Mari Hamada (濱田マリ, Hamada Mari, born December 27, 1968) is a Japanese singer and actress who starred in numerous Japanese films and Japanese television dramas. ^[1] and released two solo albums and solo singles in the 1990s, after being part of the Japanese band " Modern Choki Chokies". She was also part of the Japanese "unit" (temporary band) " Unknown Soup & Spice" in 2003.

Discography

Solo albums

• Futsu no hito (フツーの人) (1995)
• Amu Onna (編む女) (1997) which includes a title with Autechre

Solo singles

• パジャマトリッパー
• フツーで行こう
• ひとひと
• 人の息子
• It's My Love/氣愛/Sens

Band albums

With " Modern Choki Chokies":

• Rolling dodoitsu (ローリング・ドドイツ) (1992)
• Bongengan Bangara Bingen no Densetsu (ボンゲンガンバンガラビンゲンの伝説 (1993)
• Moda-Choki (別冊モダチョキ臨時増刊号) (1994)
• Kumachan (くまちゃん) (1994)
• Readymade no Modern Choki Chokies (レディメイドのモダンチョキチョキズ) (1997)

With " Unknown Soup & Spice":

• Chant (2003)

Filmography

Film

• Shomuni (1998)
• The Cat Returns (2002)
• Blood and Bones (2004)
• Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (2006)
• Hanada Shonen-shi (2006)
• Sakai-ke no Shiawase (2006)
• The Battery (2007)
• Unfair: The Movie (2007)
• Cafe Isobe (2008) ^[2]
• Her Granddaughter (2014)
• Maestro! (2015)
• 14 That Night (2016)
• Traces of Sin (2017)
• Inuyashiki (2018)
• After the Rain (2018), Kayoko Kubo
• Real Girl (2018)
• Little Nights, Little Love (2018)
• Oz Land (2018)
• Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)
• Little Nights, Little Love (2019)
• The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess (2020)
• Project Dream: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar (2020)
• Between Us (2021) ^[3]
• Musicophilia (2021) ^[4]
• The End of the Pale Hour (2022) ^[5]

Dramas and TV-movies

• Koi no Bakansu (NTV, 1997)
• Love Again (TBS, 1998)
• Oatsui no ga Osuki? (NTV, 1998)
• Yoiko no Mikata (NTV, 2003)
• Diamond Girl (Fuji TV, 2003)
• Shin Yonigeya Honpo (NTV, 2003, ep1)
• Kikujiro to Saki (TV Asahi, 2003)
• Ranpo R Kyuketsuki (NTV, 2004)
• Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni... (TBS, 2004)
• Wonderful Life (Fuji TV, 2004)
• Shin Yonigeya Honpo (NTV, 2003, ep1)
• Kikujiro to Saki 2 (TV Asahi, 2005)
• Kiken na Aneki (Fuji TV, 2005)
• Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi (Fuji TV, 2005, ep4)
• Unfair (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Dance Drill (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Unfair SP (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Yakusha Damashii (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Kirakira Kenshui (TBS, 2007)
• Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! (TV Asahi, 2007)
• Kodoku no Kake (TBS, 2007)
• Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Kikujiro to Saki 3 (TV Asahi, 2007)
• SAITOU san (NTV, 2008)
• Camouflage Chapter 4: Tomin Suzuko ( Wowow, 2008)
• Piple (Wowow, 2020)
• Come Come Everybody (NHK, 2021–22), Kazuko Takemura ^[6]
• Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai (2024), Chisako Satou ^[7]

References

External links

• Entry on Jdorama.com (picture and filmography in Japanese)
• Mari Hamada at IMDb