Machiko Ono
Acting·November 4, 1981 — 44 years old·Nishiyoshino, Nara, Japan
The Nara-born actress got an early start in the much praised and oft discussed The Taste of Tea before staying with the profession and graduating to adult roles. Before that, however, the youngest of four sisters had debuted in Suzaku after, legend has it, director Naomi Kawase spotted her cleaning shoe boxes at her junior high school. She has won several awards since.
Known For
Like Father, Like Son
2013·7.7
Bullet Train Explosion
2025·6.9
Beyond Outrage
2012·7.0
Modest Heroes
2018·6.6
The Taste of Tea
2004·7.5
Eureka
2001·7.8
Museum
2016·6.7
Kiki's Delivery Service
2014·6.0
A Family
2021·7.3
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005·6.4
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004·7.3
The Mourning Forest
2007·6.8
Filmography · 124
2026You, Like a Star2026The Ogre's BrideNadeshiko Kosetsu2025Yakushima's IllusionMegumi Bento Merchants2025Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki2025The Man Who Carries the Voice of August2025Bullet Train ExplosionYuko Kagami2025Taste and Tears2025まぐだら屋のマリアTV有马りあ2025Oboe no Nai Satsujin2025AsuraTVMakiko2024DitONatsu Kamiyama2024The Tiger and Her WingsTV旁白2024Ke no Hi no KekekeKatase Kyoko2023Sell My HandTVOkawa Masami2023Confess to Your CrimesTeranaka Hatsumi2023PLASTIC2023The Dry SpellKazumi Iwakiri2023Grace's HistoryTVHasumi Minako2022Thousand and One NightsNami Tamura2022Because We Forget EverythingTV2022SabakanRyoko Hisada2022AmikoSayuri202220-Year-Old SoulKeiko Asano2022Anime Supremacy!Kayako Arishina2022Mom's Celestial Robe of FeathersHaruko2022Yoru no Agura: Ane to Ototo to Watashiharuko2021Tomorrow's Dining TableAsumi Ishibashi2021A Madder RedRyoko Tanaka2021心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版2021A FamilyYuka Kudo2020The Smiling ManAkira Kamoi2020Awaiting KirinTVIroha-dayu2020To Heal the HeartTVAn Shuuko2019Shadowfall2019Kaidan Botan Doro: Beauty & FearTV2019Typhoon FamilyMiyoko Suzuki2019ZekkyoTV铃木阳子2019My Husband Won't FitTVTomomi Terada2018生田家の朝・緑山家の朝TV2018TouristTVTachibana Kaoru2018Modest HeroesMother (voice)2018In This Corner of the WorldTVKeiko Kuromura2018The Bastard and the Beautiful WorldYuko2018Dynamite GraffitiTomiko · Theme Song Performance2018YACHIMUN2017The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreHarumi Tamura2017When Will You Return?Tomoko Ashimura2017The Blue Hearts(segment “Hammer”)2016MuseumHaruka Sawamura2016SniperRyoko Kozuki2016Wife of Soseki NatsumeTV夏目（中根）鏡子2016Black Widow BusinessTomomi Nakase2016Hello, I Love YouTVMina Umeda2016Too Young To Die!Kamei Naomi2016Everest: The Summit of the GodsKishi2015FujikoTVUehara Fujiko2015TerminalSaeko Yuki2015Chieri and CherryMarie (voice)2015Candy HouseTVKimura Reiko2015Being GoodMasami Mizuki2015Solomon's Perjury 2: JudgmentRyoko Fujino (adult)2015Solomon's Perjury 1: SuspicionRyoko Fujino (adult)2015Bali Big BrotherSachiko2014A House on a HillRieko Sugita2014Hana's Miso Soup2014Back of FatherTVSugimoto Nanami2014Pandora: Eternal lifeNatsumi Tashiro2014Villiany GanboTVKaoru Kanzaki2014Kiki's Delivery ServiceOsono2014The Tale of NishinoManami2014Saikō no Rikon: Special星野结夏2014A Woman from AshioTVSachi2013Hasegawa Machiko's StoryMachiko Hasegawa2013The Apology KingOffice worker2013Like Father, Like SonMidori Nonomiya2013The Sparkling Amber2013Meoto ZenzaiTV2013Detective in the BarKawashima Yumiko2013Matrimonial ChaosTV滨崎结夏2012The Castle of Crossed Destinies2012疑惑TV2012The Floating CastleChiyo2012Beyond OutrageTatto Girl2012Summer RescueTVHaruka Oyama2012マグマTV2012MagmaTVTaeko2012Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man2011CarnationTVItoko Ohara2011At River's EdgeIkuhisa2011Desperate MotherhoodTVAnno Chihiro2011CO: Transplant CoordinatorTV2011Synchronicity2010The Assistant Doctor2010Monster Magnitude: 9TVMari Mikazuki2010Rail TruckYumiko Yano2010ShikashaMother2010MotherTVMichiki Hitomi2010Yokoyama Hideo SuspenseTV2010If BlessedKawahara Kaoru2009外事警察TV松沢陽菜2009Fish of the FireTochiko orimi2009Departure: From AshoroEriko Kikuchi2008Yah Chayka!2008Nadeshiko Tai2008Climber's HighChizuko Tamaki2007The Mourning ForestMachiko2006Arigatou2006CricketsNurse2005Funky Forest: The First ContactMiko2004The Taste of TeaTeacher2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the WorldSakutaro's Older Sister2003RamblersAtsuko2003Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1Woman2003怪談新耳袋TVWoman2002Frog River2002Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special2001GipsKazuko2001man-hole2001EurekaMikiko2001I'm Sure Tomorrow...1999Emergency Room 24 HoursTVYukari Tachibana（橘 ゆかり）1999KaleidoscopeSelf1997SuzakuMichiru Tahara1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari TokubetsuhenTV