Yuko Asano

Acting

Yuko Asano

Born 1960-07-09 · Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Yūko Asano is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for Kura. Her biggest hit was "Sexy Bus Stop" released in 1976. It reached the No. 12 position on the Oricon chart list.

Acting credits

MYSTERY ARENA poster
5.6

Six contestants compete in a high-stakes live TV quiz show to solve a complex "closed-circle" murder mystery for a 10 billion yen jackpot.

MYSTERY ARENA

2026

Botchan poster
8.3

Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.

Botchan

2016

SPEC: Heaven poster
7.2

Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulating the "SPEC" of the unknown criminals and then deduce the criminal's unknown "SPEC" to make arrests. A mystery occurs when bodies are found on a cruiser in the ocean. Saya Toma and Ryo Kase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are brought in to solve the case.

SPEC: Heaven

2012

Sky of Love poster
7.7

Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.

Sky of Love

2007

SPEC: Close~Incarnation poster
7.3

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".

SPEC: Close~Incarnation

2013

Dora-heita poster
5.4

A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.

Dora-heita

2000

Stage Play 「Spooky Kitaro」 poster
NR

Kitaro and his friends face off against a vampire army of yokai who are plotting to take over the world.

Stage Play 「Spooky Kitaro」

2025

Island of Hell poster
6.2

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Island of Hell

1977

The War in Space poster
6.1

The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.

The War in Space

1977

The 8-Tomb Village poster
6.8

A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1990

Kura poster
7.5

In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family's sake business.

Kura

1995

SPEC: Close Reincarnation poster
7.2

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".

SPEC: Close Reincarnation

2013

My Sister, My Love poster
5.6

It is a taboo story about love and incest between twins. It's not about sex, it's about the feelings the two have for one another and how society views them.

My Sister, My Love

2007

Kizu poster
10.0

Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata.

Kizu

1988

Innocent Musicale poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Innocent Musicale

2019

Ōoku supesharu ~ mō hitotsu no monogatari ~ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ōoku supesharu ~ mō hitotsu no monogatari ~

2006

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki” poster
6.5

A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend.

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

1993

Goryokaku poster
NR

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.

Goryokaku

1988

For Business poster
8.0

Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy.

For Business

1986

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 1 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 1

1991

Sugata Sanshiro poster
10.0

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.

Sugata Sanshiro

1977

Ōoku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ōoku

2016

Eavesdropping Woman poster
NR

Yoko Shintani, an instructor at an aerobics school, secretly enjoys eavesdropping on the rooms next door. She eavesdrops on the frequent comings and goings of men by her neighbor, the model Reiko Saegusa. She relieves her frustrations as she is approaching marriageable age and her dissatisfaction with the school by eavesdropping. However, Yoko is also being watched by the photographer's assistant Naito through a telephoto lens. One night, Yoko hears Reiko's death throes. Thinking that Reiko has been murdered, Yoko calls the police, but...

Eavesdropping Woman

1986