I recall watching her very first movie, when she was still a very young no-name girl. It was called "Ikimasshoi" I believe. It was about a bunch of junior high girls who formed the school rowing club. They sucked, of course. No special about the plot, besides that it had surprisingly little sentimentality. A pretty sad movie, actually. A very fine performance by Tanaka. She wasn't cutesy at all in the movie, but performed very naturally.