Mari Natsuki

Personal Info

Birthday

May 2, 1952

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

中島淳子

Nakajima Junko

夏木マリ

Mari Natsuki

Biography

Mari Natsuki is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress. Born in Tokyo, she started work as a singer from a young age. In 2007 she announced her engagement to percussionist Nobu Saitō, with their marriage taking place in Spring 2008.

Known For

Spirited Away

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Isle of Dogs

Iryu: Team Medical Dragon

Yoshitsune

Carnation

Genroku Ryoran

Himawari

Filmography

2023
SEE HEAR LOVE
as Tae Izumoto
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
as 汤婆婆/钱婆婆

Yudo: The Way of the Bath
as Asako
2021
Angry Rice Wives
as Taki
2020
Over the Sky
as Mori Obaa-chan (voice)
2019
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
as Reiko (Izumi's mother)
2018
Vision
as Aki
Detective Story
as Kimie Hasenuma
Isle of Dogs
as Auntie (voice)
2015
Variations
as Kimiko Magaki
2013
Girl in the Sunny Place
as Ohsita
2010
Permanent Nobara
as Masako
2009
Anmitsu Hime 2
as Mrs. Kasutera
2008
Hair Brush
as Female barber
Anmitsu Hime
as Kasutera Fujin
2007
Out of the Wind
as Sunnjya Imu
a-nation’07 BEST HIT LIVE
as Self
The Capricious Robot
as Mother
2006
Sakuran
as Landlady
Sugar & Spice
as Fujiko
2002
Ping Pong
as Obaba
2001
An Adolescent
as Yukie
Spirited Away
as Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)
2000
The Boy Who Saw the Wind
as Monica (voice)
1998
Samurai Fiction
as Okatsu
1997
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
as Akiko's mother
1995
Toki no kagayaki
as Kazue Moritani
The Hunted
as Junko
1991
Tora-san Confesses
as Reiko
Strawberry Road
as Akiko
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as Reiko
1989
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Otoshi
1986
Death Shadows
as Oren
Death Powder
as Guernica
1984
Fireflies in the North
as Suma
1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Tamazusa
1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Akio, Opponent's Mistress
1977
The Extravagant Cops
as Yoko Matsumoto