Nana Mori

Biography

Nana Mori is a Japanese actress known for the earthy naturalism and grounded vulnerability she brings to contemporary independent and mainstream cinema. Discovered in her home prefecture of Oita at age 15, she bypassed traditional idol career tracks in favor of selective collaborations with prominent Japanese auteurs. She gained widespread international recognition in 2019 for her voice acting breakthrough as Hina Amano in Makoto Shinkai’s climate-anxiety anime masterpiece Weathering with You. Recognizing her chameleonic ability to balance youthful innocence with an understated melancholy, legendary filmmaker Shunji Iwai cast her in his 2020 epistolary romance Last Letter. Playing a dual role across fragmented timelines, her performance earned her the Newcomer of the Year award at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize. In the 2023 series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, Mori shines as Kiyo, a aspiring maiko who finds her true calling as a house cook. Her performance is the series’ emotional core, anchoring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s culinary world with a quiet, unforced warmth that eschews sentimentality for something genuinely lived-in.

Filmografi

Weathering with You2019 · Hina Amano (voice)Kokuho2025 · Akiko5 Centimeters per Second2025 · Kanae SumidaBURN2026 · Ju-JuLiar x Liar2021 · Minato TakatsukiThe Parades2024 · NanaBeasts Clutching at Straws2026 · ShinaOPTI2026 · April, Come She Will2024 · Haru Iyoda1st Kiss2025 · Anri SekiFrontline - Yokohama Bay2025 · Tokyo Ghoul 'S'2019 · Yoriko KosakaLast Letter2020 · Fuka / Young YuriFather of the Milky Way Railroad2023 · Miyazawa ToshiInsomniacs After School2023 · Isaki MagariGalileo: Forbidden Sorcery2022 · Yurina KurasakaAt the Bench2024 · Hen na koe2024 · Abiding2026 · The First Supper2019 · Miyako in childhood461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son2020 · Hiromi NishinaBlue, Painful, Fragile2020 · Mizuki NishiyamaHell Girl2019 · Miho IchikawaTales of the Bizarre: 2021 Fall Special2021 ·