# Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono (尾野真千子, Ono Machiko, born November 4, 1981) is a Japanese actress.

## Career

Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's Suzaku, which earned the filmmaker the Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Ono won the best actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for her role. After appearing in films by directors such as Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and Isao Yukisada, Ono again starred in a Kawase film, The Mourning Forest, which won the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Also appearing on television, Ono was selected in an audition of 1850 actresses to play the coveted lead role in NHK's Asadora entitled Carnation which began broadcasting in October 2011.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | 萌の朱雀 Moe no Suzaku | Suzaku | Michiru | Lead role |
| 2000 | Eureka | Eureka | Mikiko Sawai | |
| 2004 | 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | | |
| 2004 | 茶の味 | The Taste of Tea | | |
| 2006 | ナイスの森～The First Contact～ | Funky Forest | Mīko | |
| 2006 | こおろぎ | Crickets | | |
| 2007 | 殯の森 Mogari no mori | The Mourning Forest | Machiko | Lead role |
| 2008 | クライマーズ・ハイ | Climber's High | Chizuko Tamaki | |
| 2011 | 小川の辺 | Ogawa no Hotori | Ikuhisa | |
| 2012 | 外事警察 | Gaiji Keisatsu | Hina Matsuzawa | |
| 2012 | のぼうの城 | The Floating Castle | Chiyo | |
| 2012 | 大奥〜永遠〜［右衛門佐・綱吉篇］ | The Castle of Crossed Destinies | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | |
| 2013 | 探偵はBARにいる2 ススキノ大交差点 | The Detective Is in the Bar 2 | Yumiko Kawashima | |
| 2013 | 謝罪の王様 | The Apology King | Misaki Ube | |
| 2013 | そして父になる | Like Father, Like Son | Midori Nonomiya | |
| 2014 | ニシノユキヒコの恋と冒険 | Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken | Manami | |
| 2014 | 魔女の宅急便 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Osono | |
| 2015 | 神様はバリにいる | Bali Big Brother | Shōko Terukawa | |
| 2015 | ソロモンの偽証 | Solomon's Perjury | Ryōko Nakahara | |
| 2015 | きみはいい子 | Being Good | Masami | |
| 2015 | 起終点駅 ターミナル | Kishūteneki Terminal | Saeko Yūki | |
| 2016 | エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺 | Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki | Ryōko Kishi | |
| 2016 | TOO YOUNG TO DIE! 若くして死ぬ | Too Young To Die! | Naomi Kamei | |
| 2016 | 後妻業の女 | Black Widow Business | Tomomi Nakase | |
| 2016 | ミュージアム | Museum | Haruka | |
| 2017 | ブルーハーツが聴こえる | The Blue Hearts | | |
| 2017 | いつまた、君と ～何日君再来～ | When Will You Return? | Tomoko Ashimura | Lead role |
| 2017 | ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 | Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Harumi Tamura | |
| 2018 | 素敵なダイナマイトスキャンダル | Dynamite Graffiti | Tomiko | |
| 2018 | クソ野郎と美しき世界 | Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai | | |
| 2018 | ちいさな英雄－カニとタマゴと透明人間 | Modest Heroes | Mama (voice) | |
| 2019 | 台風家族 | The Stormy Family | Miyoko Suzuki | |
| 2019 | 影踏み | Shadowfall | Hisako Anzai | |
| 2021 | ヤクザと家族 The Family | A Family | Yuka Kudō | |
| 2021 | 明日の食卓 | Tomorrow's Dinner Table | Asumi | |
| 2021 | 茜色に焼かれる | A Madder Red | Ryōko Tanaka | Lead role |
| 2022 | 20歳のソウル | Soul at Twenty | Keiko Asano | |
| 2022 | ハケンアニメ！ | Anime Supremacy! | Kayako Arishina | |
| 2022 | サバカン SABAKAN | Sabakan / Summer Days 1986 | | |
| 2022 | こちらあみ子 | This Is Amiko | Amiko's mother | |
| 2022 | 千夜、一夜 | Thousand and One Nights | Nami | |
| 2023 | PLASTIC | Plastic | | |
| 2023 | 渇水 | The Dry Spell | Kazumi Iwakiri | |
| 2023 | おまえの罪を自白しろ | Confess to Your Crimes | Hatsumi Teranaka | |
| 2024 | DitO | DitO | | |
| 2025 | Bullet Train Explosion | 新幹線大爆破 | Yuko Kagami | |

### Television

| Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | いもたこなんきん | Imo Tako Nankin | Hanaoka Masae | Asadora |
| 2008 | なでしこ隊 | Nadeshiko Tai | ? | |
| 2008 | 空飛ぶタイヤ | The Flying Tire | Sugimoto | |
| 2009 | 火の魚 | Hi no Sakana | Orimi Tochiko | |
| 2009 | 外事警察 | Gaiji Keisatsu | Hina Matsuzawa | |
| 2009 | 警官の血 | The Policeman's Lineage | Kumiko Moriya | Miniseries |
| 2010 | マザー | Mother | Michiki Hitomi | |
| 2010 | ジョーカー 許されざる捜査官 | Joker: Yurusarezaru Sōsakan | Nezu Miyoko | |
| 2010 | ニセ医者と呼ばれて 〜沖縄・最後の医介輔〜 | They Call Me a Fake Doctor: The Last Nurse Practitioner | Nakazen Yumi | TV movie |
| 2011 | 名前をなくした女神 | Namae o Nakushita Megumi | Anno Chihiro | |
| 2011 | カーネーション | Carnation | Ohara Itoko | Lead role; Asadora |
| 2013 | 最高の離婚 | Matrimonial Chaos | Hamasaki Yuka | |
| 2013 | 夫婦善哉 | Meoto Zenzai | Chyouko | Lead role |
| 2014 | 極悪がんぼ | Gokuaku Ganbo | Kaoru Kanzaki | |
| 2015 | フジコ | Fujiko | Fujiko Uehara | |
| 2016 | はじめまして、愛しています。 | Hello, I Love You | Mina Umeda | Lead role |
| 2016 | 夏目漱石の妻 | Soseki Natsume and his Wife | Kyoko Nakane | Lead role |
| 2016 | 狙撃 | Sogeki | Ryōko Kōzuki | Lead role; TV movie |
| 2018 | この世界の片隅に | In This Corner of the World | Keiko Kuromura | |
| 2019 | 絶叫 | The Voice Calling Your Name | Youko Suzuki | Lead role; miniseries |
| 2020–21 | 麒麟がくる | Awaiting Kirin | Iroha-dayū | Taiga drama |
| 2022 | すべて忘れてしまうから | Because We Forget Everything | F | |
| 2024 | 虎に翼 | The Tiger and Her Wings | Narrator | Asadora |
| 2024 | ライオンの隠れ家 | Light of My Lion | Aoi Tachibana | |
| 2025 | 阿修羅のごとく | Asura | Makiko | Lead role |

### Dubbing

* Minions: The Rise of Gru (Belle Bottom)