Recently, Takako Tokiwa wore a kimono to shoot a magazine, and although she is 48 years old, her beautiful temperament is still elegant and charming.
Takako Tokiwa was born on April 30, 1972 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. To others, Takako Tokiwa's acting career seems to be a scenery, but she has actually experienced a lot of ups and downs.
In 1991, at the age of 19, she has been sitting on the cold bench since starring in the first Japanese drama "Eve's First Love". Four years later, with her co-starring with Yoji Toyokawa in "Tell Me I Love", Takako Tokiwa began to become a guarantee of ratings.
Then she filmed four Japanese dramas in succession, "Daylight Moon", "Ideal Marriage", "Last Love", and "Encounter", which won numerous awards and has since become the queen of Japanese dramas.
At that time, Takako Tokiwa suddenly felt very tired, so she took the initiative to ask the company to break through the bottleneck. This gave Takako Tokiwa the opportunity to electrocute the big screen for the first time, and she completed the cooperation with Zhang Guorong in "Star Moon Fairy Tale".
Takako Tokiwa believes that in fact, she has little interest in male actors, but the only one she likes is Zhang Guorong, who is her favorite big star among male actors around the world. And "Star Moon Fairy Tale" Zhang Guorong is a collaborator of her first film, so Zhang Guorong is very special to Tokiwa.
In terms of personal interactions, when Tokiwa secretly goes to Hong Kong, Zhang Guorong will also find the place where she lives and invite her to dinner. He would listen to her about being in love, about her troubles at work, and would give her advice, like a naughty and dependable brother.
In 2000, Takako Tokiwa reached the peak of her acting career, and she co-starred with Takuya Kimura, Mizuki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi and others in the love drama "Beautiful Life" premiered in Japan, in which Takako Tokiwa played a strong girl with an incurable disease, "Machida Apricot", which had a maximum rating of 47.1%
In the same year, the love movie "A Hu" starring her partner Andy Lau was released in Hong Kong, and Takako Tokiwa played the director of the orphanage with a kind heart and perseverance, who was still beautiful and lovely, and was particularly popular.
In 2004, Takako Tokiwa co-starred with Yusuke Iseya, Teruyuki Kagawa, and Indai Budai in the feature film Akatsuki, directed by Yasuo Shigeki, in which she played an independent Japanese woman named "Morita Haoko", for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 28th Japan Academy Awards.
Now mentioning the title of "Queen of Japanese Drama", Takako Tokiwa is not as excited as the Chinese audience who gave her this title. "I can't stand that title." Takako Tokiwa said, "Besides, that's in the past, so now you don't need to mention it, right?" ”
When asked about the directors she would most like to work with, Takako Tokiwa did not hesitate to give the names of Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, "Even in Japan and Hollywood, I would answer this way." ”
In Takako Tokiwa's view, Zhang Yimou, who portrayed Gong Li as an actor who can show many different faces, is a director worthy of cooperation. "My favorite movie to this day is still 'The Big Red Lantern Hangs High.' That movie even changed my 'bias' about the characters.
I may have thought that I had to play Mrs. Zhengfang, but after watching "The Big Red Lantern Hangs High", I think that my wife will not be happy, and how good it should be for me to play the fourth aunt. If I can work with Zhang Yimou, I would be willing to play such a role. ”
In 2003, Takako Tokiwa fell in love with Japanese playwright and actress Keishi Nagatsuka on the film Moving. In October 2009, Takako Tokiwa married Keishi Nagatsuka. Life after marriage is very common in Takako Tokiwa's description, "I am now a 10% life, 90% work."
Takako Tokiwa smiled and said, "I often cook for my husband, and I suddenly think that if I am filming a scene in the kitchen, I am cooking, what should the expression and movements of this character be like..."
Takako Tokiwa, who has won the Best Actress award of the Japanese Drama Academy five times, is now 48 years old, but she is still elegant and generous, and I hope that the japanese drama goddess can bring us more excitement in the future.