Nobuko Otowa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1925-10-01
Day of Death
1994-12-22 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Nobuko Otowa
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
Acting
(2000)
By Player
as Okaji
(1995)
A Last Note
as Toyoko Yanagawa
(1992)
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
as Masa
(1992)
Free and Easy 5
as Densuke's mother
(1990)
(1989)
Dream Street
as Tomi Izeki
(1988)
(1987)
Children on the Island
as Mistress
(1986)
Tree Without Leaves
as Mother
(1986)
Black Board
as Namie Yasui
(1986)
Lost in the Wilderness
as Yasuko Moto
(1985)
Demon
as Ume
(1984)
The Island Closest to Heaven
as Tei Ishikawa
(1984)
The Horizon
as Hideyo, after age 40
(1984)
Location
as Katsue
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
Arashi Tatsunari
as Keiko
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
Edo Porn
as Omomo
(1981)
(1981)
(1980)
(1980)
(1979)
The Strangling
as Ryoko Kariba
(1979)
The Three Undelivered Letters
as Sumie
(1978)
The Incident
as Sumie Sakai
(1977)
The Life of Chikuzan
as Toyo, Mother
(1975)
(1975)
(1975)
(1974)
My Way
as Mino Kawamura
(1973)
The Twilight Years
as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
(1973)
The Heart
as Mrs. M
(1972)
The Iron Crown
as Middle-aged Woman
(1972)
Hymn
as Teru Kamozawa
(1971)
The Ceremony
as Sakurada Shizu
(1970)
Strange Affinity
as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
(1970)
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
as Take Yamada
(1969)
Red Lion
as Oharu
(1969)
Heat Wave Island
as Otoyo
(1968)
Kuroneko
as Yone
(1968)
Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Hatsu Yonamine
(1968)
Strong Women, Weak Men
as Fumiko
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Lost Sex
as The Housemaid
(1966)
Rise Against the Sword
as Osasa
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
Conquest
as Jiju
(1964)
Onibaba
as Woman
(1964)
The Scent of Incense
as Ikuyo
(1963)
(1963)
Miren
as Hatsu Kakinuna
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Mother
as Tamiko
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
This Madding Crowd
as Kimino
(1962)
(1962)
Dolls floating down the river
as Fumie
(1962)
(1962)
Human
as Gorosuke
(1962)
(1961)
Immortal Love
as Tomoko
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Hunting Rifle
as Hama
(1961)
Netsuai sha
as Tamiko
(1961)
The Last War
as Oyoshi Tamura
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
The Naked Island
as Toyo
(1960)
(1960)
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
as Keiko
(1960)
When a Woman Loves
as Hideya
(1960)
The Approach of Autumn
as Shigeko Fukatani
(1959)
(1959)
The Three Treasures
as Goddess of Anenouzume
(1959)
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as Ashiya Midori
(1959)
Lucky Dragon No. 5
as Shizu Kuboyama
(1959)
Room for Let
as O-Chiyo
(1958)
The Child Writers
as Aunt
(1958)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Ofutsu / maid
(1958)
(1958)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as The Princess
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Skin-Colored Moon
as Kumiko Uno
(1957)
(1957)
Geisha in the Old City
as Tamasode
(1956)
Shin ono ga tsumi
as Tamaki Minowa
(1956)
Twice on a Certain Night
as Akiko
(1956)
Actress
as Kakuko Mori
(1956)
(1956)
Love is Lost
as Sakie / Umeko
(1955)
Ai Sureba Koso
as Michie (segment 1)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Momoyo Imai
(1954)
The Ditch
as Tsuru
(1953)
(1953)
Yokubo
as Shizue Kitami
(1953)
Reminiscence
as Fumiko Ota
(1953)
(1953)
Onna no issho
as Fujiko Shirakawa
(1953)
Before Dawn
as Okume
(1953)
Miniature
as Ginko
(1952)
Children of Hiroshima
as Takako Ishikawa
(1952)
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Maki Ayukawa
(1952)
The Ataka Family
as Masako Ataka
(1952)
(1951)
Miss Oyu
as Shizu
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
The Tale of Genji
as Murasaki no ue
(1951)
(1951)
Story of a Beloved Wife
as Takako
(1950)
(1950)
Shojohou
as Taniguchi Yoko