Kaori Momoi

One of the leading actresses in Japan, she has a number of Japanese acting awards but little in the way of international credits. She has won the Best Actress award twice, as well as the Best Supporting Actress once, at the Japanese Academy Awards. Most recently, she has played a major supporting role in the World War II movie Emperor, while prior to that, her biggest role had been as the mother in Memoirs of a Geisha.