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
Known For
| Birth Location | Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan |
|---|---|
| Born | 1925-10-01 |
| Died | 1994-12-22 |
Movies
By Player
as Okaji
2000
A Last Note
as Toyoko Yanagawa
1995
Free and Easy 5
as Densuke's mother
1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
as Masa
1992
1990
Dream Street
as Tomi Izeki
1989
1988
Children on the Island
as Mistress
1987
Tree Without Leaves
as Mother
1986
Black Board
as Namie Yasui
1986
Lost in the Wilderness
as Yasuko Moto
1986
Demon
as Ume
1985
The Island Closest to Heaven
as Tei Ishikawa
1984
Location
as Katsue
1984
The Horizon
as Hideyo, after age 40
1984
Arashi Tatsunari
as Keiko
1982
1982
1982
Edo Porn
as Omomo
1981
1980
1980
The Three Undelivered Letters
as Sumie
1979
The Strangling
as Ryoko Kariba
1979
1978
The Life of Chikuzan
as Toyo, Mother
1977
My Way
as Mino Kawamura
1974
1973
The Twilight Years
as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
1973
Hymn
as Teru Kamozawa
1972
The Iron Crown
as Middle-aged Woman
1972
The Ceremony
as Sakurada Shizu
1971
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
as Take Yamada
1970
Strange Affinity
as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
1970
Heat Wave Island
as Otoyo
1969
Red Lion
as Oharu
1969
Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Hatsu Yonamine
1968
Operation Negligee
as Fumiko
1968
Kuroneko
as Yone
1968
1967
Rise Against the Sword
as Osasa
1966
1966
Lost Sex
as The Housemaid
1966
Conquest
as Jiju
1965
1965
Onibaba
as Woman
1964
The Scent of Incense
as Ikuyo
1964
Mother
as Tamiko
1963
1963
1963
喜劇 駅前飯店
as Tome
1962
1962
Human
as Gorosuke
1962
This Madding Crowd
as Kimino
1962
1962
1962
Dolls floating down the river
as Fumie
1962
1962
1961
The Last War
as Oyoshi Tamura
1961
Immortal Love
as Tomoko, Takashi's wife
1961
1961
Hunting Rifle
as Hama
1961
The Naked Island
as Toyo
1960
The Approach of Autumn
as Shigeko Fukatani
1960
1960
1960
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as Ashiya Midori
1959
The Three Treasures
as Goddess of Anenouzume
1959
When a Woman Loves
as Hideya
1959
Room for Let
as O-Chiyo
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
as Shizu Kuboyama
1959
1959
The Child Writers
as Aunt
1958
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Ofutsu / maid
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as The Princess
1958
1957
Actress
as Kakuko Mori
1956
Shin ono ga tsumi
as Tamaki Minowa
1956
1956
Twice on a Certain Night
as Akiko
1956
Love is Lost
as Sakie / Umeko
1956
Ai Sureba Koso
as Michie (segment 1)
1955
1955
1955
The Ditch
as Tsuru
1954
1954
1954
Onna no issho
as Fujiko Shirakawa
1953
Before Dawn
as Okume
1953
Yokubo
as Shizue Kitami
1953
Miniature
as Ginko
1953
1953
Reminiscence
as Fumiko Ota
1953
Children of Hiroshima
as Takako Ishikawa
1952
The Ataka Family
as Masako Ataka
1952
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Maki Ayukawa
1952
1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
as Takako
1951
Miss Oyu
as Shizu
1951
The Tale of Genji
as Murasaki no ue
1951
1951
1950
Nobuko Otowa hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows