Atsuko Takahata

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Biography

Atsuko Takahata (高畑淳子, Takahata Atsuko, October 11, 1954) is a Japanese actress, voice actor, and talent, born in Zentsūji City, Kagawa Prefecture. She is a member of the Seinenza Theater Company.

Known For

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Lady Sagami (voice)

Ring 0

Kaoru Arima

Magic Knight Rayearth

Debonair (voice)

Kamen Rider

Maribaron

The Imaginary

Downbeat Grandma (voice)

Bunny Drop

Yumiko Sugiyama

X: The Movie

Kanoe

Yamato

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	School Meals Time - School Excursion Inferno MOVIE	Self
2025	Just a bit Espers TV	Enjyaku
2025	Monster TV	Kayo Tadokoro
2024	Shinjuku Field Hospital TV	Ai Shiraki
2024	お終活再春！人生ラプソディ MOVIE	Self
2024	Destiny TV	Ohata Setsuko
2024	Sun Expo MOVIE	Okawa Hisako
2023	The Imaginary MOVIE	Downbeat Grandma (voice)
2023	The Moon MOVIE	Self
2023	Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 MOVIE	Self
2023	Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1 MOVIE	Oseki
2022	Motherhood MOVIE	[Rumiko's mother-in-law]
2022	Soar High! TV	Saitsu Shoko [Mai's grandmother]
2022	The Call of a Faraway Mountain MOVIE	Self
2022	Shōtai TV	Setsue Konno
2022	Don't Call It Mystery TV	Self
2021	Cyber Crimes Unit TV	Self
2021	Oshûkatsu MOVIE	Chikako Ohara
2021	The Women MOVIE	Mitsuko
2021	The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood MOVIE	Self
2021	Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors TV	Self
2020	Daddy Is My Classmate TV	Tae Obika
2020	Switch MOVIE	Yasumi Natsumi
2020	行列の女神～らーめん才遊記～ TV	Yoko Hashizume
2020	Yamanaka Shizuo-shi no songen shi MOVIE	Self
2020	Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist TV	Tamiyo Kosaka
2019	The House on the Slope TV	Misawa Fujiko
2018	A Distant Cry from Spring MOVIE	Suzue Ōsawa
2018	遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます TV	Self
2018	Life in Overtime MOVIE	SAKURADA Miyuki
2018	Residential Complex TV	Satoko Igarashi
2018	Spring Has Come TV	Sue Kishikawa
2017	Black Leather Notebook TV	Ichiko Nakaoka
2017	Lovers in the Attic TV	Chizuko Saijo
2016	The Copycat Criminal TV	Masako Itagaki
2016	Guard Center 24 MOVIE	Woman in elevator
2016	Onnatachi no Tokusou Saizensen TV	Misuzu Yasaka
2016	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time TV	Naoko Fukamachi
2016	Stop the Old Fox MOVIE	Self
2016	Naomi and Kanako TV	Li Zhu Mei
2016	Sanadamaru TV	Kaoru
2015	Hana's Miso Soup MOVIE	Midori Yasutake
2015	The Land of Rain Trees MOVIE	Fumiko Sakisaka
2015	逆転弁護士ヤブハラ TV	吉村サキ
2014	Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya MOVIE	Self
2014	I'm Taking the Day Off TV	Aoishi Mitsuo
2014	Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon TV	Keiko Sasamoto
2014	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3 MOVIE	Self
2013	The Tale of The Princess Kaguya MOVIE	Lady Sagami (voice)
2013	Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version MOVIE	Madame Barusamiko
2013	Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version MOVIE	Madame Barusamiko
2013	The Sango Ranger MOVIE	Yoko Shimajiri
2013	Keiji 110 kiro TV	Reiko Nishikori
2012	Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon TV	Junko Shiraki（白木淳子）
2012	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 2 MOVIE	Self
2012	悪女について MOVIE	Bito Mutsuko
2012	Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 MOVIE	Natsuko
2011	Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi TV	Yoko Inuyama
2011	Bunny Drop MOVIE	Yumiko Sugiyama
2011	The Marriage Counselor TV	Sanae Takahara
2011	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File MOVIE	Mineko Oka
2010	無敵のおばさん小早川千冬正義の事件簿 TV	Self
2010	The Metropolitan Police Missing Person Investigation Section TV	Kimiko Kosugi
2010	Mother TV	Suzuhara Toko
2009	The Dog of Orthros TV	Yoko Sakaki
2009	Tsubasa TV	Tamaki Kanoko
2009	高村薫サスペンス去りゆく日に TV	Self
2008	街占師北白川晶子の事件占い TV	Self
2008	Atsuhime TV	Honjuin
2008	Rokumeikan MOVIE	Kusano
2006	Mother at Fourteen TV	Matoba Haruko
2006	Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers MOVIE	Rei
2005	Yamato MOVIE	Self
2005	Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari TV	Tachibana Reiko
2005	Spring Snow MOVIE	Self
2005	Samurai Commando Mission 1549 MOVIE	Kagamino
2005	農家の嫁は弁護士！神谷純子のふるさと事件簿 TV	Self
2005	After the Rains and Dreams TV	Sanae Ishida [Yuriko's mother]
2004	Wild Flowers MOVIE	Self
2003	Century of Love TV	Akiyama Izumiko
2003	The Great White Tower TV	Masako Azuma
2002	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo TV	Self
2000	Ring 0 MOVIE	Kaoru Arima
1997	Twilight of the Dark Master MOVIE	Narrator / Takamiya [female form] (voice)
1996	X: The Movie MOVIE	Kanoe
1994	Magic Knight Rayearth TV	Debonair (voice)
1993	Sunflower on the Hill TV	Togo Natsu
1992	Special Rescue Exceedraft TV	Fumie Takeuchi
1990	Like the Clouds, Like the Wind MOVIE	Tamyuun
1990	Special Rescue Police Winspector TV	Miyuki Fukano
1989	Kamen Rider: Run All Over the World MOVIE	Maribaron
1988	Kamen Rider Black RX TV	Maribaron
1985	Megabeast Investigator Juspion TV	Galactic Witch Gilza
1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series TV	Hisayo
1980	Twenty-Four Eyes MOVIE	Sanae Yamishi (voice)
1979	Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B TV	Honda
1971	Kamen Rider TV	Maribaron

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