*anese actress

Eri *atsu (深津 絵里, *atsu Eri, born 11 January 1973) is a *anese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in Villain. She also received acclaim for her role in the *anese TV series Bayside Shakedown and the subsequent spin-off films of the series. In 1988, she starred in "Christmas Express" commercials for the Central *an Railway Company.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 Films
  • 3.2 Television
• 4 Discography
• 5 Photobooks
• 6 Awards
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Early life

Eri *atsu was born in Ōita, Ōita, *an. Her father is an engineer and her mother is the calligrapher Yumiko *atsu. She made her show business debut at age 13, winning the Miss Harajuku Grand Prix held in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood.

Career

In her early years in *an's entertainment business, Eri *atsu worked as a singer under the names Rie Mizuhara and Rie Takahara, but later decided to use her real name. In 1988 she made her screen debut in the film adaptation of Tōma no Shinzō, en*led Summer Vacation 1999. Among her television credits, Eri *atsu also provides narration for the long-running "World Heritage Sites" program on *anese television.

In 1997, *atsu took the role of Sumire Onda in the Bayside Shakedown television series. She co-starred with Satoshi Tsumabuki in Lee Sang-il's 2010 film Villain, for which she won the Best Actress award at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival. In 2011, she starred in Kōki Mitani's A Ghost of a Chance.

Filmography

Films

Television

Discography

Albums

• Applause (1990)
• Sourire (1992)
• Dokuichigo (2012) (as Ichigo Ichie)

Singles

• "Yokohama Joke" (1988)
• "Nanatsu no Namida" (1989)
• "Approach" (1989)
• "Hitori-zutsu no Futari" (1992)
• "Ai wa Suteki, Ai wa Hanataba" (1992)

Photobooks

• Sobacasu (1989)

Awards

References

External links

• *an portal
• Film portal
• Biography portal

• Official website - Amuse, Inc.
• Eri *atsu at IMDb
• Eri *atsu at the *anese Movie Database (in *anese)