Akemi Negishi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-03-26
Day of Death
2008-03-11 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Akemi Negishi
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.
Known For
Acting
(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
(1981)
(1979)
No More Easy Life
as Mariko's Mother
(1979)
(1979)
(1978)
Dangerous Liaisons
as Masae Miyakawa
(1978)
(1977)
The Life of Chikuzan
as Tami
(1976)
(1975)
(1974)
Military Comfort Woman
as Kura
(1973)
Sex and Fury
as Ogin Shitateya
(1973)
Lady Snowblood
as Tajire no Okiku
(1973)
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
as Prison Guard Minamimura
(1973)
Female Yakuza Tale
as Osada
(1973)
(1972)
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701
as Otsuka
(1972)
(1971)
(1971)
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
as Katsuko Ogawa
(1970)
Dodes'ka-den
as Good-Looking Housewife
(1970)
The Hot Little Girl
as Keiko
(1970)
Play It Cool
as Tomi
(1970)
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as Cecile Hanada
(1970)
(1969)
(1968)
Snake Woman's Curse
as Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
(1965)
Red Beard
as Okuni
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
(1963)
18 Roughs
as Hisako Murata
(1962)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother
(1961)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
The Lower Depths
as Osen the Prostitute
(1957)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as The Mountain Girl
(1957)
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Atsuko Shimada
(1957)
A Man in the Storm
as Okon
(1957)
(1956)
Sudden Rain
as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
(1956)
A Wife's Heart
as Sumiko
(1956)
(1955)
I Live in Fear
as Asako Kuribayashi
(1955)
Beast Man Snow Man
as Chika
(1955)
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Yukie
(1954)
Farewell Rabaul
as Kimu
(1954)
(1953)
Anatahan
as Keiko Kusakabe
(1953)
Red-Light Bases
as Yukiko