Hideaki Ito is most famous for his leading role in "Umizaru", a TV and movie series adapted from a popular manga comic about the lives of rescue diver trainees in Kure, Japan. The series began in 2004 and continued for ten years, finishing in 2014. Each of the Umizaru films ranked in the top 100 highest-grossing films in Japan, including both Japanese and Western films. During this time and since then, Hideaki Ito has been involved in over 50 films and drama series. Notably, he starred in the 2007 film "Sukiyaki Western Django", in which he acted alongside Quentin Tarantino. The film was entered in the 64th Venice Film Festival.
In 2015, he won the award for the Best Supporting Actor in the Japan Academy Film Prize for his role in "Wood Job!". Today, Hideaki Ito is an international household name in many Asian countries including Japan, China, Thailand, and beyond.
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Despite her young age, Minami has starred in a couple of films that has grossed over 1 billion yen in Japan.
In 2019, Minami starred in the film The Great War of Archimedes. The film grossed over 1.9 billion yen in Japan is amongst the highest-grossing film of 2019 in Japan.
In 2020, Minami starred in the live-action film The Promised Neverland. The film has since grossed over 2.1 billion yen in Japan, making it amongst the highest-grossing film of 2020 and 2021 in Japan.
Minami also appeared in the film Murders At The House of Death in 2020. The film has grossed over 1 billion yen and is the 20th highest-grossing film in Japan for the year 2020.
She is scheduled to star in the live-action Shin Kamen Rider film in 2022.
Minami has a Pomeranian pet dog she affectionately calls "Popu-chan". She is close friends with fellow actors Takumi Kitamura and Kanna Hashimoto.
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