sawaguchi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0768005
- **TMDB ID:** 19591
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1190294
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuko_Sawaguchi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19591

Actor. Born 11 June 1965 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 June 1965, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
- **Active:** 1984–2001
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 66 (2), 2000s 92 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Animation 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $293m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuko_Sawaguchi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19591

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Spirited Away*](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md) (92), [*Godzilla vs. Biollante*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55)

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## Biography

Yasuko Sawaguchi is a Japanese actress. She was born on 11 June 1965 in Sakai, Osaka.

In 1984 she won the first Toho Cinderella Audition and made her film debut in *Karate Cop III: Song of the Sea*. That year she also played Naoko Okumura in *The Return of Godzilla*, for which she received the Newcomer of the Year award at the Japan Academy Film Prize. She later appeared as Erika Shiragami in *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989).

Sawaguchi has worked extensively in television, including a long-running role as Mariko Sakaki in the series *Kasōken no Onna* (1999–present). She voiced Chihiro's mother in *Spirited Away* (2001).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikizilla.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Spirited Away* (2001), Fi1m 92, as Mother (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989), Fi1m 76, as Erika Shiragami — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md)
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, as Naoko Okumura — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

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

- *熱海五郎一座「仁義なきストライク」* (2026), Actor
- *Samurai Vengeance* (2026), Actor
- *科捜研の女 ファイナル* (2026), Actor
- *絶対零度～情報犯罪緊急捜査～* (2025), series, as 二宮奈美
- *The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie* (2021), as Mariko Sakaki
- *Ohana no Sensei* (2020), series, as Maruko Otori
- *Kokichi's Wife* (2019), series, as Nobu
- *Godzilla Resurrection* (2018), as Naoko Okumura
- *Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16* (2016), as Noriko Hanamura
- *Blow the Spring Wind in the Schoolyard* (2016), as Tomoyo
- *無敵の法律事務所　弁護の鉄人 橘明日香* (2015), series, as 橘明日香
- *Single Mothers* (2012), series, as Nao Uemura
- *警視庁機動捜査隊216* (2010), series, as 沢村舞子
- *イソベン・里村タマミの事件簿* (2010), series, as 里村タマミ
- *Absolute Zero* (2010), series, as Nami Ninomiya
- *動物病院 彩子の事件カルテ* (2009), series, as Ayako Tochio
- *Giwaku* (2009), as Kumako Shirakawa
- *新・細うで繁盛記* (2006), series, as 関口 加代
- *夏樹静子サスペンス　喪失－ある殺意のゆくえ* (2002), series, Actor
- *Spirited Away* (2001), as Mother (voice) — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)
- *The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away* (2001), Actor
- *Otose* (2001), series, Actor
- *Salaryman Kintaro* (2001), series, Actor
- *鉄道捜査官* (2000), series, as 花村乃里子
- *Take It* (2000), Actor
- *The Woman of S.R.I.* (1999), series, as Mariko Sakaki
- *The Burning Bride* (1999), as Haruka Komine
- *Salaryman Kintaro* (1999), series, as Yoko Shinozuka
- *海まで5分* (1998), series, as Akiko Sakamoto
- *Kare* (1997), series, Actor
- *Ryoma Forever* (1997), series, as Oryo
- *西村京太郎サスペンス　四国情死行* (1996), series, as 寺内亜木子
- *Hideyoshi* (1996), series, as O-Ne
- *環状線に消えた女* (1995), series, as 寺内亜木子
- *Himeyuri no To* (1995), as Chiyoko Miyagi
- *Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon* (1994), as Oto Tachibana
- *Furuhata Ninzaburo* (1994), series, Actor
- *Etorofu Harukanari* (1993), series, Actor
- *天下を獲った男 豊臣秀吉* (1993), Actor
- *Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives* (1992), Actor
- *The Tale of Genji* (1991), series, Actor
- *Hotel Woman* (1991), series, as Shuko Kamio
- *Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 2* (1991), Actor
- *世界奇妙物语1991年春之特别篇* (1991), Actor
- *Dotchi mo dotchi* (1990), Actor
- *Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen* (1990), series, Actor
- *世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編* (1990), Actor
- *さよなら李香蘭* (1989), series, as 李香兰
- *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989), as Erika Shiragami — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md)
- *こちら芝浦探侦社* (1989), series, Actor
- *Thrilling Rock'n Roll Street* (1988), series, as Midori Iwashita
- *Princess from the Moon* (1987), as Kaya, the Princess Kaguya
- *Actress* (1987), as Seiko
- *Masamune Shogun* (1987), series, Actor
- *The Hall of the Crying Deer* (1986), Actor
- *Four Sisters* (1985), as An Kitazawa
- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Naoko Okumura
- *Miotsukushi* (1985), series, as Kaworu Furukawa
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Naoko Okumura — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Karate Cop 3* (1984), Actor
- *西村京太郎トラベルミステリー* (1981), series, as Noriko Hanamura
- *新・御宿かわせみ*, series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1986: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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