Mari Hamada (actress)

Mari Hamada
Born	December 27, 1968 (1968-12-27) (age 42) Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Occupation	Actress, singer

Mari Hamada (濱田マリ, Hamada Mari^?, born December 27, 1968 at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) is a Japanese singer and actress who starred in numerous movies and drama in Japan^[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. She is the namesake of another Japanese singer, Mari Hamada (浜田麻里), who is more famous abroad.

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)

Movies

• Cafe Isobe (2008)^[2]
• Unfair: The Movie (2007)
• Battery (2007)
• Sakai-ke no Shiawase (2006)
• Hanada Shonen-shi (2006)
• Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (2006)
• Chi to Hone (Blood and Bones) (2004)
• The Cat Returns (2002)

Dramas & TV-movies

• Camouflage Chapter 4: Tomin Suzuko (WOWOW, 2008)
• SAITOU san (NTV, 2008)
• Kikujiro to Saki 3 (TV Asahi, 2007)
• Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm (Fuji TV, 2007)
• Kodoku no Kake (TBS, 2007)
• Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! (TV Asahi, 2007)
• Kirakira Kenshui (TBS, 2007)
• Yakusha Damashii (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Unfair SP (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Dance Drill (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Unfair (Fuji TV, 2006)
• Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi (Fuji TV, 2005, ep4)
• Kiken na Aneki (Fuji TV, 2005)
• Kikujiro to Saki 2 (TV Asahi, 2005)
• Shin Yonigeya Honpo (NTV, 2003, ep1)
• Wonderful Life (Fuji TV, 2004)
• Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni... (TBS, 2004)
• Ranpo R Kyuketsuki (NTV, 2004)
• Kikujiro to Saki (TV Asahi, 2003)
• Shin Yonigeya Honpo (NTV, 2003, ep1)
• Diamond Girl (Fuji TV, 2003)
• Yoiko no Mikata (NTV, 2003)
• Oatsui no ga Osuki? (NTV, 1998)
• Love Again (TBS, 1998)
• Koi no Bakansu (NTV, 1997)

References

1. ^ "濱田マリ はまだ・まり" (in Japanese). Allcinema.net. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=128787. Retrieved 2010-4-17. 
2. ^ "純喫茶磯辺 (2008)" (in Japanese). Allcinema.net. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=329810. Retrieved 2010-4-17. 

External links

• Entry on Jdorama.com (picture and filmography in Japanese)

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Name	Hamada, Mari
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Date of birth	December 27, 1968
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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