Tamae Ando
Birthday: 1976-08-08
Place of Birth: Nishiogu, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Tamae Ando is an actress born on August 8, 1976, in Arakawa, Tokyo. She is married to Kuro Tanino, a theater playwright and director associated with the theater group "Niwa Gekidan Penino". The couple has one child. She's been active as an actress since 2001. She is part of the talent agency MASH. She was born as the daughter of a tonkatsu restaurant called "Donpei" which has appeared in the drama "Kodoku no Gurume". She graduated from Ogu Miyamae Elementary School, Ogu Hachiman Junior High School, and The Second Nihon University High School. Aspiring to become a diplomat, she entered Sophia University's department of Foreign Languages but dropped out. She went on to graduate from Waseda Universities department of Literature. Following her graduation, she joined the theater company "Pots Doll" and began working as an actress. She caught the eye of director Hiroki Ryuichi and was cast in her first film, 2003's "Vibrator". Following her 2003 movie debut, 2004 saw her appearing in her first drama. She left "Pots Doll" in 2007 but still appears in stage productions with her most recent appearance occurring in 2015.
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Noriko's Dinner Table
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader ...
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The SanMei-sama: Is it possible to do this remotely?
Three freelancers are having a casual conversation in a family restaurant late at night. The film v...
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The Man of the Political Economy
Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic...
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Phone Call to the Bar
In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with h...
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I DON'T TALK MUCH
Miwa is fired from her part-time job, sentenced to stay in Japan, and dumped by her boyfriend. She s...
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Dreams for Sale
After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild t...
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Birthday Wishes
Although her mother died when she was ten, Noriko still receives yearly birthday cards from her. Her...
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Perfect Days
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, h...
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Hatsukoi: Love, A First
Misaki is ugly, clumsy, lackluster, and lives a life that is meant to be bullied by others. While co...
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Nobody's Perfect
"Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without ...
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All Around Us
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values wit...
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Midnight Diner
A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series o...
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The Extremists' Opera
The semi-biographical The Extremists' Opera follows the everyday and inner struggles of a women-only...
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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age dra...
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My Man
As a young child, Hana loses her family to a devastating tsunami that wipes out her town. At a shelt...
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The Matsugane Potshot Affair
When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to so...
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The Last Reunion
After Isao has reached retirement, he receives a phone call from an ex- elementary school classmate ...
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Phases of the Moon
Osanai Kei enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Osanai Kozue and daughter Osanai Ruri, but...
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Solanin
Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Mei...
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Ripples
Yoriko Sudo believes in a new religious group Midoriinochikai, that worships water. She lives peacef...
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Leave in Summer
Nana runs an inn called Nakajima-so in a seaside town. One day, a young man named Fujii Shuntaro com...
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Golden Slumber
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Pr...
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700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police
After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank ...
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Last Mile
On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, ...
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We'll Keep Walking, That's All
A young woman named Miyuki returns to her hometown, camera in hand, after a difficult breakup. As sh...
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Three Stories of Love
A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost...
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Detective in the Bar 2
A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source w...
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Erased
Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a s...
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Aimitagai
Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accide...
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Kyoto no Ohikkoshi
Toshiya (Yoshinori Masakado) graduated from an art college and works in Osaka. One day, he comes to ...
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Midnight Diner 2
The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and...
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What a Wonderful Life!!
Shuichi Furukawa receives a phone call from his mother. She reminds him that they are moving the nex...
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Marriage
Urumi Kenji is a scoundrel who tricks women with his handsome looks and charm into a marriage yarn a...
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Side Job
Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fa...
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The Last Shot in the Bar
In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner...
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Hatsuko's World
Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima, a boy in her class, who...
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Let's Go, Jets!
Female students, including Hikari Tomonaga, from a high school cheerdance club follow strict instruc...
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A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
Saki's father is an alcoholic and her mother is a follower of a new religion. She sees her father's ...
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A Lone Scalpel
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operati...
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Kuruibana
The movie is made up of three parts. Cursing: A year has passed since Mari's (Mayu Hotta) mother di...
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Balloon Club Revisited
Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gath...
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Over the Fence
A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college...
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Vibrator
Rei is a freelance writer embattled by personal demons. She hears voices in her head, and has sleep...
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Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by...
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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by...
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See You Tomorrow, Everyone
After Satoru Watarai graduated from elementary school, he dropped out of school and decided to live ...
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The Scythian Lamb
Based on a manga written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami, the story is set in a former seaport town Uobuka, wh...
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the le...
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Inubu: The Dog Club
Hanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was littl...
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Piece of Cake
Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than being al...
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Prodigy
Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before...
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SHOWTIME 7
Orimoto Shinnosuke, a former popular news anchor, was forced to leave the nationwide news program “S...
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The SanMei-Sama: Our Summer Wind
Jumbo, Matsun and Mickey are still having the same loose, delusional talk in a family restaurant lat...
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The SanMei-Sama: With all due respect, i love you
The three freelancers Mickey, Matsun and Jumbo start dabbling as usual. For some reason, the convers...
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The SanMei-sama: Spring is a crunchy bite!
Suddenly Mickey says, ‘The era is comedy’, and the three start talking about what role they should e...
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The SanMei-sama
A unique film in which three freelancers talk about unimportant things in a family restaurant. The f...
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Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version
Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told...
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Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version
Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told...
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One Million Yen Girl
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and ...
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Sham
When a young student shows signs of trauma, his parents act swiftly against his middle school teache...
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A Moon in the Ordinary
Kensho Aoto reunites with Yoko Sudo, whom he had feelings for in junior high school, for the first t...
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Petals and Memories
With the promise made to their deceased father in his heart, the older brother, Toshiki, has continu...
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Oishikute Naku Toki
Shinya lost his mother at a young age, and Shinya's classmate, Yuka, feels out of place in her own h...
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