Hinako Saeki(佐伯 日菜子,Saeki Hinako) is a Japanese actress who was born on February 16, 1977 in Nara, Japan. Probably her best-known role was as Sadako Yamamura in Rasen, the 1998 sequel to the horror film Ring.
She has also appeared in a handful of other popular Japanese horror films including Uzumaki (2000) which was based on a Junji Ito manga of the same name, and Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998). In addition, she played a featured role as the character Colonel in Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls (2009). She also portrayed in Ultraman X as the Underground Woman/Ryoko Mabuse.
She is also familiar in China for her role as Sadako in the sequel to the Hong Kong TV drama series, My Date with a Vampire II.
Personal life
She was previously married to football player Daisuke Oku, though that marriage ended in divorce. He died in a traffic collision on October 17, 2014.
Filmography
Actress
2023
Sanpoya Kenchan
2019
Aesop's Game
2019
The Master of Funerals
2019
Erica 38 as
Tamaki's wife
2019
The Last White Witch
2018
Play Room
2018
Jesus as
Rikako Ôkuma
2018
Crying Bitch (Short)
2017
Ima kara Anata wo Kyôhaku shimasu (TV Mini Series) as
