Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa | |
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乙羽 信子 | |
Born | Yonago, Tottori, Japan | 1 October 1924
Died | 22 December 1994 | (aged 70)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1950–1994 |
Spouse |
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Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子, Otowa Nobuko, 1 October 1924 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She gave up a career as a star[clarification needed] to appear in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died.[1] She posthumously won the award for best supporting actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for A Last Note, having been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer during its production.[2][3] Half of her ashes are scattered on the island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima where The Naked Island was filmed.[4]
Selected filmography
Film
- Konyaku yubiwa (1950)
- Shojoho (1950)
- Arabiya monogatari (1951)
- Tsuki no wataridori (1951) - Oichi
- Dare ga watashi o sabaku no ka (1951)
- Miss Oyu (1951) - Shizu
- Meigetsu somato (1951)
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951) - Takako Ishikawa
- The Tale of Genji (1951) - Murasaki no ue
- Asakusa kurenaidan (1952) - Maki Ayukawa
- Avalanche (1952) - Atsuko Fujikawa
- Atakake no hitobito (1952)
- Children of Hiroshima (1952) - Takako Ishikawa
- Kantarou tsukiyo-uta (1952) - Okyo
- Senba zuru (1953) - Ayako Ohta
- Onna to iu shiro - Mari no maki (1953)
- Onna to iu shiro - Yuko no maki (1953)
- Mura hatibu (1953)
- Epitome (1953) - Ginko
- Yokubo (1953) - Shizue Kitami
- Yoake mae (1953) - Hanzo's Daughter
- Life of a Woman (1953) - Fujiko Shirakawa
- Koina no Ginpei (1954) - Oichi
- An Inn at Osaka (1954) - Uwabami
- Dobu (1954) - Tsuru
- Dorodarake no seishun (1954) - Nanako
- Ai to shi no tanima (1954)
- Wakai hitotachi (1954)
- Aisureba koso (1955) - Michie (segment 1)
- Ginza no onna (1955)
- Wolf (1955) - Akiko Yano
- Kabuki juhachiban: Narukami - Bijo to kairyu (1955)
- Shirogane Shinjū (1956) - Sakie / Umeko
- Ruri no kishi (1956) - Hagiyo, Chiho's mother
- Shin ono ga tsumi (1956)
- An Actress (1956) - Kakuko Mori
- Aru yo futatabi (1956)
- Kottaisan yori: Nyotai wa kanashiku (1957) - Tamasode
- Hadairo no tsuki (1957) - Kumiko Uno
- Ukifune (1957) - Naka-no-kimi
- Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken (1958) - The Princess
- Makeraremasen katsumadewa (1958) - Odama
- Kanashimi wa onna dakeni (1958) - Taka
- A Holiday in Tokyo (1958) - Nobuko
- Yajikata dôchû sugoroku (1958) - Ofutsu / maid
- Tsuzurikata kyodai (1958) - Aunt
- Mimizuku (1958)
- Nora neko (1958)
- Yajikita dôchû sugoroku (1958) - Ofutsu
- Noren (1958)
- Hana noren (1959)
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) - Shizu Kuboyama
- Aisaiki (1959)
- The Three Treasures (1959) - Goddess of Anenouzume
- Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi (1959)
- Waga ai (1959) - Hideya
- Kashima ari (1959)
- Shiranami gonin otoko: tenka no ô-dorobô (1960)
- Chinpindô shujin (1960)
- Onna no saka (1960)
- Shin jôdaigaku (1960)
- Bokutô kitan (1960) - Kyôko Yamai
- The Approach of Autumn (1960) - Shigeko Fukatani - Hideo's Mother
- The Naked Island (1960) - Toyo, the mother
- Tôkyô yawa (1961) - Yukari
- Netsuai sha (1961) - Tamiko
- Immortal Love (1961) - Tomoko, Takashi's wife
- Gen to fudômyô-ô (1961)
- The Last War (1961) - Oyoshi Tamura
- Ryôjû (1961) - Choko's mother
- Mozu (1961)
- Kojin kojitsu (1961)
- Ashita aru kagiri (1962)
- Long Way to Okinawa (1962)
- Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962) - Mitoji
- Ao beka monogatari (1962) - Kimino
- Ningen (1962) - Gorosuke
