Asumi Miwa

Acting

Asumi Miwa

Born

1982-03-12 (44)

Place of birth

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Asumi Miwa (三輪 明日美, Miwa Asumi, born 12 March 1982) is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Japan.[1] She is the younger sister of actress Hitomi Miwa.

Known for

The Great Yokai War poster
6.3

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.

The Great Yokai War

2005

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris poster
7.4

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

1999

Appleseed poster
6.8

In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

Appleseed

2004

Ping Pong poster
7.1

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.

Ping Pong

2002

Ju-on: The Curse poster
6.8

When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

Ju-on: The Curse

2000

Uzumaki poster
5.9

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Uzumaki

2000

Film credits

2000s · 32 titles

The Great Yokai War poster
6.3

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.

The Great Yokai War

2005

Appleseed poster
6.8

In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

Appleseed

2004

Ping Pong poster
7.1

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.

Ping Pong

2002

Ju-on: The Curse poster
6.8

When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

Ju-on: The Curse

2000

Uzumaki poster
5.9

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Uzumaki

2000

Survive Style 5+ poster
7.3

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

Survive Style 5+

2004

Love Ghost poster
5.9

Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there. Her terrifying nightmares begin intersecting with her everyday life. Do her nightly dreams about an anonymous fortune-teller have anything to do with the tragedies plaguing her high school?

Love Ghost

2001

Age 17 poster
NR

Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.

Age 17

2003

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1 poster
5.6

"Shin Mimibukuro," which has greatly influenced numerous Japanese horror works such as "Ring" and "Ju-on," is finally being fully adapted into a complete visual format for the first time. The directors include Takashi Shimizu of "Ju-on," Hideo Nakata of "Ring 0," actor Shiro Sano, and Akio Yoshida, the veteran of TBS dramas such as "Kamaitachi no Yoru," all of whom are distinguished talents in the horror world. The cast is also spectacular, featuring a diverse array of talents such as Rina Uchiyama, Kaoru Okunuki, Nao Omori, Mako Ishino, Hitomi Miwa, Riko Kurita, Nobuto Okamoto, and Ikkei Watanabe.

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1

2003

Farewell, Kuro poster
7.2

Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.

Farewell, Kuro

2003

Seventh Anniversary poster
NR

Each time Lulu is heartbroken small stones come out of her body. The doctor tells Lulu they are kidney stones. She collects them in memoriam of love.

Seventh Anniversary

2003

FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES poster
NR

Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"

FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES

2003

man-hole poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

man-hole

2001

Rock'n'Roll Mishin poster
7.5

A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label.

Rock'n'Roll Mishin

2002

Tokyo Marigold poster
6.3

Eriko – lonely, aimless and self-absorbed – falls for Tamura. Despite knowing that he is waiting for his girlfriend to return from overseas, she requests to enter into a relationship with him for just one year.

Tokyo Marigold

2001

Making-of man-hole poster
NR

Behind-the-scenes footage of Takayuki Suzui’s film man-hole.

Making-of man-hole

2001

Saiaku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Saiaku

2001

The Man Behind the Scissors poster
5.7

The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and perplexing police thriller centered around two murderers who thrive on slicing up schoolgirls. Calculated serial psycho Yasunaga (Tokokawa) and Chinatsu (Aso), his sweet female sidekick, find themselves being questioned as witnesses to a murder when their next potential victim turns up dead...with their M.O.

The Man Behind the Scissors

2005

Shadow of the Wraith poster
5.6

Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.

Shadow of the Wraith

2001

Jovi Jova in Trapper - The Golden Six poster
NR

An original video yakuza comedy starring Japanese theatre troupe Jovi Jova.

Jovi Jova in Trapper - The Golden Six

2000

Boogiepop and Others poster
5.1

The story takes place in an unnamed Japanese city, and follows five students at Shinyo Academy as they try to piece together the puzzle of a new drug and recent disappearances among the student populace. While the teachers believe them to only be runaways, the female students whisper among themselves about the urban legend Boogiepop, who is said to be a Shinigami.

