Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa 乙羽 信子 | |
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Nobuko Otowa in Children of Hiroshima (1952) | |
Born |
Yonago, Tottori, Japan | 1 October 1924
Died | 22 December 1994 70) | (aged
Cause of death | Liver cancer |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1950–1994 |
Spouse(s) |
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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
- The Tale of Genji (1951)
- Miss Oyu (1951)
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
- Avalanche (1952)
- Children of Hiroshima (1952)
- Epitome (1953)
- Life of a Woman (1953)
- Dobu (film) (1954)
- Osaka no yado (1954)
- Wolf (1955)
- Shirogane Shinjū (1956)
- Ruri no kishi (1956)
- An Actress (1956)
- A Holiday in Tokyo (1958)
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)
- Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi (1959)
- The Naked Island (1960)
- Immortal Love (1961)
- The Last War (1961)
- Ningen (1962)
- Mother (1963)
- Onibaba (1964)
- Akuto (1965)
- Lost Sex (1966)
- Kuroneko (1968)
- Red Lion (1969)
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)
- The Ceremony (1971)
- The Strangling (1979)
- Edo Porn (1981)
- Tree Without Leaves (1986)
- Oshin (1983-1984)
- A Last Note (1995)
- By Player (as herself, speaking to camera) (2000)
Awards and honors
Japan Academy Prize
- 1996 – Best Supporting Actress, A Last Note
Blue Ribbon Awards
- 1966 – Best Supporting Actress, Lost Sex
- 1953 – Best Actress, Epitome, Life of a Woman and Yokubo
Kinema Junpo Awards
- 1996 – Best Supporting Actress, A Last Note
Mainichi Film Awards
- 1996 – Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1993 – Best Supporting Actress, The Strange Story of Oyuki
- 1968 - Best Actress, Operation Negligee and Kuroneko
36th Venice International Film Festival
- 1979 - Pasinetti Award (Best Actress), The Strangling
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 第 19 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ↑ "Seniors World Chronicle: JAPAN: Cinema Japan: A Wreath for Madame Kawakita". Seniors World Chronicle. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Shindō Kaneto Kantoku "Hadaka no Shima" ni Sankotsu e". Nikkan Sports.
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