Suzu Hirose received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film from New York’s Japan Society this month. | COURTESY OF JAPAN SOCIETY
By Blake Simons
Contributing writer
Jul 30, 2026
Suzu Hirose is an all but ubiquitous presence in the Japanese entertainment industry these days.
The 28-year-old actor, whose searching eyes peer out from soft features, rose to prominence through films such as “Our Little Sister”(2015) and “The Third Murder” (2017), both directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and the live-action adaptations of anime series “Chihayafuru”(2016-18).
This month, she was honored with the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film at the Japan Cuts festival hosted by New York’s Japan Society.
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