Boogiepop and Others

2000

LOVE SONG poster
NR

In 1985 Hokkaido, Akiko gets close to a record store clerk after he lends her his copy of a Yutaka Ozaki album.

LOVE SONG

2001

Disgusting guy. Bitch! poster
NR

A Novel horror that makes full use of the latest digital technology.

Disgusting guy. Bitch!

2001

Making-of17才 poster
NR

Behind-the-scenes footage of Houka Kinoshita's film 17才 (Age 17).

Making-of17才

2004

Death of Domomata poster
NR

There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve recital. On the morning before the recital, Tobe, who plays the leading role, dies suddenly. How do the girls left behind manage to go on with the show and how do they cope with Tobe's death?

Death of Domomata

2007

Yamada-ke no Hitobito poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yamada-ke no Hitobito

2003

ENTICE poster
NR

A promotional video shot in Australia introducing actresses Asumi and Hitomi Miwa.

ENTICE

2002

Making-of Demon Hunting poster
NR

Behind-the-scenes footage of Satoshi Torao's film Demon Hunting.

Making-of Demon Hunting

2003

Demon Hunting poster
NR

Demon Hunting is a Japanese made-for-television horror movie. It originally aired as the second episode of Series Kyōfu Yawa in 2003. Nozomi Ando stars as Michiru, a teenager who makes a pact with a demon to kill the rival classmate who's dating the teacher she is in love with herself, Mr. Kamata (Hideo Sakaki). While she's at it, she also asks to see the world destroyed. Her memory of this pact is erased and eventually her wishes begin to come true...

Demon Hunting

2003

Glowing, Growing poster
7.0

Glowing, Growing is a unique little movie produced entirely by film students in which two young outsiders join a mass suicide group in an attempt to gain freedom. Along the way they both re-discover the positive aspects of life, giving them the opportunity to weigh the pros and cons of choosing to live or die

Glowing, Growing

2001

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Colors

2006

DOUBLE PLATINUM poster
NR

Image video for Asumi and Hitomi Miwa's second photo book "Double PLATINUM".

DOUBLE PLATINUM

2001

1990s · 9 titles

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris poster
7.4

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

1999

Love & Pop poster
7.7

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.

Love & Pop

1998

Document Love & Pop poster
7.0

Two shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a bumbling assistant, and one from the perspective of a AV director filming a documentary about Anno but narrated by a worker from a bread factory

Document Love & Pop

1998

Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido poster
6.0

"Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido" was used as the theme song for Hideaki Anno's 1998 live-action debut film "Love & Pop". The version in the film was performed by its lead actress Asumi Miwa.

Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido

1997

Rough KNIGHT 3 poster
NR

The third film in the 'Rough Knight' series

Rough KNIGHT 3

1999

Voyeurs, Inc. - Enjo Kousai poster
NR

Based on the popular comic series by Hideo Yamamoto serialized in Weekly Young Sunday. Stars Asumi Miwa (Love & Pop). The film depicts a "peeping tom" who uncovers people's darker sides by following them and eavesdropping on their conversations.

Voyeurs, Inc. - Enjo Kousai

1998

Voyeurs, Inc. - Wiretapping poster
NR

An erotic mystery based on Hideo Yamamoto's comic of the same title, directed by Takeshi Yokoi Yokoi. A mysterious man eavesdrops on an affair between a teacher and a student at a prep school and harasses him. The teacher asks a member of "Voyeurs, Inc." to investigate.

Voyeurs, Inc. - Wiretapping

1998

15 Second Cinderellas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

15 Second Cinderellas

1998

The Figure Shade Dolls poster
NR

In the near future, there are sex androids which are called FISH and give people physical and spiritual satisfaction. Takako, who is an illegal dealer of FISH, never believes in people and love because he was deeply hurt by his parents' suicide. One day, he found a FISH whose name is Sora. She has got a good figure and special ability. So, he thought she would be very valuable. As he stayed with her and felt her pure soul, he became to be healed. And her kiss released him from repression. On the way to an auction house, they overheard that an organization is looking for Sora.

The Figure Shade Dolls

1998

Behind the camera