Kaori Momoi

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Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, Momoi Kaori) is a Japanese actress. She made her debut in the 1971 Kon Ichikawa film To Love Again and is still active today, having been in over 60 films during her career. After appearing in the 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha she joined The Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) to expand her opportunities in Hollywood films. Aside from her acting career, Momoi has often branched out to other areas of interest. She has released 15 albums as a singer, designed her own line of jewelry, and published a book of essays among other numerous other things. Momoi is widely respected not only for her accomplishments and beauty, but for her fierce independence and reputation as a free thinker - making her a role model for women of all ages in Japan.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal 3 Profile 4 Filmography 5 External Links

[edit] Biography

Daughter of international political scholor and jewelry designer Makoto Momoi and younger sister of former playwright Akira Momoi, Kaori Momoi moved moved to London at age 12 to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy for 3 years. Upon returning home she attended Joshibi High School of Art and Design. She then went to Tokyo Ballet School, but quit ballet soon after graduation. Her next stop was Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts, which she left a year after making her film debut.

[edit] Personal

• Momoi is close friends with singer Yumi Matsutouya.

[edit] Profile

• Name: Kaori Momoi (桃井かおり, Momoi Kaori)
• Birth date: April 8, 1952
• Birthplace: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
• Blood type: O
• Height: 5' 3¾" (162cm)

[edit] Filmography

• Actress
  • [1971] To Love Again ... Momoyo, Miya's sister
  • [1971] Lost Lovers
  • [1973] Akai Tori Nigeta? ... Makiko Ishida
  • [1973] Erosu wa Amaki Kaori ... Etsuko
  • [1974] Seishun no Satetsu ... Tomiko Ohashi
  • [1974] The Assassination of Ryoma ... Tae
  • [1975] Love in a Small Room ... Yasuko
  • [1975] Africa's Light ... Fujiko
  • [1976] The Youth Killer ... Ikuko Ishikawa
  • [1977] Boku wa Tenshi ja Naiyo ... Yuki
  • [1977] The Yellow Handkerchief ... Akemi Ogawa
  • [1979] Tora-san 23: Tora-san the Matchmaker ... Hitomi
  • [1979] Mo Hozue wa Tsukanai ... Mariko
  • [1979] Heaven Sent ... Sayoko Morisaki
  • [1980] Kagemusha ... Otsuyanokata
  • [1980] Yugure Made ... Sugiko Emori
  • [1981] Why Not? ... Ine
  • [1982] The Gate of Youth Part 2 ... Kaoru
  • [1982] Suspicion ... Kumako Onizawa
  • [1983] Single Girl ... Mina
  • [1984] Main Theme ... Kayoko Ise
  • [1985] Ikite Mitai mo Ichido: Shinjuku Basu Hoka Jiken ... Mitsuko Ishii
  • [1986] Comic Magazine
  • [1986] Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies ... Empress Akiko
  • [1986] O-Nyanko za Mubî Kiki Ippatu! ... Hotaru Hoashi
  • [1987] Carefree Goddesses ... Sakie Kimura
  • [1987] Hawaiian Dream ... Reiko Caine
  • [1988] The Yen Family ... Noriko Kimura
  • [1988] Love Bites Back ... Chikako Koga
  • [1988] Tomorrow ... Tsuruko / Yae's married sister
  • [1990] Donmai ... Kayoko Murakami
  • [1990] Ware ni Utsu Yoi Ari ... Ritsuko
  • [1990] Onna ga Ichiban Niau Shokugyo ... Kinu
  • [1994] Bo no Kanashimi ... Customer at a bar
  • [1995] The Girl of Silence ... Akemi Tanaka
  • [1996] Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment ... Fujimoto's mother
  • [1996] Swallowtail ... Suzukino
  • [1997] Tokyo Lullaby ... Tami Ohsawa
  • [1997] Dream Stadium ... Tomoe Nishiyama
  • [1997] Bounce Ko Gals ... Saki
  • [1997] Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald ... Takako Nakaura
  • [1998] Rakuen Eno Hashi ... Yuka's mother
  • [1998] Daikaiju Tokyo ni Arawaru ... Kimie Tadokoro
  • [1998] Tadon to Chikuwa ... Woman in teddy bear
  • [1999] The Island Tales ... Marianne
  • [2000] Pyrokinesis ... Chikako Ishizu, the Detective
  • [2003] Like Asura
  • [2004] Izo
  • [2004] Revival Blues ... Kayo
  • [2005] Goodbye CP
  • [2005] Solntse ... Empress Kojun
  • [2005] Memoirs of a Geisha ... Mother
  • [2006] Faces of a Fig Tree
  • [2006] Love and Honor ... Ine Hatano
  • [2007] The Yakiniku Movie
  • [2007] Sukiyaki Western Django ... Ruriko
  • [2007] The Ramen Girl ... Mama-san
  • [2009] Subaru
• Writer/Director
  • [2006] Faces of a Fig Tree
• Producer
  • [1996] Otokotachi no Kaita e

[edit] External Links

• Kaori Momoi at the Internet Movie Database
• Kaori Momoi at the Japanese Movie Database
• Kaori Momoi at Wikipedia
• Kaori Momoi at Japanese Wikipedia
• Vogue Women of the Year 2006
• Kaori Momoi interview at S-Woman.net