Miho Nakayama

Acting

Miho Nakayama

Born 1970-03-01 · Tokyo, Japan

Miho Nakayama (March 1, 1970 – December 6, 2024) was a Japanese singer and actress. She was affiliated with Big Apple Co., Ltd. Nakayama is nicknamed Miporin (ミポリン), and sometimes uses the pseudonyms Mizuho Kitayama (北山 瑞穂, Kitayama Mizuho) or Issaque (一咲(いっさく), Issaku) when she writes the lyrics. Nakayama made her debut on 21 June 1985 with her single "C", as well as a starring role in the film Be-Bop High School. Throughout her career as a singer and actress, Nakayama recorded 22 studio albums and scored eight No. 1 singles on Oricon's charts; two of them selling over a million copies each. In 1995, director Shunji Iwai cast Nakayama in the starring dual roles of Hiroko Watanabe and Itsuki Fujii in the film Love Letter. The film was a huge box-office success, and Nakayama won Best Actress awards for her role in the film at the 38th Blue Ribbon Awards, the 17th Yokohama Film Festival[8] and the 18th Hochi Film Awards. Nakayama was nominated for a Best Actress Japanese Academy Award in 1998 for her role in Tokyo Biyori, and has appeared in a number of TV series including Love Story (2001).

Acting credits

Love Letter poster
7.8

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.

Love Letter

1995

Last Letter poster
7.0

It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?

Last Letter

2020

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally poster
6.5

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

1989

Be-Bop High School poster
6.7

An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.

Be-Bop High School

1985

Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special poster
NR

Tamaki (Miho Nakayama) and Ako (Shizuka Kudo) are two friends living together. Although their personalities differ, they share the same wish - to find love before Christmas.

Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special

1988

Butterfly Sleep poster
6.1

Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Matsumura begins to teach at a university. She meets a young Korean man in his 20's. They become attracted to each other.

Butterfly Sleep

2018

The Confidence Man JP: Fortune poster
7.0

How much of a role does luck play in a person's life? Some people believe you create your own luck. Kingpin Akutsu Akira relies only on himself to get what he wants. Dako gets a taste of her own medicine when Akutsu cheats her of her money to avenge his friend, who was a victim of Dako's scam. Will Dako give in to her fate? How will she climb out of the rut this time?

The Confidence Man JP: Fortune

2019

Goodbye, Someday poster
5.4

Higashigaito Yutaka is transferred to the Bangkok branch of Eastern Airlines. In three months, he will marry Michiko, a relative of the airline's founder, and though he doesn't love her, he knows he could be CEO one day if they wed. In Thailand, Yutaka meets Touko at a bar and is instantly drawn to her. His relationship with her only intensifies as the wedding date approaches. Eventually, he decides to break up with her and calls Michiko in front of her. Touko is disappointed, and the next day she leaves for New York. Yutaka and Michiko reunite in Thailand and proceed with their wedding. Twenty-five years later, Yutaka and Michiko are married with two sons. But Yutaka still harbors memories of Touko in his heart. Yutaka visits Bangkok on business and goes to the Oriental Hotel where he had stayed with Touko-and finds she is now in charge of VIP guests there. They realize their love for each other remains, but reality pulls them apart once again.

Goodbye, Someday

2010

I Have to Buy New Shoes poster
6.2

Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara lives in Paris, France. Sen Yagami is a photographer who came to Paris, France due to his younger sister Suzume's insistance. Over the next 3 days, Aoi Teshigahara and Sen Yagami fall in love. Meanwhile, Suzume meets her boyfriend Kango, whom they have been in a long distance relationship.

I Have to Buy New Shoes

2012

Lesson in Murder poster
7.5

Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.

Lesson in Murder

2022

Tokyo Fair Weather poster
7.2

This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.

Tokyo Fair Weather

1997

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special

2017

Cover as Many Waves as Possible poster
7.5

The year is 1982, and the place is Shōnan in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A group of passionate young people operate a beach radio station for the local community.

Cover as Many Waves as Possible

1991

The Tragedy of W poster
NR

The story of a rich family torn apart by the murder of their patriarch, and their heiress being accused of the crime, becomes a play and is acted out by a troupe of actors in Osaka.

The Tragedy of W

2019

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba poster
6.3

Screenwriter Goro Kaiba is horrified to learn via Facebook that his wife Ayako is having an affair. Furthermore, her post about the affair has received 108 likes. Absolutely furious, Goro Kaiba contemplates divorcing his wife, but he estimates he will have to pay her half of his assets, about 10,000,000 million yen, in a divorce. To get revenge, Goro Kaiba decides to use that money on a epic one month womanizing streak. His goal is 108, the number of likes his wife received on social media.

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba

2019

Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito poster
6.3

Not having the courage to love, Toru became an adult. One day, he meets his and old friend who happens to find a poem which changes will his fate. This will make Toru gain enough courage to face love once again. He meets a girl Nagi who is bond into his fate, though she has a particular secret

Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito

2019

Marmalade Boy poster
6.2

Two sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.

Marmalade Boy

2018

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1 poster
NR

The first special of the Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi drama series.

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1

1999

Be-Bop High School 2 poster
6.5

Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.

Be-Bop High School 2

1986

花実のない森 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

花実のない森

2017

Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter poster
6.0

One year after Miporin's marriage, she and her family struggle to keep their everyday life duties going on despite having an Idol Mom.

Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter

1988

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera poster
6.0

This is the first part of an omnibus TV drama special production starring three popular idols at that time, namely Nakayama Miho, Oginome Yoko, and Koizumi Kyoko. The stories, or mysterious events, all started with the revelation of the anomaly phenomenon by Horaguchi-sensei, the trio's physics teacher. The anomaly is due to the concurrent event of Hinamatsuri and the visit of Halley's comet to the inner solar system on March 3rd. Horaguchi-sensei teaches the class how to make use of the anomaly to unlock a mysterious event. This can be done by using any camera while chanting the specific keywords when pressing the camera shutter. From there, three separately mysterious events involving the three heroines began.

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera

1986

The King of Minami: The Masked Woman poster
NR

#49 in the series, following "Fraud Methods"

The King of Minami: The Masked Woman

2004

Who Do I Choose? poster
7.5

A computer error puts entry level workers Nobuko (Miho Nakayama) and Junko (Chieri Ito) in charge of a toy company. It's now up to them to save the company from bankruptcy.

Who Do I Choose?

1989