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Born in Tokyo, OHTSUKA graduated from Nihon University, College of Art, Department of Photography. She debuted as an actress in 1992 in the TV drama series “Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto” (CX). Since her debut she has appeared in NHK’s period drama “Mori Motonari” (1997), “Hero” (2001/CX), “Dr. Coto’s Clinic” (2003/CX) and “Iryu: Team Medical Dragon” (2007/CX).
Her popularity continues to rise. The TV drama “Rokugatsu no Sakura” won the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival Outstanding Performance Award in the TV drama category. In 1994, she debuted on the big screen with Yasashii Arashi. Further cinema credits include 119 (1994), School Mystery (1995) and Shunji IWAI’s Swallowtail Butterfly (1996). In 2002, her acting was highly praised in works such as Warau Kaeru (Hideyuki HIRAYAMA), Utsutsu (Hisahi TOMA) and Man Walking on Snow (Masahiro KOBAYASHI).
She won Best Supporting Actress at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival and Best Leading Actress at the 57th Mainichi Film Awards. She then continued to work on projects including Life is Journey (2003) directed by her husband Seiichi TANABE, Kikansha Sensei (2004/ Ryuichi HIROKI), Limit Of Love: Umizaru (2006/ Eiichiro HASUMI), The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God (2007/ Yoshihiro NAKMURA), Hero (2007/ Masayuki SUZUKI), Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009/ Hiroshi NISHITANI) and Matataki (2010/ Itsumichi ISOMURA). Bashing (2006) was selected In Competition at the 58th Cannes Film Festival and won Best Picture at the 6th Tokyo FilMex Competition.
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