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Chizuru Ikewaki

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For Sarya (17), a Kurdish refugee girl in Japan, life seems to be looking up. However, when she learns that her family's refugee status is turned down, restricting her family of work and traveling across the city. Her father, who had continued to work to sustain a living, is taken into custody for illegal employment. Sarya is now suddenly forced into a situation where she is responsible not only for her younger siblings but for her very existence.
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Chizuru Ikewaki was born on 21 November 1981 in Kagoshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shoplifters (2018), The Cat Returns (2002) and Ôsaka monogatari (1999).
BornNovember 21, 1981
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)
    Shoplifters
    7.9
    • Kie Miyabe
    • 2018
    The Cat Returns (2002)
    The Cat Returns
    7.1
    • Haru(voice)
    • 2002
    Ôsaka monogatari (1999)
    Ôsaka monogatari
    6.2
    • Shimotsuki, Wakana
    • 1999
    The Light Shines Only There (2014)
    The Light Shines Only There
    6.6
    • Chinatsu Ohshiro
    • 2014

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    Actress

    • Yûto Nakajima, Mugi Kadowaki, and Rihito Itagaki in Himitsu - The Top Secret - (2025)
      Himitsu - The Top Secret -
      7.8
      TV Series
      • 2025
    • Hana Sugisaki in Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki (2024)
      Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Kanae
      • 2024
    • My Small Land (2022)
      My Small Land
      7.1
      • Zakiyama Noriko
      • 2022
    • Tora-san, Welcome Back! (2019)
      Tora-san, Welcome Back!
      6.7
      • Setsuko Takano
      • 2019
    • Gorô Inagaki, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, and Hiroki Hasegawa in Another World (2018)
      Another World
      6.3
      • Hatsuno Takamura
      • 2018
    • Ten Years Japan (2018)
      Ten Years Japan
      5.8
      • Haha (segment: Sono kûki wa mineai)
      • 2018
    • Lenses on Her Heart (2018)
      Lenses on Her Heart
      6.5
      • Akane Otaki
      • 2018
    • Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)
      Shoplifters
      7.9
      • Kie Miyabe
      • 2018
    • Tomoya Nagase, Shinobu Ôtake, Riho Yoshioka, and Kentarô Sakaguchi in I'm Sorry, I Love You (2017)
      I'm Sorry, I Love You
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • 2017
    • Aoi Miyazaki, Ken Watanabe, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Gô Ayano, Mirai Moriyama, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, and Suzu Hirose in Rage (2016)
      Rage
      7.0
      • Asuka
      • 2016
    • Toothbrush/Girlfriend (2016)
      Toothbrush/Girlfriend
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • 2016
    • Being Good (2015)
      Being Good
      7.2
      • Yoko Ômiya
      • 2015
    • Sei Hiraizumi, Chizuru Ikewaki, Tomoe Shinohara, Nana Katase, Mokomichi Hayami, Rina Ohta, Non, Masaki Suda, Hiroki Hasegawa, and Azusa Babazono in Princess Jellyfish (2014)
      Princess Jellyfish
      6.2
      • Bamba
      • 2014
    • The Chart of Love (2014)
      The Chart of Love
      6.8
      • Naomi Touzai
      • 2014
    • The Light Shines Only There (2014)
      The Light Shines Only There
      6.6
      • Chinatsu Ohshiro
      • 2014

    Soundtrack

    • Oka o koete (2008)
      Oka o koete
      4.2
      • Soundtrack ("Senzô ya manzô", "Tokyo march", "Ume wa saitaka (aka: Is the plum blooming?)")
      • 2008

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    Miyazaki's The Cat Returns
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    Miyazaki's The Cat Returns

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    • Height
      • 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
    • Born
      • November 21, 1981
      • Kagoshima, Japan

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      • Chi-chan

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