Biography
Shigeru Muroi is a Japanese actress. She began her career in the early 1980s with film roles including Something Like It (1981) and has since appeared in numerous features and television dramas.
She is known for her voice performance as Asako Tsukishima in the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart (1995) and for her role as Sadako in The Little House (2014). Muroi won several Best Supporting Actress awards, including the Hochi Film Award, for her performance in Izakaya Yūrei (1994). Other notable film credits include Nodo Jiman (1999) and Villon's Wife (2009).
