Kou Shibasaki

Kô Shibasaki (柴咲コウ) (alt. Shibasaki Kou) (August 5, 1981), is a Japanese singer and female actor.

She was discovered at 14 by a star agent, and worked in many TV shows and commercials.

She become famous outside Japan for her role in Battle Royale (2001), where she performed the cold-hearted Mitsuko Sôma; her female actress career took of with this movie, and now she is well known in East Asia.

In 2002 she started her singer career, with her first single Trust my feelings, but her singing skills have been only recognized with her second single Tsuki no shizuku (used for the movie Yomigaeri), which was one of the best J-Pop hits of 2003.

Filmography

(Partial)

  • Tokyo Raiders (2000)
  • Battle Royale (2001) - as Mitsuko Sôma, girl #11
  • Go (2001) - as Tsubaki Sakurai
  • Drive (2001)
  • Good luck!! (2003) (TV drama) - as Ayumi Ogawa

Discography

Album

  • Mitsu

Singles

  • Trust my feelings
  • Tsuki no shizuku (aka Rui)
  • Nemurenai yoru wa nemuranai yume wo
  • Omoide dake dewa tsurasugiru
  • Ikutsuka no sora
  • Katachi aru mono


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(Informations on Kou Shibasaki's singer career taken by Wiki.theppn (http://wiki.theppn.org/index.php/Shibasaki_Kou)). She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine Street. (Partial). It was made into a television movie starring Lee Remick. In 2002 she started her singer career, with her first single Trust my feelings, but her singing skills have been only recognized with her second single Tsuki no shizuku (used for the movie Yomigaeri), which was one of the best J-Pop hits of 2003. Her daughter, actress Brooke Hayward, wrote a memoir, Haywire, about her family. She become famous outside Japan for her role in Battle Royale (2001), where she performed the cold-hearted Mitsuko Sôma; her female actress career took of with this movie, and now she is well known in East Asia. She co-starred frequently with James Stewart, with whom she and Fonda had acted in a stock company when they were all unknowns.

She was discovered at 14 by a star agent, and worked in many TV shows and commercials. She also appeared in Little Man, What Now?, The Good Fairy, So Red the Rose, The Moon's Our Home, Next Time We Love, The Shopworn Angel, Three Comrades (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress), The Shop Around the Corner, The Mortal Storm, Appointment for Love and Cry Havoc. Shibasaki Kou) (August 5, 1981), is a Japanese singer and female actor. Her film debut came in 1933 in Only Yesterday. Kô Shibasaki (柴咲コウ) (alt. Her death was officially ruled an accident, but many think it was a suicide. Katachi aru mono. She was found unconscious in a hotel room in New Haven, Connecticut from a barbiturate overdose on January 1, 1960.

Ikutsuka no sora. Sullavan suffered from depression and a congenital hearing defect that grew worse as she grew older. Omoide dake dewa tsurasugiru. Her last film role was in 1950. Nemurenai yoru wa nemuranai yume wo. While married to Hayward, she worked less and less. Tsuki no shizuku (aka Rui). Her third marriage, to agent and producer Leland Hayward, lasted 13 years and produced three children.

Trust my feelings. Her marriage to director William Wyler was equally brief. Mitsu. The marriage ended the following year, although Sullavan and Fonda remained lifelong friends. Good luck!! (2003) (TV drama) - as Ayumi Ogawa. She married Henry Fonda on December 25 of that year. Drive (2001). She made her Broadway debut in 1931.

Go (2001) - as Tsubaki Sakurai. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of a wealthy stockbroker. Battle Royale (2001) - as Mitsuko Sôma, girl #11. Margaret Brooke Sullavan (May 16, 1911 - January 1, 1960) was an American actress. Tokyo Raiders (2000).