Aju Makita

is a Japanese actress. In 2012, she appeared in the TV drama Going My Home directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and has since acted in his films After the Storm, The Third Murder (2017), Shoplifters (2018) and Look Back (2026). She won the best newcomer award at the Hochi Film Award in 2018 for Shino Can't Say Her Name, directed by Hiroaki Yuasa. She then won the 2020 Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as the Hochi Film Award for best supporting actress for her role as a pregnant teenager in Naomi Kawase's True Mothers, which was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. Her performance in the film garnered praise from such reviewers as those in The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and the South China Morning Post.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage YearTitleRoleNotes 2018La StradaGelsomina

Music videos

Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWork(s)Result 201843rd Hochi Film AwardsBest New ArtistShino Can't Say Her Name 33rd Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressTrue Mothers and Under the Stars Best Newcomer202142nd Yokohama Film FestivalBest Supporting Actress 75th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressTrue Mothers 63rd Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting Actress 94th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Supporting Actress 44th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the Year 15th Asian Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress 202225th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand PrixBest Supporting ActressWelcome Home, Monet