FrameThrower · Actors · Nanako Matsushima
Nanako Matsushima
2 films · 68 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1998–2015
Born 13 October 1973 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Nanako Matsushima is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also a main character in A Story of Love, where she starred next to Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Ryuji Takayama in Ring.
On February 21, 2001, she married Takashi Sorimachi who co-starred with her in Great Teacher Onizuka. They have two daughters together, born on May 31, 2004 and November 30, 2007.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 68 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1998–2015
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year1999
How their films are shot
Measured across 68 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nanako 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, 65% of their frames are night, 59% low key — the look of the work Nanako takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 68 frames from Nanako Matsushima'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.