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Rinko Kikuchi
Highest Rated: 93% We Are Little Zombies (2019)
Lowest Rated: 8% Nobody Wants the Night (2015)
Birthday: Jan 6, 1981
Birthplace: Hadano, Japan
As Chieko, the angry, deaf-mute teenager in director Alejandro González Iñárritu's revelatory motion picture "Babel" (2006), Rinko Kikuchi wowed critics and earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her first American film. Her bold personality and leaning towards independent cinema initially limited Kikuchi's acting options in her homeland, though younger, hipper Japanese filmmakers like Katsuhito Ishii and Akiko Oku were captivated by her quirkiness. Following her breakout in "Babel," the remarkable young Kikuchi was wooed by Hollywood as well as European filmmakers and proved she was ready to make a significant impact on international cinema with her rapid casting in film productions around the world.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trespassers | Akiko Tanaka (Character) | - | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | In Love and Deep Water | Aina Horikawa (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 93% | 75% | We Are Little Zombies | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 42% | 37% | Pacific Rim Uprising | Mako Mori (Character) | $59.2M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Terra Formars | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 8% | 36% | Nobody Wants the Night | Allaka (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 88% | 64% | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter |
Kumiko (Character), Executive Producer |
$621.1K | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Summer | Naomi (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 16% | 48% | 47 Ronin | Witch (Character) | $38.3M | 2013 |
| 72% | 77% | Pacific Rim | Mako Mori (Character) | $101.8M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Warped Forest | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Love Strikes! | Naoko Hayashida (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 74% | 49% | Norwegian Wood | Naoko (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | Ryu (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sideways | Mina Parker (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Assault Girls | Lucifer (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 68% | 64% | The Brothers Bloom | Bang Bang (Character) | $3.5M | 2008 |
| 80% | 58% | The Sky Crawlers | Suito Kusanagi (Voice) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kill (Kiru) (Rebellion: The Killing Isle) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Genius Party | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2007 |
| 69% | 77% | Babel | Chieko (Character) | $34.3M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Reason | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89% | 91% | Tokyo Vice | Eimi (Character) | 2022 2024 |
| 79% | 75% | Westworld | Akane (Guest Star) | 2018 |