Lorena Comparato and Henrique Kimura lead the Elize: Shadows of a Woman cast as Elize and Marcos Matsunaga. Netflix’s Brazilian psychological crime drama also brings together Denise Weinberg, Miwa Yanagizawa, Julia Shimura and a wider supporting ensemble around the couple’s turbulent marriage.
Elize: Shadows of a Woman cast at a glance
| Actor | Character | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Lorena Comparato | Elize Matsunaga | The film’s central figure and the viewpoint through which the marriage is dramatised |
| Henrique Kimura | Marcos Matsunaga | Elize’s wealthy husband, whose infidelity fractures the relationship |
| Denise Weinberg | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
| Gustavo Falcão | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
| Julia Shimura | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
| Flora Sandyá | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
| Edson Kameda | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
| Miwa Yanagizawa | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
| Arthur Toyoshima | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
| Julia Konrad | Not publicly specified | Part of the confirmed supporting cast |
Elize: Shadows of a Woman, titled Elize: Sombras de Uma Mulher in Portuguese, began streaming on Netflix on July 22, 2026. It is a fictional feature inspired by the real Elize Matsunaga case, not a documentary reconstruction.
For a practical watch-or-skip verdict, read our Elize: Shadows of a Woman review. Availability, audio languages, subtitles and the India maturity rating are covered in the Elize OTT release guide.
Lorena Comparato as Elize Matsunaga
Lorena Comparato plays Elize Matsunaga, the woman at the centre of the film and the real case that inspired it. The drama stays close to Elize as she moves from a modest background into a wealthy marriage that becomes defined by betrayal, unequal power and emotional collapse.
Comparato carries the film’s most difficult task. She has to portray a real person associated with a notorious crime while serving a screenplay that openly uses fiction to imagine private moments. The performance therefore works through restraint rather than a simple attempt to explain or excuse Elize.
The character is not presented as a puzzle with one clean answer. Instead, the film asks viewers to remain inside her changing emotional world while remembering the brutality of the outcome. Comparato’s role gives the story its psychological focus and its central tension.
Henrique Kimura as Marcos Matsunaga
Henrique Kimura plays Marcos Matsunaga, Elize’s husband. Marcos belongs to a wealthy São Paulo family, and that gap in money and social power shapes the marriage from the beginning. His infidelity becomes the fracture around which the film builds its account of distrust and control.
Kimura’s role is crucial because the story is not structured as a police procedural. The marriage itself is the main dramatic space. Marcos represents intimacy, betrayal and leverage at once, making his scenes with Elize more important than any attempt to recreate the case as a sequence of headlines.
The film’s fictional lens means viewers should not treat every private interaction as a documented fact. Kimura is playing a dramatic interpretation of Marcos inside a screenplay designed to examine how the relationship might have deteriorated.
Denise Weinberg, Miwa Yanagizawa and Julia Shimura
Denise Weinberg, Miwa Yanagizawa and Julia Shimura are among the supporting actors highlighted in the film’s official announcement. They help build the family and social world surrounding Elize and Marcos, extending the story beyond the couple without changing its close psychological focus.
Netflix lists all three in the cast but does not attach public character names to them on the title page. This guide keeps those roles unlabelled rather than guessing from billing order, costumes or trailer appearances.
The wider confirmed cast
The wider Netflix cast list includes Gustavo Falcão, Flora Sandyá, Edson Kameda, Arthur Toyoshima and Julia Konrad. Their character names are not publicly specified on Netflix’s India title page.
That wider ensemble matters because the film treats the case as a social and domestic drama rather than a two-person chamber piece. Family expectations, wealth and the outside image of the marriage all contribute to the pressure around the central relationship.
Who directed and wrote Elize: Shadows of a Woman?
Felipe Vellas directed the film. Raphael Montes and Mariana Torres, who previously worked in the world of Good Morning, Verônica, wrote the screenplay. Their approach turns a widely reported crime into a psychological drama about the private years before it.
Boutique Filmes produced the movie after also producing Netflix’s documentary series Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime. Gustavo Mello is the producer, while Renata Artigas, Marcelo Máximo and Adriana Gaspar are executive producers. Raphael Montes also serves as an associate producer.
You can find the film among the new OTT releases for July 20 to July 26.
Elize: Shadows of a Woman cast FAQ
Who plays Elize Matsunaga in Elize: Shadows of a Woman?
Lorena Comparato plays Elize Matsunaga in the Netflix film.
Who plays Marcos Matsunaga?
Henrique Kimura plays Marcos Matsunaga, Elize’s husband.
Who else is in the Elize cast?
The cast also includes Denise Weinberg, Gustavo Falcão, Julia Shimura, Flora Sandyá, Edson Kameda, Miwa Yanagizawa, Arthur Toyoshima and Julia Konrad.
Who directed the Netflix film?
Felipe Vellas directed Elize: Shadows of a Woman from a screenplay by Raphael Montes and Mariana Torres.