ERI ISHIDA
Career overview
She won the Best Actress award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival, Best Supporting Actress at the Japan Academy Awards in 1989 & 1991.
She attended the Cannes Film Festival in support of director Kiju Yoshida's ‘Wuthering Heights’ (1988/Competition). Eri took on the title character in the Australian film ‘AYA’ (1991) directed by Solrun Hoass, for which she received a nomination for Best Performance for an Actress in a Leading Role from the Australian Film Institute. She starred in ‘Apocalypse of Love’ (1998), the first film to be publicly exhibited when cultural exchanges were restored between Japan and Korea. Eri attended the 2007 Venice Film Festival with director Shinji Aoyama’s ‘Sad Vacation’ which made its debut there.
In 1993, Eri worked with Helmut Newton. Their collaboration, the photo book titled ‘Immoral’ sold over 270,000 copies in Japan alone, and with Peter Lindbergh titled ’56’ which went on the market in 2017.
Eri’s directional debut resulted in the short film ‘Control’ in 2018, and her work as a director will continue.
Her Hollywood debut for the film ’Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins’ directed by Robert Schwentke in 2021.
Snake Eyes (2021) Director: Robert Schwentke
ERI ISHIDA
Selected filmography & awards
( *denotes leading role, Japanese titles in parentheses if different from English)
| 2021 | Snake Eyes Director: Robert Schwentke *Eri’s Hollywood debut |
| 2018 | Short film ‘Control’ - Eri’s directional debut |
| 2016 | 'Beautiful People' Dedicated to Kumamoto earthquakes in 2016 Director: Isao Yukisada |
| 2015 | 'Hand in the Glove' Tailand-Japan Co-production Director: Yusuke Inaba |
| 2014 | 'Vancouber's Asahi' Vancouber International Film Festival / Audience Award Director: Yuya Ishii |
| 2012 | 'MY HOUSE' Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi |
| 2010 | 'Acacia' (Akashia) Tokyo International Film Festival / Competition Director: Jinsei Tsuji |
| 2009 | 'The Clone Returns Home' (Kuron wa Kokyo o Mezasu) Sundance Film Festival / World Cinema Competition Director: Kanji Nakajima |
| 2008 | 'Bloody Snake Under The Sun' (Habu to Genkotsu) Tokyo International Film Festival / Competition Director: Ryo Nakai |
| 2007 | 'Sad Vacation' * Venice Film Festival / Orizzonti Opening Takasaki Film Festival - Best Leading Actress Director: Shinji Aoyama |
| 2005 | 'Female' * (Femeiru) Director: Shinya Tsukamoto |
| 1997 | 'Apocalypse of Love' * (Ai no Mokushiroku) Japan / Korea Co-Production Director: Kim Su-Yong |
| 1991 | 'Aya'* Australian Film Australian Film Institute Awards - Nominated for Best Performance for an Actress in a Leading Role Asia-Pacific Film Festval - Best Actress Torino Film Festival / Competition C.I.C.A.E. Award/ Winner, Prize of the City of Torino/ Nominee Director: Solrun Hoaas |
| 1990 | 'Fishing Diary 2' (Tsuribaka Nisshi) 'Won't Dream Flying' (Tobu Yume wo Shibarakuminai) |
| 1988 | 'Wuthering Heights' (Arashigaoka) Festival de Cannes / Competition 'Hope & Pain' (Dauntaun Herozu) Berlin International Film Festival / Competition |
| 1987 | 'Lantern' (Chochin) Director: Kajima Shunichi Mainichi Film Awards - Best Supporting Actress Yokohama Film Festival - Best Supporting Actress |
| 1981 | 'Distant Thunder' * (Enrai) Director: Kichitaro Neishi Japan Academy Awards - Best Leading Actress Japan Academy Awards - Best New Actress Hochi Film Awards - Best New Actress Award |
‘Sad Vacation’ Shinji Aoyama (Director)
