Yuriko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi is a famous Japanese theater and film actress, whose existence the world learned about after the release of the hit Babylon, where she got the bright role of Chieko Watai. The work in the film brought the artist nominations for Oscar, Golden Globe and several more film awards. The films "Norwegian Forest", "Pacific Rim" and "The Bloom Brothers" helped to gain a foothold in the Kikuchi cinema olympus.

Yuriko - as the parents named their daughter - was born in January 1981 in the Japanese city of Hadano. Dad instilled in little Yuriko a love of films: as a child, the girl loved to go to the cinema with her father and watched what was happening on the big screen with wide eyes.

When Kikuchi grew up, a guide was no longer required: the girl fell in love with coming to the cinema alone. Looking at the screen, Yuriko saw herself in every actress whose role she liked. Then the girl realized that the only profession with which she wants to connect the future is acting.

Later, Rinko Kikuchi admitted to reporters that cinema for her was something more than entertainment. It was a school of life, "a kind of Bible." Movies gave Rinko more than school. They studied history, psychology, art, relations between a man and a woman. The girl believed that she would certainly be happy if she got on the other side of the screen.

Rinko Kikuchi started her path to success from the podium. At the age of 14, on the advice of her family, the girl took her first steps as a model. But soon Yuriko realized that there is no more boring and stupid job, and if she does not leave it immediately, she will miss something important in life.

The persuasion of relatives did not work: Kikuchi left the modeling agency. The ear for music and the beautiful timbre of the voice, discovered by the parents of their daughter, awakened in them the dream of seeing Yuriko on the stage. But the career of the singer did not appeal to the future actress: the girl vowed not to turn off the road that she had chosen. Rinko Kikuchi hired an agent and, with his help, made her way to the set.

Kikuchi's cinematic biography began when the Japanese woman turned 18. Yuriko, taking the creative pseudonym by which millions of viewers know her today, starred in the drama directed by Kaneto Shindo "Lust for Life."

The film was released in 1999 and received a warm audience and positive reviews from film critics. The picture was given the main award at the Moscow viewing and high marks at international festivals.

The following year, Shindou again invited the young artist to join his project, The Play along. After filming a serial melodrama "Okinawan Beauty" Rinko Kikuchi began to be recognized on the street.

The first main role went to the girl in the film "Hole in the Sky". Rinko brilliantly played the beauty Taeko, falling in love with half of the country's male population. The film premiered in mid-2001 and received box office success and laudatory reviews at film festivals.

Then Rinko Kikuchi was showered with proposals from Japanese directors. She starred in the projects "Taste of Tea" (the film was shown in the competitive program of the Cannes Film Festival), "Motive" and "69". The last tape - the adaptation of the scandalous novel by Ryu Murakami - was released in 2004.

A breakthrough in Rinko Kikuchi's career happened in 2006, when the Japanese woman was lucky to get into a grandiose Hollywood project, which the venerable Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu undertook to shoot. The drama Babylon stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

Kikuchi understood the scale of the project and sought a role in it throughout the year. The director trusted her with one scene a month, taken out of context, without giving an idea of ​​the entire storyline. Rinko passed the test and got the role of a deaf-mute 16-year-old girl.

For her work in the drama, the Japanese actress was nominated for major world film awards, including the Oscar and Golden Globe. European directors learned about the existence of a talented artist from the Land of the Rising Sun.

Rinko Kikuchi claims that he participates in international projects not for world fame, but for the sake of the films themselves and work in them. The main thing is an interesting role and a bright trace that she leaves in the soul.

After Babylon, the Japanese starred in the acclaimed Hollywood films Bloom Brothers, On the Sidelines, Tokyo Sound Map and Norwegian Forest. The last tape is an adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Haruki Murakami. The drama premiered in 2010.

In 2013, viewers saw the fantastic action film of the legendary Guillermo del Toro "Pacific Rim", in which Kikuchi played the main character - Mako Mori.

In the same year, Rinko appeared on the screen in another high-profile project - a dramatic action movie with fantasy elements "47 Ronin", in which Keanu Reeves shone. This is the first 3D feature film directed by Karl Rinsch. Film critics noted that in whatever role and genre the Japanese woman appears, she completely dissolves in the image, showing the wonders of reincarnation.

The miniature actress (Kikuchi Rinko is 1.69 m tall) is extremely reserved and extremely withdrawn outside the set. Journalists consider it good luck to "catch" the slightest emotion on the face of the "ice princess," as they call Rinko. Able to demonstrate the subtlest shades of feelings on the set, the artist seems to save emotions, fearing to waste on trifles.

Kikuchi Rinko's personal life is not covered. It is known that at one time she had an affair with colleague Federico Aletta and the couple even lived together. But for some unknown reason, the lovers parted, not considering it necessary to give the journalists a report, which was the reason for the farewell.

The actress met her new love in 2014. Her chosen one was the 11-year-old colleague and compatriot Sotha Sometani, with whom the girl met at the house of mutual friends. The couple got married in 2015.

Sometani is an accomplished actor. His filmography - more than 70 titles of Japanese feature films and TV series. In October 2016, the actor announced good news to the subscribers of the official website: his first child was born.

In 2018, American director Stephen S. DeKnight announced the release of the sequel to the science fiction project Pacific Rim 2. The main roles in the film went to Scott Eastwood, John Boyega and Charlie Day.

Rinko Kikuchi will also be seen in this film. Information about this leaked from an Instagram post by cinematographer Dan Mindel.

The director who took on the filming of the sequel is known as the scriptwriter of the "Spartacus" series. Of DeKite's directorial work, the brightest are Smallville and Angel.

1999 - Lust for Life 2000 - Warming Up 2000 - Okinawan Beauty 2001 - A Hole in the Sky 2004 - Taste of Tea 2004 - 69 2006 - Babylon 2009 - The Bloom Brothers 2009 - On roadside "2009 -" Sound Map of Tokyo "2010 -" Norwegian Forest "2013 -" Pacific Rim ", 2013 -" 47 ronin "2014 -" Kumiku, Treasure Hunter "2018 -" Pacific Rim 2 "

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Yuriko Kikuchi Net Worth 2021

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