Role Ballet Dancer | Name Tamiyo Kusakari | |
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Awards Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Movies and TV shows Shall We Dance?, A Terminal Trust, Nemureru mori no jukujo, Dancing Chaplin, Gusko Budori no Denki Similar People Masayuki Suo, Masao Kusakari, Roland Petit, Gisaburo Sugii, Kyoko Heya | ||
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Tamiyo Kusakari (草刈 民代, Kusakari Tamiyo, born 10 May 1965) is a Japanese dancer for the Maki Asami Ballet Company.
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In 1987, she made her debut as Odette in Swan Lake.
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Biography
From Toshima, Tokyo, Kusakari started dancing professionally at the age of eight and won the first prize at the Japan Ballet Competition of 1987. She received the Muramatsu Award in 1988, and the Tachibana Akiko Award in 1990. At 27, she suffered a hernia that nearly ended her career, leaving her a temporary wheelchair user.
Kusakari is also known for her starring role in Shall We Dance? During the production of the movie she met and later married the director, Masayuki Suo.
She starred in Suo's 2012 film A Terminal Trust.
Films
Television
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