Which actress to receive an Independent Spirit Award nomination acted in a 2010 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Tran Anh Hung, based on Haruki Murakami's novel ?
Rinko Kikuchi Rinko Kikuchi (菊地 凛子 , Kikuchi Rinko ) (born Yuriko Kikuchi (菊地 百合子 , Kikuchi Yuriko ) ; January 6, 1981) is a Japanese film actress. She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in "Babel" (2006). Kikuchi's other notable films include "Norwegian Wood" (2010), which screened in competition at the 67th Venice Film Festival and Guillermo del Toro's science fiction action film "Pacific Rim" (2013). For her role in the drama film "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" (2014), Kikuchi received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead.
Massan Massan (Japanese: マッサン ) is a Japanese television drama series, the 91st Asadora (morning drama) broadcast daily on NHK from September 29, 2014, until March 28, 2015. "Massan" is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad. American actress Charlotte Kate Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama opposite Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama as Masaharu Kameyama in a fictionalized account of Rita's travels to Japan and Taketsuru's attempts to begin the Nikka Whisky Distilling company. It is the first time that NHK's Asadora series has featured a non-Japanese actor in a lead role.