Rinko Kikuchi-a rising Japaese actress

Speaking of movies, a Japanese actress, Rinko Kikuchi is a clear winner, with or without winning Golden Globe.

a 25 year old, native of Kanagawa(a prefecture where I use to live in Japan), Rinko used to be Yuriko. Even she has been active in a dozen or so Japanese films, the real breakthrough for Kikuchi came when she played a young Japanese high school students in American movie-Babel, which also won he a Golden Globe nomination.

For an interview with Kikuchi on Babel with LA Times, click here.