Akemi Negishi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1934-03-26 (74 years old)

Deathday

2008-03-11

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Akemi Negishi

Biography

Akemi Negishi (根岸明美 Negishi Akemi, b. 26 March 1934, Tokyo, Japan - died 11 March 2008 (73), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was a Japanese actress. In 1953, when Josef von Sternberg made a film adaptation of the Queen of Anatahan incident, she was discovered at an audition and made her debut in the lead role in Anatahan. Since then, she has been active mainly in film and television. She gained popularity as an actress with a bewitching charm who "could act as well." Ishirō Honda said that Negishi's unique aura suited his films. She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11, 2008. She was 73 years old.

Acting

1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Chikiro's Mother

1973

Lady Snowblood

as Tajire no Okiku

1965

Red Beard

as Okuni

1973

Sex and Fury

as Ogin Shitateya

1955

I Live in Fear

as Asako Kuribayashi

1957

The Lower Depths

as Osen the Prostitute

1953

Anatahan

as Keiko Kusakabe

1956

Sudden Rain

as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)

1955

Half Human

as Chika

1981

Distant Thunder

as Mother of Hirotsugu

1978

Dangerous Liaisons

as Masae Miyakawa

1970

1963

18 Roughs

as Hisako Murata

1973

1992

The Setting Sun

as Yamashita's wife

1970

Dodes'ka-den

as Good-Looking Housewife

1970

1973

1956

1982

Lady Karuizawa

as Yôko Ayukawa

1968

Snake Woman's Curse

as Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife

1984

Location

as Umeko

1954

1979

No More Easy Life

as Mariko's Mother

1993

Aoi bara satsujin jiken

as Mitsuko Tsuruta

1983

The Makioka Sisters

as Mrs. Shimozuma

1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)

1953

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