Ayako Omura
Acting
Biography
Ayako Omura (born December 19, 1984) is a Japanese actress, television personality, and model affiliated with Ito Company. During the 1990s, Ayako Omura made a name for herself by appearing in various projects such as the TV drama "Yokai Newspaper" and the film "New Toilet's Hanako-san," where she acted alongside Yuko Nomura, Ai Maeda, and Maya Hamaoka. Together, they became known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of Chaidoru" and even formed a group called "Pretty Chat," which also released music. After graduating from Horikoshi High School and later from Seijo University, Ayako Omura decided to pursue a serious acting career. She recalls that her dedication to acting truly began with the drama "The Ugly Duckling," where she received advice from the director to perform the kind of acting she truly wanted to do. This experience led her to actively engage with acting and earn praise from the director, ultimately sparking her realization that "acting is fascinating." In addition, she shared a close friendship with Yuka Nomura, her fellow "Chaidoru" member, and they were classmates at university. They both participated in a club called the "European Culture Study Group," where they presented research on interior design and European films.
Known For
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.
Time Limit Investigator
Sakazaki Iwane is a ronin who spends idle days in Edo. Until a few months ago, he was a promising son and successor to a powerful family in Bungo. He has came back to Edo, where he lived for a while for swordplay training with his two best friends, after a tragedy in the three's home domain—both of the two friends died, one of them killed by Iwane by command of the domain lord's chief retainer. Iwane left his home for Edo, leaving behind his fiancée, a sister of the friend he killed. Eventually, Iwane detects the conspiracy behind the deaths of the two friends and struggles to reform his domain.
Kagerou no Tsuji
Brought up in an orphanage, Haoto, a young blind girl, was teased and discriminated against, and the only things she enjoyed were playing with a puppy at the pet shop, and playing the piano. Even though she is blind, Haoto had an amazing talent that even she didn’t realize. A talent called “perfect pitch”. She could play any song on the piano after hearing it only once. Finally, someone noticed her talent. His name was Shinya Minazuki, and he was also a lonely pianist who was brought up in an orphanage. Haoto, about to start a new life in a world unknown to her, comes to be entangled in an intense dispute between the siblings of the rich Minazuki family over who will inherit their prestigious music school. What will happen to the gifted Haoto? This drama, which evolves around beautiful piano music, is full of love, suspense, and mystery.
Waltz of Her Heart
One day, struggling model Kurusu Reina suddenly has the special vision to see images of murderers come to her mind. Asano Kazama, a First Investigative Division detective, pushed into temporary suspension because of a case, unluckily meets Reina. He makes use of her unique ability to solve difficult cases.
Vision - The Woman Who Can See Murder
A school teacher visits the home of a boy who's been absent from school for a long period of time, unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy's household many years ago.
Ju-on: The Beginning of the End
A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity.
Parasite Eve
Higanjima is an eerie island occupied by vampires, from where none has ever come back alive. When teenager Akira hears that his missing brother has been seen in the island, he decides to investigate with several friends.
Vampire Island
When a young girl discovers that her new middle school is the same one her sister mysteriously disappeared from eleven years before. She and her new friends join forces to fight the evil force that threatens them all.
Hanako of the Toilet
This film revolves around the perils of a dating app. A single woman is recommended an app, however the person she matches with is different to his photo. At the same time, a serial killer is stalking his latest victims also using the same app.
Matched
The old-fashioned pure cafe "Moa", which is loved by the locals, had another face called the detective agency. "More" was opened by the current owner, Michiru, the mother of Yumihiko, and Michiru has solved various problems as a detective. After Michiru's death, her brother Goro and her son Yumihiko took over the store, and the detective business was contracted by a part-timer Monaco, which was once helped by Michiru. One day, Monaco, who was consulted by the mother of the luxury club "Sun" about a malicious customer, successfully solves the case with an intelligent arrangement, but the client stops the opportunity and the situation gradually becomes complicated and serious. C) Film "Coffee in White" Production Committee
Coffee White
Two schoolgirls, Hisayo Yoshida and Kanna Murakami, who are tasked with caring for their school's pet rabbits, are sweeping the cages and feeding the animals when Kanna cuts her hand, so Hisayo leaves her alone to go get bandages. (A prequel to the first version of Ju-on, 2000.)