Sachiko Hidari

Sachiko Hidari 左 幸子
Born	(1930-06-29)29 June 1930 Toyama, Japan
Died	7 November 2001(2001-11-07) (aged 71) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–1995
Spouse	Susumu Hani ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1977)​

Sachiko Hidari (左 幸子, Hidari Sachiko, 29 June 1930 – 7 November 2001) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1952 and 1995. At the 14th Berlin International Film Festival she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her roles in She and He and The Insect Woman. In 1977, she directed and starred in the film The Far Road, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

• The Balloon (1956)
• Darkness at Noon (1956)
• Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
• The Boy Who Came Back (1958)
• Jokyo (1960)
• The Insect Woman (1963)
• She and He (1963)
• A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
• Faire l'amour : De la pilule à l'ordinateur (1971, anthology film)
• Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
• The Far Road (1977)
• Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

External links

• Sachiko Hidari at IMDb