Japanese model Rinko Kikuchi has appeared in films and theatrical performances. In addition, she can often be seen on television. Rinko was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the film Babylon.
Biography and personal life
Kikuchi was born on January 6, 1981 in Hadano in Kanagawa. She was the youngest of three children. In her youth, Rinko met an agent on the street who noticed a talented girl. Rinko's spouse is a Japanese actor Shota Sometani. Their wedding took place on December 31, 2014. Rinko's husband is 11 years younger than her. In October 2016, the couple had a child.
Career and creativity
Her debut came in 1999. She played in the film "The Will to Live". In 2001, Rinko starred in the film Sora no Ana. The film was presented at international film festivals, including Rotterdam. In 2004, Kikuchi got a role in Katsuhito Ishii's Taste of Tea. The film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2006, Kikuchi was invited by Japanese producer Yoko Narahashi for a film with the original title Babel. She played a restless, deaf teenage girl. Rinko received international recognition and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for this role. It is noteworthy that this was only the 4th case of a nomination for a role without words in the history of this award. Kikuchi received the National Review Council's Breakthrough Award of the Year alongside Jennifer Hudson and the Gotham Prize.
Rinko starred in 2 films by Mamoru Oshii: "Scoundrels of the Sky" in 2008 and "Assault Girls" in 2009. Rinko can be seen in Rian Johnson's second film, The Brothers Bloom, 2009. This was her first major role in English. The main character, whom she played, said only 3 words in this language. Then some critics joked that this is the entire vocabulary of the English actress.
In 2010, Kikuchi starred as Naoko in the adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Forest. In March 2011, Rinko became one of the cast of the film "47 Ronin". This painting is the first English version of the Chushingur legend, the most famous Japanese story of samurai devotion and revenge. Kikuchi has done an excellent job of her somewhat bitchy role. In 2013, she starred in Guillermo del Toro's film Pacific Rim. The actress specifically improved her English with the help of American TV shows. 2014 brought Kikuchi a role in Kumiku, the Treasure Hunter, directed by David Zellner.
Filmography
In 2004, Rinko starred in Lee Sang-Il's drama 69, written by Kankuro Kudo and based on the novel by Ryu Murakami. Her partners on the set were Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masanobu Ando, Yuta Kanai, Asami Mizukawa, Rina Ota, Yoko Mitsuya, Hirofumi Arai, Hideko Hara, Ittoku Kishibe and Jun Kunimura. The film tells about a guy who decided to organize a music festival to impress his beloved.
In 2006, Rinko was invited to the drama film Babylon directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu. The film has garnered many international awards and was nominated for an Oscar as the best film of the year. In addition to Kikuchi, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Achzam, Bubke Eit El Qaid, Said Tarchani, Amit Muriani, Abdelkander Bara and Wahiba Zahmi played in the film. The script was written by Guillermo Arriaga.
The actress starred in the thriller "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo". This film, directed by Isabelle Coixet, was released in 2009. Rinko's partners are Sergi Lopez as David, Min Tanaka as narrator, Manabu Oshio as Yoshi, Takeo Nakahara as Nagara and Hideo Sakaki as Ishida. Rinko plays a contract killer who must restore justice. So says the inconsolable father of the girl who committed suicide. The man decided that David was guilty of his daughter's suicide and ordered him. The heroine Rinko could not dispassionately do her job, as she was carried away by a potential victim. The script for the film was written by Isabelle Coixet.
In 2010, she was invited to the American-Chinese detective thriller by the Swedish director Mikael Hofstrom "Shanghai". The film tells the story of an American spy who arrived in Japanese-occupied Shanghai shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The main character wants to find the killer of his best friend. He becomes close to the leader of the local triad and spies. The film stars John Cusack as Paul Soums, an American spy, Chow Yunfat as Anthony Lantin, the leader of the Shanghai Triad, Ken Watanabe as the captain of the Japanese counterintelligence service, David Morse as Richard Astor, Gong Li as Anna Lantin, Jeffrey Dean Morgan in as Connor, Hugh Bonneville as Ben Sanger. Rinko Kikuchi played Sumiko, a Chinese spy.
In 2018, Rinko joined the filming of the second season of HBO's science fiction series Westworld. In Russian translation, it is called "World of the Wild West" or "Western World". The series was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. It is an adaptation of the film of the same name, directed by Michael Crichton, which was released in 1973. Executive Producers are Jonathan Nolan, Joy, J. J. Abrams, Jerry Weintraub and Brian Burke. The first season began in October 2016 and ended in December 2016. Season 2 premiered in April 2018. The action takes place in a fictional futuristic amusement park "Westworld", which is inhabited by androids. The park was created only for the rich and tall people. The series starred Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Ingrid Bulse Berdal, Luke Hemsworth, Sidse Babette Knudsen, Simon Quaterman, Rodrigo Santoro, Angela Sarafian, Shannon Woodward, Hop Harris and Anthony.
