
Rie Miyazawa
- Date of Birth: 1973-04-06
- Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazaw... Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego. She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).

PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower
Animation, Science Fiction • 2023 November

Dreaming Awake
Drama • 2008 October

同屋三分亲
Drama • 1990 October

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Documentary, TV Movie • 2016 January

Why Do I Choose?
• 1989 August

Saiyūki
• 1993 March

聖夜の奇跡 あなたの好きな愛はどれ?
TV Movie • 1995 December

Youth Peony Lantern
Drama, Romance, Horror, TV Movie • 1993 August

Sunny Home
Documentary • 2005 February

The Kiss of an Invisible Man
Fantasy • 2004 March