Hinako Saeki

Acting

Hinako Saeki

Born 1977-02-16 · Nara, Japan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hinako Saeki (born 16 February 1977) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Nara, Japan. Her most famous role was probably Sadako Yamamura in Rasen, a sequel to the horror film Ring. She also appears in a handful of other popular Japanese horror films, such as Uzumaki (2000) which was based on a Junji Ito manga of the same name and Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998), and she more featured in Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls (2009). Chinese audiences who have not yet watched The Ring might remember her best as her role as Sadako in the sequel to the Hong Kong TV drama series, My Date with a Vampire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hinako Saeki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Spiral poster
5.4

A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.

The Spiral

1998

Uzumaki poster
5.9

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

Uzumaki

2000

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack poster
7.5

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

2001

Stigmatized Properties: Possession poster
6.1

Aspiring celebrity Yahiro Kuwata moves to Tokyo and becomes a "Cursed Property Resident Talent," living in haunted locations for TV and social media. As he hops between eerie apartments, an old inn, and a séance-filled share house, he uncovers the dark mysteries hidden within. But his extreme sensitivity to spirits makes him an easy target for relentless supernatural attacks. In one particular cursed property, he stumbles upon an unimaginable horror and a shocking truth that will change everything.

Stigmatized Properties: Possession

2025

Tales of the Bizarre: 2026 Summer Special poster
6.0

The 2026 summer special of Fuji TV’s long-running anthology series presents four new strange tales. A veteran detective investigates a crime scene where evidence and bodies seem to vanish. A woman clearing her late mother’s apartment finds the past refusing to be thrown away. A young girl uses a mysterious costume to become an adult man. And a 26-year-old man discovers that his mother has been listed for auction online. Each story leads ordinary people into a surreal, unsettling world.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2026 Summer Special

2026

Play Room poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Play Room

2018

Crying Bitch poster
6.3

An unfaithful husband discovers a dark side to his wife that proves to be very frightening.

Crying Bitch

2018

Humming Life poster
NR

There are many different kinds of lives in this world. When everyone is gone only the afterimage remains.Ai has only recently came to Tokyo. In this unfamiliar city she is a little bit upset. One day lead by a mysterious stray dog she finds a letter inside a hole in the tree trunk. Tomohiro who works night hours at a nursery hadleft it there. Ai being encouraged by this letter writes a letter back and leaves it in the hole. This was the beginning of their strange correspondence.

Humming Life

2007

Living Corpse poster
NR

Yosuke Shinkai is haunted by a past he cannot recall - and a body that is rapidly decomposing. He is a living corpse, unclear who he is or why he has been brought back to life only to suffer again a slow gruesome death. Based on the 1986 horror manga by Hideshi Hino.

Living Corpse

2026

The Women of Fast Food poster
8.5

"Tachiguishi", that is to say, grifters who make it their profession to "eat-and-run", was created by the world-famous filmmaker, Mamoru Oshii. In 2006, he directed "Tachigui -- the Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters", a feature film which was made using a new technique called superlive-mation. It combined fact and fiction to tell daring stories of professional grifters, leaving viewers with a feeling of nostalgia for the Showa era. Following that, another movie has been completed. This new live-action film, "Eat and Run - 6 Beautiful Grifters" was made with the objective of filming its main actresses as beautifully as possible. The film is made up of six episodes directed by five different directors who rose to the challenge, two of which star Oshii himself.

The Women of Fast Food

2007

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies poster
4.6

Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies

2001

Gips poster
6.9

22-year old secretary Kazuko first bumps into Tamaki on the way back from work. Tamaki is crawling along the sidewalk on crutches at a snail's pace, and stumbles into the young audiotypist after apparently having trouble with an ill-fitting shoe over her cast. After helping her back to her feet, Kazuko follows Tamaki back to her apartment, the two of them barely exchanging words. Once in Tamaki's room, Kazuko is dispatched on an errand to fetch some beer... Their game begins..

Gips

2001

A Quiet Life poster
7.6

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.

A Quiet Life

1995

Elite Yankee Saburo poster
4.0

Saburo Okouchi (Hideo Ishiguro), is your somewhat shy, but otherwise average, teen entering high school. Unfortunately for Saburo, his two older brothers left a looming legacy at the high school. His brothers were legendary troublemakers and now Saburo takes the crown of "elite yankee."

Elite Yankee Saburo

2009

The Intermission poster
7.0

A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Unique guests visiting the theater draw a human pattern during breaks.

The Intermission

2013

When the Island Floats poster
NR

Mikio, the former manager of a shuttered movie theater, begins tracing his origins when its building is slated for demolition and redevelopment. His high school best friend, Nobuhiro, struggles to face his father’s advancing dementia. Old things fade away, and new things are born. Every day unfolds as a fleeting moment in a city undergoing constant change.

When the Island Floats

2025

Assault Girls poster
4.6

Three women and one man - with an assortment of weaponry - wage war against giant mutant sandwhales in a barren digital landscape, all to achieve points within the virtual reality video game called Avalon.

Assault Girls

2009

The Bird Is Calling poster
7.7

Yuji and Yuriko's peaceful life shatters when an old diary belonging to Yuji's great-uncle Sadaichi, who died in the war, is discovered. The pages are full of an obsession with life... and one strange phrase: "I want to devour the bird—Hikuidori." From that day on, eerie phenomena start to haunt those connected to the diary. As the nightmare deepens, a strong will to live—once buried with Sadaichi—begins to twist the past and bleed into reality.

The Bird Is Calling

2025

Jesus poster
6.1

When Yura's family moves from Tokyo to the countryside, he enters a Christian school, a religion he knows nothing about. Yura struggles to understand the school structure and student behavior when a miniature Jesus enters his life.

Jesus

2019

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday poster
10.0

The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife Yoshiko status in their suburban neighborhood. But the daughter Sugina, who herself has secretly stopped going to school because she is being bullied. One day, they discover that Nariyuki has quit his job. As Nariyuki decides to find a new job along with Sugina, Yoshiko, a firm believer in a life based on the company, soon finds her world falling apart.

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

1994

Zombie Snake poster
NR

A family are haunted by a Hebi Onna, a fabled demonic undead Snake Woman.

Zombie Snake

2000

Nightmare Resort poster
4.3

College student Sakura (Rikka Ihara) has trouble fitting in with her class. Her childhood friend Satoshi (Taiyu Fujiwara) thinks that a change of scenery is just what she needs to feel better, and along with another childhood friend, Nozomi (Shiori Akita), he invites her to come work a part-time job at a resort inn on an island. The inn is normally run by a husband-and-wife couple, along with a part-timer named Iwasaki.

Nightmare Resort

2023

Confetti poster
7.0

Junior high school student Yuki, a member of a travelling theater troupe, changes schools every month for performances. Because of this, he does not expect to meet people at any of his schools and does not try to make friends. However, when he attends a new school, his homeroom teacher asks him to deliver something to a classmate who hasn't been coming to school, but has excellent grades. By chance, he becomes friends with him, and Ken's ex-girlfriend Maya joins them, and as the three of them spend more and more time together, Yuki begins to wish that they could see him on stage as an actor.

Confetti

2023

Eko Eko Azarak: Misa the Dark Angel poster
6.3

Misa Kuroi is a good witch, but wherever she goes, evil follows. When a dying girl appears out of nowhere shouting Misa's name, our heroine goes to work. Following the clues, Misa transfers to the prestigious Saint Salem School for Girls and joins the Drama Club. Soon all the girls depart for a mysterious Drama Camp, deep in the woods.

Eko Eko Azarak: Misa the Dark Angel

1998