Fumiyo Kohinata as Yamane

FUMIYO KOHINATA as Yamane Quote

When I was performing in the stage production, "Okepi (Orchestra Pit)", we all read "20th Century Boys" manga in the green room. I read it, and found it interesting but also chilling. Chilling, not like in a ghost story but because of the uncertainty of the future and the dread of people's fate. My character Yamane appears as a child and as an adult after the year 2000 in the manga. But in the movie Yamane is in 1997, too. I had a wig on to look younger. You'd better pay attention or you might miss me!

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Fumiyo Kohinata was born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1954. In 1977 he became a member of a theater company called On Theater Jiyu Gekijo(Freedom Theater) until the company folded in 1996. In this company he starred in "Hamlet" among many other stage productions. Since then he has appeared on TV, in movies and other stage productions.

Fumiyo Kohinata's other film appearances include, Masayuki Suo's "Soredemo Bokuwa Yattenai / I Just Didn't Do It" (2007); Takashi Yamazaki's "Always, Zoku Sanchome no Yuhe / Always: Sunset on the Third Street 2" (2007); Shin Togashi's "Ano so ra o Oboeteiru / I Remember the Sky" (2008); Koki Mitani's "Za Majikku Awa / The Magic Hour" (2008); and Shinobu Yaguchi's "Happi Furaito / Happy Flight" (2008)