Saori

Acting

Saori

Born

1988-05-29 (38)

Place of birth

Kyoto, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

Saori (早織, May 29, 1988) is a Japanese actress. Her former stage name is Saori Koide (小出 早織, Koide Saori). She belongs to Stardust Section 1.

Known for

GARO poster
7.7

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.

GARO

2005

Godzilla Minus One poster
7.6

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

Godzilla Minus One

2023

Midnight Diner poster
8.2

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.

Midnight Diner

2009

Time Limit Investigator poster
6.7

Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.

Time Limit Investigator

2006

Legal High poster
8.5

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan.

Legal High

2012

100 Yen Love poster
7.2

Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets boxer Kano who trains there in silence...

100 Yen Love

2014

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

Godzilla Minus One poster
7.6

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

Godzilla Minus One

2023

River poster
6.9

The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!

River

2023

Naniwa Kinyudo  - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance! poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance!

2022

Imaginary Line poster
NR

Fumiko is a film director who hasn't been able to lay her mother's ashes to rest. At her friend Yume's suggestion, she decides to scatter the ashes into the ocean. They head off to her mother's hometown of Kamakura, but Yume gets arrested and taken into immigration detention. Yume was born to a refugee mother in Japan and grew up in the country but doesn't have residency status. Fumiko fights to get Yume released from the detention center. Then Yume discovers that she is pregnant, which raises the possibility of her release. But she has a miscarriage and her ray of hope vanishes.

Imaginary Line

2024

Inch Forward poster
NR

A film about making films, we follow the exploits of Kiriko, an indie film director who is struggling to make a road movie that ends on a beach. Why do so many independent films have to have a beach scene? That is a question that gets asked along the way but her journey to the location is beset with difficulties, from budget to casting. There is only so much she can do and so she inches forward making compromises and finding ways around problems to realise her dream, all while living in the real world and fulfilling obligations to others as best she can.

Inch Forward

2023

ナニワ金融道 3発目~大蛇市マネーウォーズ~ poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

ナニワ金融道 3発目~大蛇市マネーウォーズ~

2022

The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl poster
NR

The best-selling "The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl" novel is a story set in Kyoto about a “Senpai” who has a crush on “The Girl with Black Hair”, his junior, and depicts how he gets caught up in various incidents by trying to draw her attention. Adopting the novel for this theatre play, Makoto Ueda, representative of popular theatre company "Europe Kikaku" based mainly in Kyoto, is leading as scriptwriter and director.

The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

2021

Neu Mirrors poster
NR

There remains the stories yet to be told after "NEW RELIGION". It begins with Aizawa waking up in a hotel room where he doesn't know.

Neu Mirrors

2025

Tsujiura Renbo poster
NR

Emi, a singer-songwriter left behind by the times and her manager Shinta have to deal with the idol business, FM radio assault, rent arrears, caring for an elder agent, weddings, funerals, social network literacy, and part-time work shifts. Amidst a mountain of problems, the two meet various people and begin to wander down their own paths.

Tsujiura Renbo

2022

ゴースト・オブ・レディオ~バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー~ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ゴースト・オブ・レディオ~バチボコ怖い心霊バスツアー~

2024

Killing the Violet poster
NR

On a normal day, a stranger breaks into Sumire's apartment and assaults her. Sumire reacts incredibly calmly to the incident, but she still feels the dangers and uncertainties creeping upon her. All that seem to be peaceful and ordinary start to collapse. As everything slips toward the unexpected, Sumire starts writing again, and reinvestigating the relationships around her.

Killing the Violet

2023

2010s · 10 titles

100 Yen Love poster
7.2

Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets boxer Kano who trains there in silence...

100 Yen Love

2014

Radiance poster
6.5

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.

Radiance

2017

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day poster
7.9

Based on the true story of 4 member Japanese pop group "GreeeeN.” Jin is the producer of “GreeeeN” and his younger brother Hide is the lead member for the group. Their song "Kiseki" is released as their 7th single and becomes a huge hit. Hide and the other 3 members have others jobs including working as a dentist.

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

2017

The Extremists' Opera poster
4.5

The semi-biographical The Extremists' Opera follows the everyday and inner struggles of a women-only alternative theater group delivering explosive and politically controversial explosive stage performances under the control of tough mannered director Naoko.

The Extremists' Opera

2016

Eclair poster
NR

A film about an orphan kid in Japan in 1943

Eclair

2011

Leaving on the 15th Spring poster
6.6

Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when her older sister entered high school, and Yuna is worried about her father's life after she leaves.

Leaving on the 15th Spring

2013

Fireworks from the Heart poster
6.0

On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a social recluse. Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.

Fireworks from the Heart

2010

Hitokowa poster
5.2

An anthology of odd and eerie stories. Each one a contemporary precautionary tale.

Hitokowa

2012

Ghosts of the Night poster
6.0

Murder and mayhem surround a mysterious taxi cab in this supernatural horror tale.

Ghosts of the Night

2014

Summer Time Machine Once More poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Summer Time Machine Once More

2018

2000s · 9 titles

The Chef of South Polar poster
7.1

When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.

