Suzu Hirose

Hirose's guarded presence as Sakie, the victim's daughter in The Third Murder (2017), suits a drama that keeps testing what can be known about other people. Chihayafuru Part 1 (2016) lets her open out as Chihaya, a teenager pursuing competitive karuta, the poetry-based card game. That shift from withheld feeling to sporting enthusiasm is a good introduction to her range, especially if courtroom ambiguity feels less inviting than a team story.