FrameThrower · Actors · Atsuko Tanaka
Atsuko Tanaka
2 films · 164 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1995–1995
Born 14 November 1962 · Maebashi, Gunma, Japan · died 20 August 2024
Atsuko Tanaka was a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Born in Maebashi, she became interested in acting during her youth, and while educated at Ferris University, worked as a background extra at Shochiku. After spending years working as an office lady for a Tokyo executive, she enrolled in the Tokyo Announcement Academy and joined the talent agency Mausu Promotion, with whom she was affiliated at the time of her death.
She was best known for her portrayal of Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell film and franchise, and she also voiced Konan in Naruto, Caster in Fate/stay night, Lisa Lisa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Chun-Li in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Claudette in Queen's…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 164 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1995–1995
- Seiyu Awards Foreign Film/Drama Award2020
How their films are shot
Measured across 164 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Atsuko takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 61% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Atsuko takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 164 frames from Atsuko Tanaka's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.