Hinako Saeki

Japanese actress (born 1977)

Hinako Saeki
Born	(1977-02-16) February 16, 1977 (age 47) Nara Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Website	http://www.nifty.com/hinako/

Hinako Saeki (佐伯日菜子, Saeki Hinako) is a Japanese actress who was born on February 16, 1977, in Nara, Japan. Probably her best-known role was as Sadako Yamamura in Rasen, the 1998 sequel to the horror film Ring.

She has also appeared in a handful of other popular Japanese horror films including Uzumaki (2000) which was based on a Junji Ito manga of the same name, and Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998). In addition, she played a featured role as the character Colonel in Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls (2009). She also portrayed in Ultraman X as the Underground Woman/Ryoko Mabuse.

She is also familiar in China for her role as Sadako in the sequel to the Hong Kong TV drama series, My Date with a Vampire II.

Personal life

She was previously married to football player Daisuke Oku, though that marriage ended in divorce. He died in a traffic collision on October 17, 2014.^[1]

Filmography

Films

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
A Quiet Life (1995)
Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998)
Rasen (1998) as Sadako Yamamura
Uzumaki (2000)
Aesop's Game (2019)
Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023)^[2]
Nightmare Resort (2023)^[3]

Television

Eko Eko Azarak (1997)^[4]
My Date with a Vampire II (2000) as Sadako
Sand Whale and Me (2017) as KFC

References

^ "Former Japan international Oku dies following car crash". 2014-10-17.
^ "釜石ラーメン物語". eiga.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
^ "リゾートバイト". eiga.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "EKO EKO AZARAK エコエコアザラク(1997)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved March 14, 2016.