- Kawa no hotori de (1962) - Tamako Sekiguchi
- Kigeki ekimae hanten (1962)
- Kanojo ni mukatte tosshinsayo (1963)
- Uso (1963) - (segment "San jyotai")
- Shiro to kuro (1963) - Ochiai's Wife
- Daidokoro taiheiki (1963)
- Wakai nakamatachi: uchira Gion no maikohan (1963)
- Wanpaku tenshi (1963)
- Miren (1963) - Hatsu Kakinuma
- Mother (1963) - Tamiko
- Kigeki ekimae okami (1964) - Kyôko Yamamoto
- Kigeki: Yôki-na mibôjin (1964) - Kume Tanabe
- The Scent of Incense (Kôge - Nibu: Mitsumata no shô/Ichibu: Waremokô no shô) (1964) - Ikuyo
- Onibaba (1964) - Kichi's Mother
- Nami kage (1965) - Masa, Kichitaro's wife
- Daikon to ninjin (1965) - Nobuyo Yamaki
- Daiku taiheki (1965)
- Akuto (1965) - Jiju
- Abare Gôemon (1966) - Osasa
- Lost Sex (1966) - The Housemaid
- Akogare (1966)
- Danshun (1966)
- Kigeki ekimae mangan (1967)
- Izu no odoriko (1967)
- Kigeki ekimae gakuen (1967)
- Zoku namonaku mazushiku utsukushiku: Haha to ko (1967)
- Chichi to ko: Zoku Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku (1967) - Taeko Sakai
- Sei no kigen (1967) - Wife
- Kigeki ekimae hyakku-nen (1967)
- Kuroneko (1968) - Yone (Mother)
- Tsuyomushi onna to yowamushi otoko (1968) - Fumiko
- Âh himeyuri no tô (1968) - Hatsu Yonamine
- Machi ni izumi ga atta (1968) - Toki Yano
- Red Lion (1969) - Oharu
- Kagerô (1969) - Otoyo
- Shokkaku (1970) - Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) - Take Yamada
- The Ceremony (1971) - Sakurada Shizu
- Kanawa (1972) - Middle aged woman
- Sanka (1972) - Teru Kamozawa
- Kokoro (1973) - Mrs. M
- Kôkotsu no hito (1973) - Kyôko
- Shiawase (1974)
- Waga michi (1974) - Mino Kawamura
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) - Herself
- Jiken (1978)
- The Strangling (1979) - Ryoko / Mother
- Haitatsu sarenai santsu no tegami (1979) - Sumie - Mitsumasa's wife
- Omoeba tôkue kitamonda (1980)
- Asshii-tachi no machi (1981) - Haru Hayasaka
- Edo Porn (1981) - Omomo, Sashichi's Wife
- Ekisutora (1982) - Kinuyo Adachi
- Mikan no taikyoku (1982)
- The Go Masters (1983)
- Chihei-sen (1984) - Hideyo, after age 40
- Location (1984) - Katsue
- Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima (1984) - Tei Ishikawa
- Shiroi machi hiroshima (1985)
- Yasha (1985) - Ume
- Lost in the Wilderness (1986) - Yasuko Muto
- Burakkubôdo (1986) - Namie Yasui
- Tree Without Leaves (1986) - Mother
- Nijushi no hitomi (1987) - Okami
- Yumemi-dôri no hitobito (1989)
- Donmai (1990) - Toyo Murakami
- Pachinko monogatari (1990)
- Bokuto kidan (1992) - Masa
- Tsuribaka nisshi 5 (1992) - Densuke's mother
- A Last Note (1995) - Toyoko Yanagawa
- By Player (2000) - herself
Television
Awards and honors
Japan Academy Prize
- 1996 – Best Supporting Actress, A Last Note
Blue Ribbon Awards
- 1966 – Best Supporting Actress, Lost Sex
- 1953 – Best Actress, Epitome, Life of a Woman and Yokubo
Kinema Junpo Awards
- 1996 – Best Supporting Actress, A Last Note
Mainichi Film Awards
- 1996 – Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1993 – Best Supporting Actress, The Strange Story of Oyuki
- 1968 - Best Actress, Operation Negligee and Kuroneko
36th Venice International Film Festival
- 1979 - Pasinetti Award (Best Actress), The Strangling
References
- ^ Shindo, Kaneto (2008). Ikite iru kagiri Watashi no Rirekisho [While I live: my resume] (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha. ISBN 978-4-532-16661-8.
- ^ 第 19 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "Seniors World Chronicle: JAPAN: Cinema Japan: A Wreath for Madame Kawakita". Seniors World Chronicle. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ "Shindō Kaneto Kantoku "Hadaka no Shima" ni Sankotsu e". Nikkan Sports.
External links
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