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Nobuko Otowa is a Actor Japonaise born on 1 october 1925 at Yonago (Japon)
Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子, Otowa Nobuko, 1 October 1924 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She gave up a career as a star to appear in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died. 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. Half of her ashes are scattered on the island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima where The Naked Island was filmed.
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Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子, Otowa Nobuko, 1 October 1924 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She gave up a career as a star to appear in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died. 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. Half of her ashes are scattered on the island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima where The Naked Island was filmed.
Biography
Elle apparaît dans 150 films entre 1950 et 1995 et fut mariée au réalisateur Kaneto Shindō. Elle a reçu, à titre posthume, la récompense de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle aux Awards of the Japanese Academy pour le film Le Testament du soir, ayant été diagnostiqué d'un cancer du foie en stade terminal en cours de production.Usually with
Filmography of Nobuko Otowa (43 films)
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By Player (2000)
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Naoto Takenaka, Rinko Kikuchi, Hideko Yoshida, Keiko Oginome, Nobuko Otowa, Kaneto Shindō
Roles Okaji
Rating68%
The first part of the film shows Tonoyama talking to a waitress, Kimie (Keiko Oginome), in a coffee shop. He then meets her father and asks him for permission to marry Kimie. The father asks him to first divorce his existing wife, Asako (Hideko Yoshida). In fact he is not married to Asako. To prevent him marrying Kimie, Asako then registers them as married.
A Last Note (1995)
, 1h52Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Haruko Sugimura, Nobuko Otowa, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Mitsuko Baishō, Yutaka Matsushige, Seiyō Uchino
Roles Toyoko Yanagawa
Rating67%
A retired actress, Yoko, played by Haruko Sugimura (famous for her appearance in many Ozu films), visits her summer home. Her husband, played by Masahiko Tsugawa, has recently died. Her friends Tomie, another retired actress, and her husband Fujihachiro visit the summer home as well as Toyoko. Tomie is senile and can barely hold a conversation or remember her friends' names, although she can eat with gusto.
Black Board (1986)
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Hisashi Igawa, Maiko Kawakami
Roles Namie Yasui
Rating65%
Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns out to have been murdered by two of his schoolmates, who he had been bullying.
Tree Without Leaves (1986)
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama
Actors Keiju Kobayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Hideji Ōtaki, Taiji Tonoyama, Meiko Kaji
Roles Mother
Rating77%
The film is a voiced-over narrative describing the early boyhood of a narrator, who is also depicted as an old man. The narrator describes his relationship with his mother (played by Nobuko Otowa) and his father (played by Ichiro Zaitsu).
Edo Porn (1981)
, 1h59Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ken Ogata, Nobuko Otowa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kanako Higuchi, Frankie Sakai
Roles Omomo
Rating64%
Tetsuzō (Ken Ogata) is an unsuccessful ukiyo-e painter who lives with his young daughter Ōei (Yūko Tanaka) in poverty over a geta shop owned by Ōyaku (Nobuko Otowa), the older wife of the aspirant writer Sashichi (Toshiyuki Nishida) who is a childhood friend of Tetsuzō.
The Incident (1978)
, 2h18Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Genres Drama
Actors Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinobu Ōtake, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsunehiko Watase, Shinsuke Ashida, Kō Nishimura
Rating68%
Le corps de Sakai Hatsuko, une femme de 23 ans tuée à l'arme blanche, est retrouvé dans une forêt. Quelques jours plus tard, Ueda Hiroshi, un ouvrier de chantier naval de 19 ans, est arrêté et accusé du meurtre. Lors du procès d'Ueda, une histoire complexe se déroule.
The Life of Chikuzan (1977)
, 1h59Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Baishō, Taiji Tonoyama, Kei Satō, Takuzo Kawatani, Akemi Negishi
Roles Toyo, Mother
Rating69%
The real Chikuzan appears on a stage in a small theatre, Shibuya Jean-Jean, and begins telling the story of his life. The scene changes to his childhood. Sadazo (Chikuzan's real name) becomes partially blind due to illness at the age of three. Growing up he is bullied. His mother Toyo (Nobuko Otowa) buys him a shamisen and apprentices him to a blind bosama, a begging shamisen player. He finds that although his teacher begs, cajoles and wheedles, pleading poverty, the teacher is actually rich.
, 2h30Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Origin Japon
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Takako Irie, Daisuke Itō, Kyōko Kagawa, Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Michiyo Kogure, Machiko Kyō
Rating71%
The Ceremony (1971)
, 2h3Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Kei Satō, Nobuko Otowa, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Taiji Tonoyama, Eitarō Ozawa
Roles Sakurada Shizu
Rating72%
The film begins with Masuo Sakurada receiving a telegram from his cousin Terumichi. He is traveling with his cousin Ritsuko to check out his cabin and see if the telegram is true. Masuo has a flashback to the ceremony on the first anniversary of his father's death, after he and his mother repatriated to Japan from Manchuria. Because his younger brother died before they returned from Manchuria, Masuo is expected to live for two sons.
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)
, 2hDirected by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama
Roles Take Yamada
Rating69%
Michio Yamada (Daijiro Harada), a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people.
Red Lion (1969)
, 1h55Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shima Iwashita, Toshiro Mifune, Minori Terada, Nobuko Otowa, Shigeru Kōyama, Hideyo Amamoto
Roles Oharu
Rating68%
Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune), a member of the Imperial Restoration Force, is being asked by the emperor to deliver official news to his home village of a New World Order. Wanting to pose as a military officer, he dons the Red Lion Mane of Office. Upon his return, his attempt to tell the village about a brand-new tax cut is quashed when the townfolk mistakenly assumes that he is there to rescue them from corrupt government officials. He learns that an evil magistrate has been swindling them for years. Now, he has to help the village, ward off Shogunate fanatics, along with the fact that he can't read his own proclamations.
Heat Wave Island (1969)
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Jūzō Itami, Jūkichi Uno, Eitarō Ozawa
Roles Otoyo
Rating68%
Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
Kuroneko (1968)
, 1h39Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Films about cats, Ghost films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Nakamura Kichiemon II, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama
Roles Yone
Rating76%
Yone (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter-in-law Shige (Kiwako Taichi), who live in a house in a bamboo grove, are raped and murdered by soldiers, and their house is burned down. A black cat appears, licking at the bodies.
Lost Sex (1966)
, 1h37Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Nobuko Miyamoto, Taiji Tonoyama, Eijirō Tōno, Jūkichi Uno
Roles The Housemaid
Rating67%
Conquest (1965)
, 1h59Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Kyōko Kishida, Eitarō Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Roles Jiju
Rating68%
A bad man ("Akuto") wants to sleep with a woman (Kyoko Kishida). He spies on her with the help of Jiju (Nobuko Otowa). Then the woman's husband Rokuro decides to leave the court. He initially tells his wife to stay behind. The bad guy intends to sleep with the woman but she goes with her husband. Jiju leaves with them. The bad man orders his soldiers to follow them, and kill everyone except the woman. The bad man's soldiers catch up with them. One by one each of them combats the soldiers and dies, until finally only Rokuro is left. He fights bravely but is overwhelmed and finally dies.