Name
Nobuko Otowa
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-10-01
Deathday
1994-12-22 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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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.
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Known For
The Scent of Incense
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After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meet...
Relase Date : 24 May, 1964
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The Naked Island
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A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day ...
Relase Date : 23 Nov, 1960
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The Island Closest to Heaven
(14 Votes)
6.5
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to he...
Relase Date : 15 Dec, 1984
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The Three Treasures
(15 Votes)
5.5
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expe...
Relase Date : 1 Nov, 1959
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
(14 Votes)
7.2
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspe...
Relase Date : 24 May, 1975
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The Last War
(13 Votes)
6.8
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between ...
Relase Date : 8 Oct, 1961
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1951 Lantern Under a Full Moon
- 1955 Women of Ginza
- 1964 Onibaba as Woman
- 1960 The Naked Island as Toyo
- 1954 Turbid Youth
- 1982 傑作推理劇場 不安な階段
- 1956 Wandering Shore
- 1968 Kuroneko as Yone
- 1962 Till Tomorrow Is
- 1962 Dolls floating down the river as Fumie
- 1962 Long Way to Okinawa
- 1968 Strong Women, Weak Men as Fumiko
- 1981 Auto Town
- 1951 Miss Oyu as Shizu
- 1951 Who Will Judge Me?
- 1962 Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- 1954 Koina no Ginpei
- 1990 Don't Mind
- 1952 Children of Hiroshima as Takako Ishikawa
- 1971 The Ceremony as Sakurada Shizu
- 1981 Edo Porn as Omomo
- 1959 The Bride from Japan as Ashiya Midori
- 1961 The Last War as Oyoshi Tamura
- 1995 A Last Note as Toyoko Yanagawa
- 1958 Yaji and Kita on the Road as Ofutsu / maid
- 1962 Human as Gorosuke
- 1969 Red Lion as Oharu
- 1959 Lucky Dragon No. 5 as Shizu Kuboyama
- 1986 Tree Without Leaves as Mother
- 1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Kiyohime
- 1970 Live Today, Die Tomorrow! as Take Yamada
- 1985 Demon as Ume
- 1954 An Inn at Osaka as Uwabami
- 1959 Flower Shop Curtain
- 1965 Conquest as Jiju
- 1972 Kanawa as Middle-aged Woman
- 1958 Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- 1986 Black Board as Namie Yasui
- 1974 My Way as Mino Kawamura
- 1965 Nami kage
- 1954 Ditch as Tsuru
- 1961 Love's Family Tree
- 1987 Children on the Island as Mistress
- 1951 Story of a Beloved Wife as Takako
- 1982 Arashi Tatsunari as Keiko
- 1977 The Life of Chikuzan as Toyo, Mother
- 1962 A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as Tome
- 1964 The Scent of Incense as Ikuyo
- 1965 The Radish and the Carrot
- 1951 Izayoi kaidō
- 1953 Murahachibu
- 1953 Miniature as Ginko
- 1951 The Tale of Genji as Murasaki no ue
- 1972 Hymn as Teru Kamozawa
- 1969 Heat Wave Island as Otoyo
- 1960 The Approach of Autumn as Shigeko Fukatani
- 1982 Ekisutora
- 1981 Ore to aitsu no monogatari
- 1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps as Hatsu Yonamine
- 1957 Geisha in the Old City as Tamasode
- 1986 Lost in the Wilderness as Yasuko Moto
- 1960 A Woman’s Uphill Slope as Keiko
- 1955 The Wolves
- 1950 Wedding Ring
- 1980 Nurse's Husband
- 1953 Before the Dawn as Okume
- 1952 The Ataka Family as Masako Ataka
- 1975 Onna no Natsu
- 1960 The Twilight Story
- 1973 The Heart as Mrs. M
