Where to watch Kimiko Yo in the UK
Find every Kimiko Yo film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour …
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- Straight to Hell (2026) Cast
- The Naked Director (2019) as Kozue Muranishi
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995) as Hiruko Kirigoe
- Half Blue Sky (2018) as Kimika Okada
- Shin Godzilla (2016) as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
- Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono (2016) as Yoriko Musubi
- Churasan (2001) as Shibata Yoko
- The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022) as Hiruko Kirigoe
- Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016) as Chieko Tachibana
- Back of Father (2014) as Togawa Yasuko
- Atsuhime (2008) as Hisa-hime
- The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk (2015) Cast
- Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (2023) Cast
- Sanctuary (2023) Cast
- dele (2018) Cast
- Trillion Game (2023) as Mitsuzono Shizuku
- Usotoki Rhetoric (2024) Cast
- Shinjuku Field Hospital (2024) as Ritsuko Nishi Freeman
- Into the White Night (2006) as Taniguchi Mafumi
- The Ramen Girl (2008) as Reiko
- Dangerous Detective (1986) as Yuko
- Parasyte: Part 1 (2014) as Izumi Nobuko
- Departures (2008) as Yuriko Kamimura
- Be with You (2005) as Hongo Naomi
- The Gift of Your Heart (2024) as Yukino Aihara
- Worst by Chance (2003) as Hatsuko Kim
- Bambino! (2007) Cast
- Taro no Tō (2011) Cast
- Say You Love Me (1995) as Kaoru Kanzaki
- Midnight Diner 2 (2016) as Chieko
- Karyuu No Utage (2011) as Miyagi Yoko
- Parasyte: Part 2 (2015) as Izumi Nobuko
- Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room (2020) as Shibusawa Wakako
- To Every You I've Loved Before (2022) as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
- Suicide Club (2001) Cast
- Yamato (2005) Cast
- The Public Enemy (2017) as Akiko Kawarada
- To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022) as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
- Re: Revenge - At the End of Desire (2024) as Tendo Ichiko
- Hakusen Nagashi (1996) as Masako Ozawa
- Hiruko the Goblin (1991) as Reiko's Mother
- Concerto (1996) Cast
- Death Office (2019) as Shingu
- Daisuki!! (2008) as Setsuko Kachigawa
- REPLAY＆DESTROY (2015) as fortune-teller woman
- Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai (2024) as 高橋文世
- Tokumei! Keiji Dongame (2006) Cast
- We Shall Overcome Someday (2005) Cast
- Virgin Road (1997) as Michi
- Midnight Diner (2014) as Chieko Hanawa
- Dear Father (2007) as Fortune Teller
- Ace Attorney (2012) as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
- A Story of Yonosuke (2013) as Taeko Yokomichi
- Shield of Straw (2013) Cast
- California Dreamin' (2002) as Kyoko Yamazaki
- Air Doll (2009) as Receptionist Yoshiko
- Live (1999) Cast
- Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion (2015) as Motoko Ueno
- Sugu Shinun Dakara (2020) as Mori Kaoru
- Affectionate Time (2005) as Kujo Tomoko
- Dream Team (2021) as Yoshie Andou
- Love Story (2001) Cast
- Sheep in the Box (2026) as Nobuyo Nishimura
- Drop-out Teacher Returns to School (2003) as Yukiko Ando
- Villain (2010) as Yoriko Shimizu
- Kurenai (1998) Cast
- The Blue Hearts (2017) as (segment “Hammer”)
- A Night in Nude (1993) as Nami Tsuchiya
- Toubousha (2020) Cast
- Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment (2015) as Motoko Ueno
- Tokyo Tower (2005) Cast
- Red (2020) as Ogata Yoko
- Galileo XX (2013) as Yoriko Takasaki
- A Lone Scalpel (2010) as Shizuka Takei
- Giwaku (2019) Cast
- Izakaya Fuji (2017) Cast
- A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013) as Mitsuru Funaki
- Dearest (2012) as Tamiko Hamasaki
- The Kind-Hearted Cat (2023) as Matsuko
- Any Crybabies Around? (2020) as Setsuko Goto
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Where can I watch Kimiko Yo films in the UK?
Kimiko Yo's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Kimiko Yo's most popular films?
Most-watched Kimiko Yo films currently: Shin Godzilla (2016), The Ramen Girl (2008), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), Departures (2008), Worst by Chance (2003).
What TV shows has Kimiko Yo appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Straight to Hell (2026), The Naked Director (2019), The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995), Half Blue Sky (2018), Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono (2016).
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