Nobuko Otowa
Biography
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Nobuko Otowa (1 October 1925 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She was married to film director Kaneto Shindō. 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.
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Acting History
2000
By Player as Okaji
1995A Last Note as Toyoko Yanagawa
1992Free and Easy 5 as Densuke's mother
1992The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Masa
1991朝比奈周平ミステリー as 朝比奈容子
1990Don't Mind
1989Dream Street as Tomi Izeki
1988Sakura-tai Chiru
1987Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
1987Children on the Island as Mistress
1986Tree Without Leaves as Mother
1986Black Board as Namie Yasui
1986Lost in the Wilderness as Yasuko Moto
1985Demon as Ume
1984The Island Closest to Heaven as Tei Ishikawa
1984地唄
1984Location as Katsue
1984The Horizon as Hideyo, after age 40
1983Oshin as Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
1982Arashi Tatsunari as Keiko
1982Ekisutora
1982Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3
1982傑作推理劇場 不安な階段
1982The Go Masters
1981Edo Porn as Omomo
1981Ore to aitsu no monogatari
1981Asshii-tachi no machi
1980The Long Way 'Round
1980Nurse's Husband
1979The Three Undelivered Letters as Sumie
1979The Strangling as Ryoko Kariba
1978The Incident as Sumie Sakai
1978Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1977The Life of Chikuzan as Toyo, Mother
1975Onna no Natsu
1975女の夏
1975Kyukei no Koya
1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as Self
1974My Way as Mino Kawamura
1973The Heart as Mrs. M
1973The Twilight Years as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
1972Hymn as Teru Kamozawa
1972The Iron Crown as Middle-aged Woman
1971The Ceremony as Sakurada Shizu
1970Live Today, Die Tomorrow! as Take Yamada
1970Strange Affinity as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
1970ありがとう as 九静香
1970Mominoki wa Nokotta as Hatsuno
1969Heat Wave Island as Otoyo
1969Red Lion as Oharu
1968Monument to the Girl's Corps as Hatsu Yonamine
1968Strong Women, Weak Men as Fumiko
1968Kuroneko as Yone
1967A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967Libido
1967The Izu Dancer
1966Once a Rainy Day
1966Lost Sex as The Housemaid
1966Rise Against the Sword as Osasa
1965Conquest as Jiju
1965Nami kage
1965The Radish and the Carrot
1965Taikouki as Oetsu
1964Onibaba as Woman
1964The Scent of Incense as Ikuyo
1963Mother as Tamiko
1963Miren as Hatsu Kakinuna
1963The Maid Story
1963When Women Lie
1963Pressure of Guilt
1963Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963Yushu Heiya
1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as Tome
1962Born in Sin
1962Human as Gorosuke
1962This Madding Crowd as Kimino
1962Seikurabe
1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962Long Way to Okinawa
1962Dolls floating down the river as Fumie
1962As Long as There's Tomorrow
1961Love's Family Tree
1961The Last War as Oyoshi Tamura
1961The Youth and His Amulet
1961Immortal Love as Tomoko
1961Netsuai sha as Tamiko
1961A Good Man, A Good Day
1961The Shrikes
1961Hunting Rifle as Hama
1960The Naked Island as Toyo
1960The Approach of Autumn as Shigeko Fukatani
1960The Twilight Story
1960A Woman’s Uphill Slope as Keiko
1960When a Woman Loves as Hideya
1959The Bride from Japan as Ashiya Midori
1959The Three Treasures as Goddess of Anenouzume
1959Room for Let as O-Chiyo
1959Lucky Dragon No. 5 as Shizu Kuboyama
1959Flower Shop Curtain
1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958The Child Writers as Aunt
1958The Shop Curtain
1958Yaji and Kita on the Road as Ofutsu / maid
1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as The Princess
1957Geisha in the Old City as Tamasode
1957Skin-Colored Moon as Kumiko Uno
1957Floating Vessel
1956Actress as Kakuko Mori
1956Shin ono ga tsumi as Tamaki Minowa
1956Ryûri no kishi
1956Twice on a Certain Night as Akiko
1956Love is Lost as Sakie / Umeko
1955The Beauty and the Dragon
1955Ai Sureba Koso as Michie (segment 1)
1955The Wolves
1955Women of Ginza
1954Wakai hito-tachi
1954Turbid Youth
1954The Valley Between Love and Death as Momoyo Imai
1954Ditch as Tsuru
1954An Inn at Osaka
1954Koina no Ginpei
1953Onna no issho as Fujiko Shirakawa
1953Before Dawn as Okume
1953Yokubo as Shizue Kitami
1953Miniature as Ginko
1953Murahachibu
1953Bored Hatamoto Passes By
1953Reminiscence as Fumiko Ota
1952勘太郎月夜唄
1952Children of Hiroshima as Takako Ishikawa
1952The Ataka Family as Masako Ataka
1952The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa as Maki Ayukawa
1951Izayoi kaidō
1951Story of a Beloved Wife as Takako
1951Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951Miss Oyu as Shizu
1951The Tale of Genji as Murasaki no ue
1951Who Will Judge Me?
1950Shojohou as Taniguchi Yoko
1950Wedding Ring