Machiko Ono

Biography

The Nara-born actress got an early start in the much praised and oft discussed The Taste of Tea before staying with the profession and graduating to adult roles. Before that, however, the youngest of four sisters had debuted in Suzaku after, legend has it, director Naomi Kawase spotted her cleaning shoe boxes at her junior high school. She has won several awards since.

Known For

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Emergency Room 24 Hours

Back of Father

The Tiger and Her Wings

Awaiting Kirin

Mother

Asura

Carnation

All Movies (87)

• You, Like a Star2026
• The Ogre's Bride2026 · as Nadeshiko Kosetsu
• Yakushima's Illusion2025 · as Megumi Bento Merchants
• Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki2025
• The Man Who Carries the Voice of August2025
• Bullet Train Explosion2025 · as Yuko Kagami
• Taste and Tears2025
• Oboe no Nai Satsujin2025
• DitO2024 · as Natsu Kamiyama
• Ke no Hi no Kekeke2024 · as Katase Kyoko
• Confess to Your Crimes2023 · as Teranaka Hatsumi
• PLASTIC2023
• The Dry Spell2023 · as Kazumi Iwakiri
• Thousand and One Nights2022 · as Nami Tamura
• Sabakan2022 · as Ryoko Hisada
• Amiko2022 · as Sayuri
• 20-Year-Old Soul2022 · as Keiko Asano
• Anime Supremacy!2022 · as Kayako Arishina
• Mom's Celestial Robe of Feathers2022 · as Haruko
• Yoru no Agura: Ane to Ototo to Watashi2022 · as haruko
• Tomorrow's Dining Table2021 · as Asumi Ishibashi
• A Madder Red2021 · as Ryoko Tanaka
• 心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版2021
• A Family2021 · as Yuka Kudo
• The Smiling Man2020 · as Akira Kamoi
• Shadowfall2019
• Typhoon Family2019 · as Miyoko Suzuki
• Modest Heroes2018 · as Mother (voice)
• The Bastard and the Beautiful World2018 · as Yuko
• Dynamite Graffiti2018 · as Tomiko
• YACHIMUN2018
• The Miracles of the Namiya General Store2017 · as Harumi Tamura
• When Will You Return?2017 · as Tomoko Ashimura
• The Blue Hearts2017 · as (segment “Hammer”)
• Museum2016 · as Haruka Sawamura
• Sniper2016 · as Ryoko Kozuki
• Black Widow Business2016 · as Tomomi Nakase
• Too Young To Die!2016 · as Kamei Naomi
• Everest: The Summit of the Gods2016 · as Kishi
• Terminal2015 · as Saeko Yuki
• Chieri and Cherry2015 · as Marie (voice)
• Being Good2015 · as Masami Mizuki
• Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment2015 · as Ryoko Fujino (adult)
• Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion2015 · as Ryoko Fujino (adult)
• Bali Big Brother2015 · as Sachiko
• A House on a Hill2014 · as Rieko Sugita
• Hana's Miso Soup2014
• Pandora: Eternal life2014 · as Natsumi Tashiro
• Kiki's Delivery Service2014 · as Osono
• The Tale of Nishino2014 · as Manami
• Saikō no Rikon: Special2014 · as 星野结夏
• Hasegawa Machiko's Story2013 · as Machiko Hasegawa
• The Apology King2013 · as Office worker
• Like Father, Like Son2013 · as Midori Nonomiya
• The Sparkling Amber2013
• Detective in the Bar2013 · as Kawashima Yumiko
• The Castle of Crossed Destinies2012
• The Floating Castle2012 · as Chiyo
• Beyond Outrage2012 · as Tatto Girl
• Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man2012
• At River's Edge2011 · as Ikuhisa
• Synchronicity2011
• The Assistant Doctor2010
• Rail Truck2010 · as Yumiko Yano
• Shikasha2010 · as Mother
• If Blessed2010 · as Kawahara Kaoru
• Fish of the Fire2009 · as Tochiko orimi
• Departure: From Ashoro2009 · as Eriko Kikuchi
• Yah Chayka!2008
• Nadeshiko Tai2008
• Climber's High2008 · as Chizuko Tamaki
• The Mourning Forest2007 · as Machiko
• Arigatou2006
• Crickets2006 · as Nurse
• Funky Forest: The First Contact2005 · as Miko
• The Taste of Tea2004 · as Teacher
• Crying Out Love in the Center of the World2004 · as Sakutaro's Older Sister
• Ramblers2003 · as Atsuko
• Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 12003 · as Woman
• Frog River2002
• Tales of the Bizarre: 2002 Spring Special2002
• Gips2001 · as Kazuko
• man-hole2001
• Eureka2001 · as Mikiko
• I'm Sure Tomorrow...2001
• Kaleidoscope1999 · as Self
• Suzaku1997 · as Michiru Tahara

All TV Shows (36)

• まぐだら屋のマリア2025 · as 有马りあ
• Asura2025 · as Makiko
• The Tiger and Her Wings2024 · as 旁白
• Sell My Hand2023 · as Okawa Masami
• Grace's History2023 · as Hasumi Minako
• Because We Forget Everything2022
• Awaiting Kirin2020 · as Iroha-dayu
• To Heal the Heart2020 · as An Shuuko
• Kaidan Botan Doro: Beauty & Fear2019
• Zekkyo2019 · as 铃木阳子
• My Husband Won't Fit2019 · as Tomomi Terada
• 生田家の朝・緑山家の朝2018
• Tourist2018 · as Tachibana Kaoru
• In This Corner of the World2018 · as Keiko Kuromura
• Wife of Soseki Natsume2016 · as 夏目（中根）鏡子
• Hello, I Love You2016 · as Mina Umeda
• Fujiko2015 · as Uehara Fujiko
• Candy House2015 · as Kimura Reiko
• Back of Father2014 · as Sugimoto Nanami
• Villiany Ganbo2014 · as Kaoru Kanzaki
• A Woman from Ashio2014 · as Sachi
• Meoto Zenzai2013
• Matrimonial Chaos2013 · as 滨崎结夏
• 疑惑2012
• Summer Rescue2012 · as Haruka Oyama
• マグマ2012
• Magma2012 · as Taeko
• Carnation2011 · as Itoko Ohara
• Desperate Motherhood2011 · as Anno Chihiro
• CO: Transplant Coordinator2011
• Monster Magnitude: 92010 · as Mari Mikazuki
• Mother2010 · as Michiki Hitomi
• Yokoyama Hideo Suspense2010
• 外事警察2009 · as 松沢陽菜
• Emergency Room 24 Hours1999 · as Yukari Tachibana（橘 ゆかり）
• Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990