- 1961 Immortal Love as Tomoko
- 1961 Hunting Rifle as Hama
- 1963 When Women Lie
- 1966 Once a Rainy Day
- 1963 Rush to Our Sweetheart
- 1967 Libido
- 1953 Bored Hatamoto Passes By
- 1984 Location as Katsue
- 1973 The Twilight Years as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
- 1980 The Long Way 'Round
- 1978 The Incident as Sumie Sakai
- 1960 When a Woman Loves as Hideya
- 1962 Seikurabe
- 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
- 1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as Self
- 1953 Reminiscence as Fumiko Ota
- 1958 Makeraremasen katsumadewa
- 1963 Pressure of Guilt
- 1962 Born in Sin
- 1959 The Three Treasures as Goddess of Anenouzume
- 1956 Love is Lost as Sakie / Umeko
- 1963 The Maid Story
- 1979 The Three Undelivered Letters as Sumie
- 1966 Lost Sex as The Housemaid
- 1966 Rise Against the Sword as Osasa
- 1958 The Shop Curtain
- 1956 Shin ono ga tsumi as Tamaki Minowa
- 1961 The Youth and His Amulet
- 1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa as Maki Ayukawa
- 1970 Strange Affinity as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
- 1984 The Island Closest to Heaven as Tei Ishikawa
- 1957 Floating Vessel
- 1956 Actress as Kakuko Mori
- 1989 Dream Street as Tomi Izeki
- 1961 The Shrikes
- 1962 This Madding Crowd as Kimino
- 1988 Sakura-tai Chiru
- 1992 The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Masa
- 1956 Twice on a Certain Night as Akiko
- 1955 If Indeed One Loves as Michie (segment 1)
- 1953 Desire as Shizue Kitami
- 1953 Life of a Woman as Fujiko Shirakawa
- 1982 Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3 as Narrator
- 1958 The Child Writers as Aunt
- 1955 The Beauty and the Dragon
- 1984 The Horizon as Hideyo, after age 40
- 1961 A Good Man, A Good Day
- 1950 Shojohou as Taniguchi Yoko
- 1975 Kyukei no Koya
- 1982 The Go Masters
- 1954 The Valley Between Love and Death as Momoyo Imai
- 1954 Wakai hito-tachi
- 1961 Netsuai sha as Tamiko
- 1952 Kantarou zukiyo-uta
- 1967 A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
- 1957 Skin-Colored Moon as Kumiko Uno
- 1963 Miren as Hatsu Kakinuna
- 1963 Madame Aki as Daikoku-san
- 1967 The Izu Dancer
- 1964 Onibaba : Film Location
- 1960 Respect, Flatter, and Love
- 1961 The Diplomat's Mansion as Yukari
- 1964 Double Trouble
- 1966 Tale of a Carpenter
- 1963 A Million Girls as Toshi Shiiba
- 1963 A Naughty Angel
- 1959 Our Mother
- 1965 Danshun as Ayako Ogata
- 1981 Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1 as Narrator
- 1982 Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 as Narrator
- 1968 Where Love Springs
- 1951 Kyūjō hiroba
- 1951 Bōya monogatari
- 1951 Tsuki no wataridori
- 1967 Our Silent Love
- 1967 Mahjong Madness
- 1960 The Curio Master
- 1952 Avalanche as Atsuko Fujikawa
- 1952 Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing as Self
- 1959 The Bell of Love
- 1959 Record of Loving Your Wife
- 1966 How to Win a Race
- 1965 Finances in Front of the Train Station
- 1961 A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
- 1964 Comedy: Cheerful Widow
- 1953 Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
- 1953 Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
- 1958 Stray Cat
- 1960 The Five Jolly Thieves
- 1958 Scops-Owl Sermon
- 1958 Sorrow Is Only for Women
- 1970 Mominoki wa Nokotta ( 52 episodes ) as Hatsuno
- 1965 Taikouki ( 52 episodes ) as Oetsu
- 1978 Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Oshin ( 297 episodes ) as Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
- 1970 ありがとう ( 135 episodes ) as 九静香
- 1987 Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries ( 8 episodes )
- 1975 女の夏 ( 1 episode )
- 1991 朝比奈周平ミステリー ( 4 episodes ) as 朝比奈容子
- 1984 地唄 ( 1 episode )
