Hinako Saeki
{{short description|Japanese actress (born 1977)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|2|16}}
| birth_place = Yamatokoriyama, Nara, Japan
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1994–present
| website = http://www.nifty.com/hinako/
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{{nihongo|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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/former-japan-international-oku-dies-following-car-crash-101714 |title = Former Japan international Oku dies following car crash|date = 2014-10-17}}
Filmography
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=Films=
- It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
- A Quiet Life (1995)
- Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998)
- Rasen (1998) as Sadako Yamamura
- Uzumaki (2000)
- Assault Girls(2009)
- Aesop's Game (2019)
- Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99052/|title= 釜石ラーメン物語|access-date= March 29, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
- Nightmare Resort (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99251/|title= リゾートバイト|access-date= August 11, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
- Confetti (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99881/|title= 瞼の転校生|access-date= 22 July 2024|work= eiga.com}}
- Stigmatized Properties 2 (2025){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103267/|title= 事故物件ゾク 恐い間取り|access-date= 13 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
=Television=
References
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External links
- [http://www.theringworld.com/ShowCast.php?filename=cast/SaekiHinako.dat Hinako Saeki's page on Ringworld]
- [http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/filmos/hinakosaekifilmo.htm Hinako Saeki's page on Snowblood Apple reviews]
- [http://www.nifty.com/hinako/ Hinako Saeki's Official Site (Japanese Only)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419104038/http://www.nifty.com/hinako/ |date=2013-04-19 }}
- {{twitter|hinakosaeki}}
- {{Facebook|saekihinako.official}}
- {{instagram|hinakosaeki}}
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Category:Japanese film actresses
Category:Actors from Nara Prefecture
Category:Japanese television actresses
Category:People from Yamatokōriyama, Nara
Category:20th-century Japanese actresses
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