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Shinobu Otake

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Not to be confused with Shinobu Ohtaka.

Shinobu Otake
大竹 汀信
Born (1957-07-17) July 17, 1957 (age 67)
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1973–present
AgentAvex Management, Inc.
Spouses
  • Seiji Hattori
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    (m. 1982; died 1987)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1988; div. 1992)​
Children2, including Imalu [ja]

Shinobu Otake (大竹 しのぶ, Ōtake Shinobu, born 17 July 1957) is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Railroad Man, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress for The Incident, and Best Supporting Actress for Seishoku no ishibumi. She also won the award for best actress at the 12th Hochi Film Award for Eien no 1/2.[1] At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Owl.[2] She has received a total of 12 nominations.

She was the favoured lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after his previous lead actress, Nobuko Otowa, died in 1994, and featured in four of his films from Will to Live in 1999 to Postcard in 2011.[3]

Otake has also acted on the stage. She performed during the last segment of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony along Tokyo’s Suginami Children Chorus, singing the song "Hoshimeguri no Uta" (Star Tour Song) composed by Kenji Miyazawa, as the Olympic flame was extinguished.[4] In 2021, Otake took the lead role of Dr. Ruth Wolff in a Japanese stage adaptation of The Doctor.[5]

Personal life

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Otake was born and grew up mostly in Tokyo. In 1982 she married Seiji Hattori, a Tokyo Broadcasting director who died in 1987.[citation needed] One year later, Otake married Akashiya Sanma, but got divorced in 1992.[citation needed] In the early 1990s Otake lived with playwright Hideki Noda.[citation needed]

Otake has two children, Nichika, a son by Hattori and Imaru, a daughter by Sanma.[citation needed] After her divorce she kept custody.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes Ref.
1975 The Gate of Youth Orie Maki [6]
1976 The Human Revolution 2 Nobuko
1977 The Gate of Youth Part 2 Orie Maki
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1978 The Demon
The Incident
Seishoku no ishibumi
1979 Nomugi Pass Mine Masai Lead role
Oh, My son!
1980 Twelve Months Anja (voice) Lead role
1983 Children of Nagasaki
1984 Mahjong Hōrōki Mayumi
1985 Family Without a Dinner Table
1986 Beyond the Shining Sea
1987 Eien no 1/2 Lead role
1992 Original Sin Nami Tsuchiya Lead role
1993 Rex: A Dinosaur's Story Naomi Ito
1996 Five Women
1998 Gakko III: The New Voyage
1999 Railroad Man Shizue Satō
The Black House [7]
Will to Live
2000 Shiki-Jitsu
2001 Go
2003 Like Asura Lead role
Owl Lead role
2004 Otakus in Love
2007 Kitokito! Lead role
Into the Faraway Sky
Welcome to the Quiet Room Nishino
2010 My Darling is a Foreigner
Arrietty Homily (voice)
Surely Someday
Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! Yōko Morii Lead role
2011 Postcard Lead role [8]
2013 Before the Vigil
Leaving on the 15th Spring
The Wind Rises Mrs. Kurokawa (voice) [9]
2015 The Mourner
Pieta in the Toilet
Our Little Sister [10]
Galaxy Turnpike [11]
2016 Black Widow Business Sayoko Takeuchi Lead role [12]
Sanada 10 Braves Yodo-dono [13]
2017 Mary and the Witch's Flower Charlotte (voice) [14]
2018 Flea-picking Samurai Osuzu [15]
2019 Shadowfall Naomi Makabe [16]
2021 Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Nikuko (voice) Lead role [17]
The House of the Lost on the Cape Kiwa (voice) [18]
2022 Hell Dogs Noriko Kinugasa [19]
2023 The Boy and the Heron Aiko (voice) [20]
2024 Who Were We? Kii [21]

Television

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Year Title Role Network Ref.
1975 Mizuiro no Toki Tomoko Matsumiya Lead role; Asadora [22]
1977 Kashin Osato Taiga drama
Taiyō ni Hoero! Yōko Hamada Episode 276
1980 Shishi no Jidai Chiyo Taiga drama
1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu Odai no Kata Taiga drama [23]
1986 Seven Men and Women, Summer Story Momoko Kanzaki [24]
1987 Seven Men and Women, Autumn Story Momoko Kanzaki [24]
1994 The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey Mayuko Kurebayashi Lead role
1999 Genroku Ryōran Riku Taiga drama [25]
2011 Gō Kōdai-in Taiga drama [26]
2017 I'm Sorry, I Love You Reiko Hyūga
2019 Idaten Ikue Ikebe Taiga drama [27]
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Miko Taiga drama [28]
2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Ōkurakyō no Tsubone Taiga drama; cameo [29]

Dubbing

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Live-action

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Animation

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Commercials

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In 2012, she became a representative for NTT DoCoMo's "Raku-Raku Smartphone", a smartphone aimed at the over-55s.[34]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. ^ "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. ^ Shindo, Kaneto (2012). Nagase, Hiroko (ed.). 100 sai no ryugi [The Centenarian's Way] (in Japanese). PHP. ISBN 978-4-569-80434-7.
  4. ^ Busetto, Arielle (8 August 2021). "Japan Brings its Best Hospitality to the Tokyo Olympics Closing Ceremony | JAPAN Forward". japan-forward.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ Tanaka, Nobuko (11 November 2021). "'The Doctor' diagnoses society's afflictions". The Japan Times. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ "青春の門(1975)". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "黒い家". eiga.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ^ "一枚のハガキ". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  9. ^ "風立ちぬ". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  10. ^ "海街diary". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  11. ^ "ギャラクシー街道". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  12. ^ "後妻業の女". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  13. ^ "真田十勇士". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  14. ^ "メアリと魔女の花". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  15. ^ "のみとり侍". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  16. ^ "影踏み". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  17. ^ "大竹しのぶ、明石家さんま企画・プロデュースの映画に声優出演「漁港の肉子ちゃん」主人公役". eiga.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Misaki no Mayoiga Anime Film's Trailer Reveals More Cast, Theme Song". Anime News Network. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  19. ^ "ヘルドッグス". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  20. ^ 「君たちはどう生きるか」ストーリー、声優、主題歌が明らかに [Story, voice actors, and theme song revealed for "How Do You Live?"]. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 14 July 2023. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  21. ^ "わたくしどもは。". eiga.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  22. ^ "水色の時〈第15作〉". NHK. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  23. ^ "徳川家康". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Seven Men and Women, Summer Story / Autumn Story". TBS. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  25. ^ "元禄繚乱". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  26. ^ "江 姫たちの戦国". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  27. ^ "いだてん 東京オリムピック噺". TV drama database. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  28. ^ "大竹しのぶ、『鎌倉殿の13人』にサプライズ登場「おもしろさ7、深み1、あとは勢い」". Real Sound. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  29. ^ "『どうする家康』大竹しのぶ、サプライズ出演 "セリフなし&1シーンのみ"の異例出番". Oricon. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  30. ^ "映画「キャッツ」吹替版に葵わかな、山崎育三郎、森崎ウィン、大竹しのぶら出演". Natalie. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  31. ^ "ウエスト・サイド物語 －日本語吹き替え版". Fukikaeru. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  32. ^ "インサイド・ヘッド". The Cinema. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  33. ^ "インサイド・ヘッド2". The Walt Disney Company Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  34. ^ "「らくらくスマートフォン」20日予約開始、大竹しのぶがミニスカ登場". 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  35. ^ "田中絹代賞とは". Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Association. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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