How old was Rinko Kikuchi in Ikitai?

There’s something captivating about discovering a celebrity’s age during a defining role. That knowledge can reshape how we view their performance. Let’s reveal how old they were when the cameras rolled.

In Ikitai, Rinko Kikuchi took on the role at the age of:

17 years old

That number reflects the celebrity’s real age when the movie was made.

For this age we used as a reference point the first day of the year of the release of Ikitai:

January 1, 1999

And the day Rinko Kikuchi was born, which is:

January 06, 1981

As films generally take less than a year from filming to release, the age of Rinko Kikuchi during production could differ by a year from what’s shown.