Sachiyo Nakao

Sachiyo Nakao

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Place of Birth: Iida City , Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Biography: Born in Tokyo. She starred in the drama Dream Island Girl (written and directed by Shoichiro Sasaki), which aired on NHK in 1974. In the drama Four Seasons ~ Utopiano (written and directed by Shoichiro Sasaki), she painstakingly portrayed the image of a young woman who moved from a snowy country to the city to become a piano tuner. The film, with its beautiful music and visuals, was highly acclaimed both domestically and internationally, and won numerous international awards. Her major awards include the 32nd Italian RAI Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Picture. She has also appeared in NHK specials directed by Sasaki.

Movies

Belle
Belle

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the los...

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Four Seasons: Utopiano
Four Seasons: Utopiano

This drama features Eiko (a homonym of A-ko, meaning literally "a girl"), played by Sachiyo Nakao, ...

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Dream Island Girl
Dream Island Girl

A boy rescues a girl who has collapsed in a river, from their exchanges and memories a tale of lonel...

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The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin
The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin

This is the first work in the "River" series, born from Sasaki's idea that "music was born on the ba...

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Spring: the Light of Sound
Spring: the Light of Sound

Third in the River series, the Danube. The works of this trilogy feature stories about rivers linkin...

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Rainbow of Andalusia
Rainbow of Andalusia

Second in the River series. Eiko continues her travels, this time to Andalusia, Spain....

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