The Chef of South Polar

2009

Densha Otoko Deluxe: The Final Crusade poster
NR

Set one year after the events of the original series, Densha Otoko has now become very popular and Akihabara, has become overrun with normal people getting in on the otaku craze. With Densha's popularity on the rise a corporation offers ten million yen to anyone who can find his real identity. Meanwhile, Tsuyoshi tries to keep his and Saori's identities from being discovered.

Densha Otoko Deluxe: The Final Crusade

2006

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2 poster
5.0

Zenigata Rai is tracking down Detective Okano, who disappeared in the "Forest of Golgoda" in Akasaka, Minato Ward. However, she also gets involved in an incident and goes missing. Rai's cousin, Zenigata Rei, joins forces with Detective Matsuyama, who was once Okano's partner, to investigate the two cases.

Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2

2007

Maiko Haaaan!!! poster
6.5

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.

Maiko Haaaan!!!

2007

Tales of Terror: Cow Woman poster
NR

The cow woman is believed to be the sign of a huge catastrophe that is about to occur. It is said that she dies when the catastrophe is over. In some regions, the cow woman is worshiped as a prophet who warns of future misfortune. Asuka, who has joined a training camp, decides to head off to the site of an unsolved murder together with her four classmates. It is there that they find an isolated house where they manage to be let in by making up an excuse. However, once inside.

Tales of Terror: Cow Woman

2007

Angel poster
7.0

One day, an angel materializes before Kato's eyes. While the angel seems like an average girl with a passion for gin and lime, she sports a pair of big white wings. Only lonely-hearted people can see her. She may seem ordinary, but this angel touches hearts and transforms lives.

Angel

2006

Ghosts vs. Aliens 02 poster
NR

Horror, gag, and entertainment by Keisuke Toyoshima of "Heller master Shimizu Takashi ×" Kaidan New Ear Bag Nobuhiro "!" Hellstone catching out hell "and" Alien of the table "are included.

Ghosts vs. Aliens 02

2003

Tales of Terror: Men in Black poster
NR

Kyoka, a university student, receives an old brown envelope in which she finds a photograph of her classmate, Sachiko. With this, she also finds a mysterious message saying "Help me". One day, while at a café, Kyoka overhears that "somebody had been spirited away by a man in a black suit". It was at that moment that Kyoka recalled the moment that Sachiko had suddenly disappeared in the mountains right in front of her very own eyes.

Tales of Terror: Men in Black

2007

Tales of Terror: Buun poster
NR

When a film crew shooting a ghost story movie is moving in a bus, the expected location site becomes unavailable all of a sudden, and they are looking for a new location site. Then the bus suddenly stops. There is a run-down, spooky-looking abandoned building there. The director decides to use this spooky deserted building as their new location site, but the whole cre...

Tales of Terror: Buun

2008

Series credits

GARO poster
7.7

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.

GARO

2005

Midnight Diner poster
8.2

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.

Midnight Diner

2009

Time Limit Investigator poster
6.7

Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.

Time Limit Investigator

2006

Legal High poster
8.5

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan.

Legal High

2012

1 Litre of Tears poster
8.5

1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15, but was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25.

1 Litre of Tears

2005

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rai poster
6.5

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rai follows the adventures of Zenigata Rai (played by Saori Koide), a high school student with a genius IQ of 180, who is also the granddaughter of a legendary police chief. Using her mobile phone as a crucial investigative tool, she helps solve various murder mysteries.

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rai

2006

Throw It Away, Adachi poster
6.5

The chief editor of a woman’s magazine talks to Yumi Adachi about a new idea for the magazine. Their plan revolves around a person who disposes of stuff and lives more comfortably. According to their plan, Yumi Adachi decides to throw away various items one by one. On that night, Yumi Adachi falls asleep as usual, but she has an unusual dream.

Throw It Away, Adachi

2020

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

毒姫とわたし

2011

Tokyo Danshi Zukan poster
NR

This story tells the tale of a boy's life in Tokyo for 20 years. Shota attended a famous private university in Tokyo. After he learned that his girlfriend was cheating on him with rich older men, he said "Woman only care about money after all", and swore to raise his status in Tokyo. After graduating, Shota found a job at a leading trading company and lived a life with no shortage of money and love. However, his values ​​gradually change throughout his fight for success with his co-worker Kojima and his relationship with Minami, who wants to marry a man with an annual income of more than 30 million. It wasn't until Shota reunited with his classmate, Kazuma, a CEO of a venture company, and his subordinate, Ruriko, that he starts to find new meaning to his life...

Tokyo Danshi Zukan

2019

Emily to Maria poster
NR

Two lifelong friends in their mid-thirties begin questioning their lives and future when an encounter with a younger woman prompts them to reflect on aging, identity, and what truly makes them happy.

Emily to Maria

2026

Sakura Blooms poster
10.0

The story is about a gentle and easygoing girl who likes reading. One day, a piece of paper comes out of a book at the library. It is a beautiful letter called "Sakurasaku". That's when she starts a correspondence with a complete stranger. But who is he?

Sakura Blooms

2016

Naniwa Kin'yūdō poster
6.0

Based on a manga series, this drama depicts the reality of 'machi-kane' (street lenders), a type of money lending business in Osaka.

Naniwa Kin'yūdō

2022

21世紀の観覧車 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

21世紀の観覧車

2014