Nobuko Otowa

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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

Onibaba

Woman

Kuroneko

Yone

The Naked Island

Toyo

Miss Oyu

Shizu

Children of Hiroshima

Takako Ishikawa

The Ceremony

Sakurada Shizu

Edo Porn

Omomo

Red Lion

Oharu

Full Filmography

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

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