Nobuko Otowa
Born: 1925-10-01 in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Died: 1994-12-22
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2000
- By Player as Okaji
1995
- A Last Note as Toyoko Yanagawa
1992
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Masa
- Free and Easy 5 as Densuke's mother
1991
- 朝比奈周平ミステリー as 朝比奈容子
1990
1989
- Dream Street as Tomi Izeki
1988
1987
- Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
- Children on the Island as Mistress
1986
- Tree Without Leaves as Mother
- Lost in the Wilderness as Yasuko Moto
- Black Board as Namie Yasui
1985
- Demon as Ume
1984
- The Island Closest to Heaven as Tei Ishikawa
- Location as Katsue
- The Horizon as Hideyo, after age 40
- 地唄
1983
- Oshin as Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
1982
- The Go Masters
- Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 as Narrator
- Arashi Tatsunari as Keiko
- Ekisutora
- Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3 as Narrator
- 傑作推理劇場 不安な階段
1981
- Edo Porn as Omomo
- Ore to aitsu no monogatari
- Auto Town
- Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1 as Narrator
1979
- The Strangling as Ryoko Kariba
- The Three Undelivered Letters as Sumie
1978
- Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
- 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)
1971
- The Ceremony as Sakurada Shizu
1970
- ありがとう as 九静香
- Mominoki wa Nokotta as Hatsuno
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow! as Take Yamada
- Strange Affinity as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
1969
- Red Lion as Oharu
- Heat Wave Island as Otoyo
1968
- Kuroneko as Yone
- Strong Women, Weak Men as Fumiko
- Monument to the Girl's Corps as Hatsu Yonamine
1966
- Lost Sex as The Housemaid
- Once a Rainy Day
- Rise Against the Sword as Osasa
- Tale of a Carpenter
1965
- Taikouki as Oetsu
- The Radish and the Carrot
- Conquest as Jiju
- Nami kage
- Danshun as Ayako Ogata
1964
- Onibaba as Woman
- The Scent of Incense as Ikuyo
- Onibaba : Film Location
- Double Trouble
1963
- When Women Lie
- Mother as Tamiko
- Pressure of Guilt
- Rush to Our Sweetheart
- The Maid Story
- Madame Aki
- Miren as Hatsu Kakinuna
- A Million Girls as Toshi Shiiba
- A Naughty Angel
1962
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as Tome
- This Madding Crowd as Kimino
- Born in Sin
- Till Tomorrow Is
- Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- Human as Gorosuke
- Long Way to Okinawa
- Seikurabe
- Dolls floating down the river as Fumie
1961
- Immortal Love as Tomoko
- The Last War as Oyoshi Tamura
- A Good Man, A Good Day
- The Shrikes
- Hunting Rifle as Hama
- The Youth and His Amulet
- Love's Family Tree
- Netsuai sha as Tamiko
- The Diplomat's Mansion as Yukari
1960
- The Naked Island as Toyo
- A Woman’s Uphill Slope as Keiko
- The Twilight Story
- The Approach of Autumn as Shigeko Fukatani
- When a Woman Loves as Hideya
- Respect, Flatter, and Love
1959
- The Three Treasures as Goddess of Anenouzume
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 as Shizu Kuboyama
- Flower Shop Curtain
- Room for Let as O-Chiyo
- The Bride from Japan as Ashiya Midori
- Our Mother
1958
- Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- Yaji and Kita on the Road as Ofutsu / maid
- The Shop Curtain
- The Child Writers as Aunt
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as The Princess
- Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1957
- Geisha in the Old City as Tamasode
- Floating Vessel
- Skin-Colored Moon as Kumiko Uno
1956
- Actress as Kakuko Mori
- Ryûri no kishi
- Twice on a Certain Night as Akiko
- Love is Lost as Sakie / Umeko
- Shin ono ga tsumi as Tamaki Minowa
1955
- The Wolves
- If Indeed One Loves as Michie (segment 1)
- The Beauty and the Dragon
- Women of Ginza
1954
- The Valley Between Love and Death as Momoyo Imai
- Wakai hito-tachi
- Ditch as Tsuru
- Turbid Youth
- An Inn at Osaka as Uwabami
- Koina no Ginpei
1953
- Miniature as Ginko
- Reminiscence as Fumiko Ota
- Onna no issho as Fujiko Shirakawa
- Before Dawn as Okume
- Murahachibu
- Yokubo as Shizue Kitami
- Bored Hatamoto Passes By
1952
- Children of Hiroshima as Takako Ishikawa
- The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa as Maki Ayukawa
- The Ataka Family as Masako Ataka
- 勘太郎月夜唄
1951
- Story of a Beloved Wife as Takako
- Miss Oyu as Shizu
- The Tale of Genji as Murasaki no ue
- Lantern Under a Full Moon
- Who Will Judge Me?
- Izayoi kaidō
1950
- Shojohou as Taniguchi Yoko
- Wedding Ring