Nobuko Otowa

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-10-01 (69 years old)

Deathday

1994-12-22

Place of Birth

Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Nobuko Otowa

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​

Acting

1964

Onibaba

as Woman

1960

1968

Kuroneko

as Yone

1951

Miss Oyu

as Shizu

1952

Children of Hiroshima

as Takako Ishikawa

1971

The Ceremony

as Sakurada Shizu

1981

Edo Porn

as Omomo

1959

1961

The Last War

as Oyoshi Tamura

1995

A Last Note

as Toyoko Yanagawa

1958

1962

Human

as Gorosuke

1969

Red Lion

as Oharu

1959

Lucky Dragon No. 5

as Shizu Kuboyama

1986

1970

1985

Demon

as Ume

1965

Conquest

as Jiju

1972

The Iron Crown

as Middle-aged Woman

1986

Black Board

as Namie Yasui

1974

My Way

as Mino Kawamura

1954

The Ditch

as Tsuru

1987

1982

1977

The Life of Chikuzan

as Toyo, Mother

1953

Miniature

as Ginko

1951

The Tale of Genji

as Murasaki no ue

1972

Hymn

as Teru Kamozawa

1969

1960

The Approach of Autumn

as Shigeko Fukatani

1968

1957

1986

1953

Before Dawn

as Okume

1952

The Ataka Family

as Masako Ataka

1973

The Heart

as Mrs. M

1961

Immortal Love

as Tomoko

1961

1967

1984

Location

as Katsue

1973

The Twilight Years

as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)

1959

2000

By Player

as Okaji

1979

The Strangling

as Ryoko Kariba

1963

Mother

as Tamiko

1992

Free and Easy 5

as Densuke's mother

1959

Room for Let

as O-Chiyo

1953

Reminiscence

as Fumiko Ota

1959

The Three Treasures

as Goddess of Anenouzume

1956

Love is Lost

as Sakie / Umeko

1966

Lost Sex

as The Housemaid

1956

Shin ono ga tsumi

as Tamaki Minowa

1952

1970

Strange Affinity

as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki

1984

1956

Actress

as Kakuko Mori

1989

Dream Street

as Tomi Izeki

1962

1955

Ai Sureba Koso

as Michie (segment 1)

1953

Onna no issho

as Fujiko Shirakawa

1953

Yokubo

as Shizue Kitami

1984

The Horizon

as Hideyo, after age 40

1950

Shojohou

as Taniguchi Yoko

1961

Netsuai sha

as Tamiko

1957

Skin-Colored Moon

as Kumiko Uno

1963

Miren

as Hatsu Kakinuna

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