Portrait of Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuko Otowa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Born: October 1, 1925

Place of Birth: Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Filmography

2000
By Player

as Okaji

1995
A Last Note

as Toyoko Yanagawa

1992
Free and Easy 5

as Densuke's mother

1991
1989
Dream Street

as Tomi Izeki

1987
1986
1986
Black Board

as Namie Yasui

1986
1985
Demon

as Ume

1984
1984
Location

as Katsue

1984
The Horizon

as Hideyo, after age 40

1983
Oshin

as Oshin (50 to 84 years old)

1982
1981
Edo Porn

as Omomo

1979
The Strangling

as Ryoko Kariba

1978
The Incident

as Sumie Sakai

1977
The Life of Chikuzan

as Toyo, Mother

1974
My Way

as Mino Kawamura

1973
The Heart

as Mrs. M

1973
The Twilight Years

as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)

1972
Hymn

as Teru Kamozawa

1972
The Iron Crown

as Middle-aged Woman

1971
The Ceremony

as Sakurada Shizu

1970
1970
Strange Affinity

as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki

1970
ありがとう

as 九静香

1970
1969
1969
Red Lion

as Oharu

1968
1968
Kuroneko

as Yone

1967
1966
Lost Sex

as The Housemaid

1965
Conquest

as Jiju

1965
Taikouki

as Oetsu

1964
Onibaba

as Woman

1963
Mother

as Tamiko

1963
Miren

as Hatsu Kakinuna

1962
Human

as Gorosuke

1962
1961
The Last War

as Oyoshi Tamura

1961
Immortal Love

as Tomoko

1961
Netsuai sha

as Tamiko

1961
1960
1960
The Approach of Autumn

as Shigeko Fukatani

1960
1959
The Bride from Japan

as Ashiya Midori

1959
The Three Treasures

as Goddess of Anenouzume

1959
Room for Let

as O-Chiyo

1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5

as Shizu Kuboyama

1958
1957
1957
Skin-Colored Moon

as Kumiko Uno

1956
Actress

as Kakuko Mori

1956
Shin ono ga tsumi

as Tamaki Minowa

1956
Love is Lost

as Sakie / Umeko

1955
Ai Sureba Koso

as Michie (segment 1)

1954
Ditch

as Tsuru

1953
Onna no issho

as Fujiko Shirakawa

1953
Before Dawn

as Okume

1953
Yokubo

as Shizue Kitami

1953
Miniature

as Ginko

1953
Reminiscence

as Fumiko Ota

1952
Children of Hiroshima

as Takako Ishikawa

1952
The Ataka Family

as Masako Ataka

1952
1951
Miss Oyu

as Shizu

1951
The Tale of Genji

as Murasaki no ue

1950
Shojohou

as Taniguchi Yoko