Nobuko Otowa

Personal Info

Birthday

October 1, 1925

Day of Death

1994-12-22

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Nobuko Kaji

오토와 노부코

Нобуко Отова

نوبوکو اوتاوا

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

Known For

Oshin

Taikouki

Onibaba

Edo Porn

Mominoki wa Nokotta

Miss Oyu

Children of Hiroshima

ありがとう

Filmography

2000
By Player
as Okaji
1995
A Last Note
as Toyoko Yanagawa
1992
Free and Easy 5
as Densuke's mother
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
as Masa
1989
Dream Street
as Tomi Izeki
1987
Children on the Island
as Mistress
1986
Tree Without Leaves
as Mother
Black Board
as Namie Yasui
Lost in the Wilderness
as Yasuko Moto
1985
Demon
as Ume
1984
The Island Closest to Heaven
as Tei Ishikawa
Location
as Katsue
The Horizon
as Hideyo, after age 40
1982
Arashi Tatsunari
as Keiko
1981
Edo Porn
as Omomo
1979
The Three Undelivered Letters
as Sumie
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
The Twilight Years
as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
1972
Hymn
as Teru Kamozawa
The Iron Crown
as Middle-aged Woman
1971
The Ceremony
as Sakurada Shizu
1970
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
as Take Yamada
Strange Affinity
as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
1969
Heat Wave Island
as Otoyo
Red Lion
as Oharu
1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Hatsu Yonamine
Strong Women, Weak Men
as Fumiko
Kuroneko
as Yone
1966
Rise Against the Sword
as Osasa
Lost Sex
as The Housemaid
1965
Conquest
as Jiju
1964
Onibaba
as Woman
The Scent of Incense
as Ikuyo
1963
Mother
as Tamiko
Miren
as Hatsu Kakinuna
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
as Tome
Human
as Gorosuke
This Madding Crowd
as Kimino
Dolls floating down the river
as Fumie
1961
The Last War
as Oyoshi Tamura
Immortal Love
as Tomoko
Netsuai sha
as Tamiko
Hunting Rifle
as Hama
1960
The Naked Island
as Toyo
The Approach of Autumn
as Shigeko Fukatani
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
as Keiko
When a Woman Loves
as Hideya
1959
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as Ashiya Midori
The Three Treasures
as Goddess of Anenouzume
Room for Let
as O-Chiyo
Lucky Dragon No. 5
as Shizu Kuboyama
1958
The Child Writers
as Aunt
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Ofutsu / maid
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as The Princess
1957
Geisha in the Old City
as Tamasode
Skin-Colored Moon
as Kumiko Uno
1956
Actress
as Kakuko Mori
Shin ono ga tsumi
as Tamaki Minowa
Twice on a Certain Night
as Akiko
Love is Lost
as Sakie / Umeko
1955
Ai Sureba Koso
as Michie (segment 1)
1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Momoyo Imai
The Ditch
as Tsuru
1953
Onna no issho
as Fujiko Shirakawa
Before Dawn
as Okume
Yokubo
as Shizue Kitami
Miniature
as Ginko
Reminiscence
as Fumiko Ota
1952
Children of Hiroshima
as Takako Ishikawa
The Ataka Family
as Masako Ataka
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Maki Ayukawa
1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
as Takako
Miss Oyu
as Shizu
The Tale of Genji
as Murasaki no ue
1950
Shojohou
as Taniguchi Yoko