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Nozomi Ando

Nozomi Ando

Acting

Biography

Ando Nozomi is a former Oha Star girl and also a former Nicomo (model of nicola). She made her acting debut with Gamera 3 Jashin Kakusei. After that film she appeared in a handful of others and won herself Mainichi Film Contest Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer award for Sakuya Youkaiten in 2000. She was also the recepient of the Third Nihon Digital Video Grand Prix award for best actress. While she began singing on an independent label in 1999, in 2001 she made her major debut with Crowd Record. However, she has focused more on acting in recent years and has not recorded music since 2003. She also got married five years later, as announced on her blog, and gave birth to her first child a year later.

Known For

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
7.4

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

1999
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter
8.0

After a bloody battle, Sarutobi Sasuke, his lord, and his students, retreat to a hideout in the middle of a forest awaiting for new orders. At the same time, Genyusai, an ancient and immortal evil, returns, and blood ties are revealed. Part 2 of 4 Sarutobi Sasuke Series.

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter

2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter
8.0

In order to murder Tokugawa Ieyasu to overthrow his reign, Sarutobi Sasuke put a group of young men under a cruel and deadly form of trainment to become ninjas. At the same time, two brothers hired by Tokugawa try to find the localization of their hideout, and a spy hides among the students. Part 1 of a 4 part series about Sarutobi Sasuke.

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter

2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
7.5

The day of the final battle approaches and, to guarantee the uncertain victory, Sarutobi Sasuke is asked to retrieve the legendary sword Muramasa. Sighted in three different locations, the army splits up and goes on a journey after it, but new faces show up, dubious allies and dangerous enemies, and the fight begins. Part 3 of 4 about Sarutobi Sasuke.

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter

2004
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit
6.0

When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not purely accidental.

Tomie: Forbidden Fruit

2002
L'amant
5.0

When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year's-worth of sexual services -- her motivation, aside from money, is never explained -- the relationships among the men (whom she calls A. B and C) keep shifting in ways that redefine power and sex.

L'amant

2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
N/A

Sarutobi Sasuke’s army is attacked by the enemy and after returning to the hideout with a broken duplicate and a false sword, the real Muramasa can only be the stolen one. Now, after so many casualties, fighting the declining morale, and with only three days left until the final battle, the invasion of Osaka castle, the need to recover it grows, and they will do it by any means possible. Final movie in the Sarutobi Sasuke Series.

Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter

2005
Touch
5.9

Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will take Minami to the tournament.

Touch

2005
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
4.5

Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the manga )

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel

2006
Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
6.2

The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Tarō, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. Along the way, the two warriors have doubts about Tarō’s loyalties, and the young kappa himself must decide if he will stand with his own species or with the humans who have cared for him.

Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons

2000
Flic
6.4

Kazuo Murata is a detective who has lost his wife and eventually the meaning of his existence.

Flic

2005
Gurozuka
6.0

A fun getaway turns into a journey to Hell for some teenage girls visiting an isolated house to rehearse and perform a play for their private movie club. Taking the trip with an adult chaperone, the girls learn a previous club member supposedly went missing in the house, and another insane! Shortly after they arrive, a mysterious videotape is found with footage of a violent killer wearing a Japanese “deigan” mask. Is this footage real or fake? Soon, their food and equipment disappears and one of the girls is haunted by ghostly visions of the masked demon. Someone or something is in the house, and gruesome death awaits those who cannot escape!

Gurozuka

2005
Kibakichi
5.9

A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.

Kibakichi

2004
Damned Files 6
8.0

This is the sixth volume of a serial horror drama series of complete stories based on rumored haunted spots, actual stories, and accidents that have occurred in Nagoya and other areas in the Tokai region.

Damned Files 6

2004
The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
3.5

There has been a surge in the number of people killing themselves; a mysterious DVD is found on the bodies of the victims... Nozomi falls under the spell of a deadly cult. Yousuke, the policeman she is dating, soon realizes that the cult has something to do with the DVD. Then one day all trace of the group disappear--along with Nozomi.

The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage

2003
World's End / Girl Friend
6.8

Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't manage to express his real feelings or stop picking up other women. Misawa is dumbfounded by Shinnosuke's behavior but also has complex feelings of love for his friend.

World's End / Girl Friend

2005
The Suicide Manual
3.8

After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual.

The Suicide Manual

2003
Young Thugs: Chinatown Romeo and Juliet
N/A

No description available.

Young Thugs: Chinatown Romeo and Juliet

2007
Making-of Demon Hunting
N/A

Behind-the-scenes footage of Satoshi Torao's film Demon Hunting.

Making-of Demon Hunting

2003
IKUSA: The 2nd War
N/A

Things have never been the same for the local Yakuza ever since Issa Mido invented the famous curry-squeezing device Shiboru-kun. Despite his invention being a big hit, he seems to have completely dropped off the map. The smaller families see Issa as an important tool in order to overthrow the head of the gang, and begin searching for him far and wide.

IKUSA: The 2nd War

2006