Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa
乙羽 信子

Nobuko Otowa in Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Born (1924-10-01)1 October 1924
Yonago, Tottori, Japan
Died 22 December 1994(1994-12-22) (aged 70)
Cause of death Liver cancer
Occupation Actress
Years active 1950–1994
Spouse(s)

Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子 Otowa Nobuko, 1 October 1924 22 December 1994) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She gave up a career as a star to appear in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died.[1] 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.[2][3] Half of her ashes are scattered on the island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima where The Naked Island was filmed.[4]

Selected Filmography

Awards and honors

Japan Academy Prize

Blue Ribbon Awards

Kinema Junpo Awards

Mainichi Film Awards

36th Venice International Film Festival

References

  1. Shindo, Kaneto (2008). Ikite iru kagiri Watashi no Rirekisho [While I live: my resume] (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha. ISBN 978-4-532-16661-8.
  2. 第 19 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. "Seniors World Chronicle: JAPAN: Cinema Japan: A Wreath for Madame Kawakita". Seniors World Chronicle. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. "Shindō Kaneto Kantoku "Hadaka no Shima" ni Sankotsu e". Nikkan Sports.
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