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Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Actor · Born June 1, 1968 (58) · Kumamoto, Japan

Yui Natsukawa (夏川結衣) is a Japanese actress. She was born on June 1, 1968 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. She is a left-hander (but she writes with her right hand). She has received numerous awards, including the 34th Japan Academy Film Prize as Excellent Supporting Actress for her performance in A Lone Scalpel.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 1, 1968 (58)
From
Kumamoto, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 14% in 30 days

What are Yui Natsukawa's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 87th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
35%
Morality
24%
Survival
13%
Self
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
4%
Power
1%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 11 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 5

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 8 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 8
Shapeshifter
2 of 8
Hero
1 of 8
Mentor
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
10
Tense
9
Melancholic
8
Bittersweet
6
Dread
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Bittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yui Natsukawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yui Natsukawa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Human Vapor(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Bomb(2025)

    as Asuka Ishikawa

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Not Me That Went Viral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Fuyuko Yamagata

  • The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Hitomi Sonezaki

  • The Old One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • The Silent Service Season One - The Battle of Tokyo Bay(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Sonezaki Hitomi

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Silent Service(2023)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • 混声の森 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Why I Dress Up for Love(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Koko Saotome

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • An no Lyric -Sakuragi An, Haiku Hajimetemimashita- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Toubousha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Hotel Royal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Ruriko Tanaka

  • Organ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Fusayo Yanai

  • Red Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Eto Sanae

  • Meet Me After School(2018)

    Show 11 episodes · as Aiko Kuroiwa

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • What a Wonderful Family! 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Fumie Hirata

  • What a Wonderful Family(2017)

    as Fumie Hirata

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • 64: Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Minako Mikami

  • The Unbroken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Ritsuko Onchi

  • 64: Part I(2016)

    as Minako Mikami

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Stop the Old Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • What a Wonderful Family!(2016)

    as Fumie Hirata

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • 125 Years Memory(2015)

    as Yuki

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Kuniko Fujino

  • Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Kuniko Fujino

  • Back of Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Shinjou Emi

  • The Little House(2014)

    as Yasuko Arai

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • A Tale of Samurai Cooking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Shinnyoin

  • Tokyo Family(2013)

    as Fumiko Hirayama

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Doctor X(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Mari Inoue

  • The Yellow Handkerchief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Shima Mitsu

  • I Wish(2011)

    as Kyoko Ariyoshi

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Toire no kamisama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Yoko Uemura

  • Kokô no mesu(2010)

    as Namiko Nakamura

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Shinzanmono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Yoriko Edagawa

  • Ballad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Misako Kawakami

  • Care Worker Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 11 episodes · as Akira Hatori

  • Yako no Kaidan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 9 episodes · as Fukuchi Fujiko

  • Still Walking(2008)

    as Yukari Yokoyama

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Ghibli Scenery: A Journey to Japan Painted in Miyazaki’s Works (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Impossible Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 11 episodes · as 나가노 카에데

  • Galileo(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Nogi Yuko

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • A Gentle Breeze in the Village(2007)

    as Itoko Migita

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Tales from Earthsea(2006)

    as The Queen (voice)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • He Who Can't Marry(2006)

    Show 12 episodes · as Natsumi Hayasaka

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Hana(2006)

    as Oryo

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Woman Opposite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Grave of the Fireflies(2005)

    as Kyoko

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Yoshitsune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 49 episodes · as Akiko (Tomomori's wife)

  • Proof of the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • The Hunter and the Hunted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Makiko

  • There's Someone Watching (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 10 episodes · as Azusa Matsumoto

  • TRUNK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi(2003)

    as Oshino

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Spy Sorge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Hideko Ozaki

  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn(2002)

    as Shizu / Mitsu

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Summer Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Graduation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Izumi

  • Onmyoji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Fujiwara no Sukehime

  • Distance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Kiyoka Yamamoto

  • Acacia Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Shikoku(1999)

    as Hinako Myoujin

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Blue Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 11 episodes · as Kahori Machimura

  • The Things We Liked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • Gonin 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Saki

  • Wana(1996)

    as Yuriko

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Kura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Seki Yamanaka

  • Alone in the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Nami Tsuchiya

  • Sakura Momoko Land: Taniguchi Rokuzo Shoten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 12 episodes · as 谷口明子

  • Sky Cannot Be This Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Kaoru Aoki

  • Kwaidan II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Mokuyoubi no Shokutaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 11 episodes · Actor

  • In the Name of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 12 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2007.

Biggest box office

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

$69M worldwide

Highest rated

Still Walking (2008)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

Film career

19922026

Peak 2007 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting74 of 74: 74 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

By decade

1990s12 · acting2000s26 · acting2010s24 · acting2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
0106

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Yui Natsukawa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th5

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Silent Service (2023)

77th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Still Walking (2008)

Midcredits 99th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Yui Natsukawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yui Natsukawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joe Hisaishi shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers