Kaori Takeshita

Acting

Born November 14, 1966, Osaka, Japan

Kaori Takeshita is a Japanese film and theatrical actress. She graduated from the Kansai Arts Theater with an extensive training in acting. Beginning her career on the stage, Kaori appeared in numerous films and has showcased her incredible versatility as an actress, particularly known for portraying mothers. She played the main character in the movie "The Garden Apartment" directed by Umi Ishihara which was nominated at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2019.

Filmography

• Plastic Beauty — Yoshiko's Mother
• 2025Aichaku — Yoshiko
• Human Specimens — Mieko (Dai Kuroiwa's fan)
• 2024Cucumber
• 2023Don't Go
• 2023Ichiko — Mama in a snack bar
• 2023Ukabu
• Avataro Sentai Donbrothers — Shopper
• 2022Firing The Lighter Gun
• 2021Lovely Little Ai
• 2021MaTcH
• 2021Tears of Persephone
• 2020Acceleration Map
• 2019Shell and Joint
• 2018The Garden Apartment — Aunt Kyoko
• 2018The Name
• 2017Disgraced Heaven
• 2016Psychoromantic — Haruko Ohshima
• 2015A Light in the Distance
• 2014Father Actor Z
• 2014Happo-en
• 2014Tangerines on Cat — Satomi
• Absolute Zero — Fukuko Kurosawa