Akemi Negishi
Born: 1934-03-26 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2008-03-11
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1993
- Aoi bara satsujin jiken as Mitsuko Tsuruta
1992
- The Setting Sun as Yamashita's wife
1990
- Shikibu monogatari as Fuji
1984
- Location as Umeko
1983
- The Makioka Sisters as Mrs. Shimozuma
1982
- Lady Karuizawa as Yôko Ayukawa
1981
- Distant Thunder as Mother of Hirotsugu
- The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
1979
- Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly as Mineko Taguchi
- The Strangling
- No More Easy Life as Mariko's Mother
1978
- Dangerous Liaisons as Masae Miyakawa
- An Unforgettable Affair
1977
- The Life of Chikuzan as Tami
1974
- Military Comfort Woman as Kura
1973
- Sex and Fury as Ogin Shitateya
- Female Yakuza Tale as Osada
- Lady Snowblood as Tajire no Okiku
- Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song as Prison Guard Minamimura
- Toshigoro
1972
- Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion as Otsuka
- Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori as Harue
1971
- Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger as Katsuko Ogawa
- King of the Widow-Killers
- Games
1970
- Dodes'ka-den as Good-Looking Housewife
- The Hot Little Girl as Keiko
- Play It Cool as Tomi
- Hooligans on Buggies
- The Kingpin of Fair Ladies as Cecile Hanada
1969
1968
- Snake Woman's Curse as Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
- Kemeko's Song
1965
- Red Beard as Okuni
- You Can If You Try
- Code of Ruffians
1963
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
- Defeat the Boss
- 18 Roughs as Hisako Murata
1962
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Chikiro's Mother
1957
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as The Mountain Girl
- The Lower Depths as Osen the Prostitute
- A Man in the Storm as Okon
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Atsuko Shimada
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1956
- Sudden Rain as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
- The Underworld
- A Wife's Heart as Sumiko
- Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl as Osen (Country Girl, Miki’s Fiancée)
1955
- I Live in Fear as Asako Kuribayashi
- Beast Man Snow Man as Chika
- Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Yukie
1954
1953
- Anatahan as Keiko Kusakabe
- The Red Light Military Base as Yukiko