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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Known For

Oshin

Oshin (50 to 84 years old)

Mominoki wa Nokotta

Hatsuno

ありがとう

九静香

Taikouki

Oetsu

Onibaba

Woman

Edo Porn

Omomo

Miss Oyu

Shizu

朝比奈周平ミステリー

朝比奈容子

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
1991	朝比奈周平ミステリー	朝比奈容子
1987	Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
1983	Oshin	Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
1978	Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1975	女の夏
1970	Mominoki wa Nokotta	Hatsuno
1970	ありがとう	九静香
1965	Taikouki	Oetsu