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Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994)

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She is survived by son, Jiro Shindo, and a granddaughter.

Died:

(age 69)

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Filmography

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2000 By Player
Okaji
 
1995 A Last Note
Toyoko Yanagawa
 
1992 Tsuribaka nisshi 5
Densuke's mother
 
1992 Asahina Shûhei misuterî 3: Tangoji satsujin jiken (TV movie)
Yôko Asahina
 
1992 Ude ni oboe ari (TV series)
 
1992 Haha: Inochi yomigaeru hi (TV movie)
 
1990 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 8 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1990 Donmai
Toyo Murakami
 
1990 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 7 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1989 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 6 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1989 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 5 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1989 Ôinaru gen'ei (TV movie)
Noriko Ishiyama
 
1988 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 4 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1988 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 3 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1987 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 2 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1987 The Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery 1 (TV movie)
Yukie asami
 
1987 Children on the Island
Okami
 
1986 Tree Without Leaves
Mother
 
1986 Black Board
Namie Yasui
 
1986 Lost in the Wilderness
Yasuko Muto
 
1985 Yasha
Ume
 
1984 Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima
Tei Ishikawa
 
1984 Location
Katsue
 
1984 The Horizon
Hideyo, after age 40
 
1983 Oshin (TV series)
Oshin as grown-up
 
1982 Ekisutora
Kinuyo Adachi
 
1981 Edo Porn
Omomo, Sashichi's Wife
 
1981 Asshii-tachi no machi
Haru Hayasaka
 
1981 Kazunomiya sama otome (TV movie)
 
1979 The Three Undelivered Letters
Sumie - Mitsumasa's wife
 
1979 The Strangling
Ryoko Kariba
 
1978 Yokomizo Seishi Series II (TV mini-series)
Masquerade (1978)
Masquerade (1978)
Masquerade (1978)
Masquerade (1978)
 
1978 The Incident
 
1977 Saigo no jigazô (TV movie)
Kaneko Komatsu
 
1977 The Life of Chikuzan
Toyo, Mother
 
1974 My Way
Mino Kawamura
 
1974 Shiawase
 
1973 Love Betrayed
Mrs. M
 
1973 Kokotsu no hito
 
1972 Sanka
Teru
 
1972 Kanawa
Middle aged woman
 
1971 The Ceremony
Sakurada Shizu
 
1970 Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Take Yamada
 
1970 Strange Affinity
Tamiko/Prostitute Yuki (plays two parts)
 
1969 Heat Wave Island
Otoyo
 
1969 Red Lion
Oharu
 
1968 Machi ni izumi ga atta
Toki Yano
 
1968 Â Himeyuri no Tô
Hatsu Yonamine
 
1968 Operation Negligee
Fumiko
 
1968 Kuroneko
Yone (Mother)
 
1967 Libido
Wife
 
1967 Izu no odoriko
 
1966 Akogare
 
1966 Lost Sex
The Housemaid
 
1966 Abare Goemon
Osasa
 
1966 Danshun
 
1965 A Scoundrel
Jijyu
 
1965 Radishes and Carrots
Nobuyo Yamaki
 
1965 Nami kage
Masa, Kichitaro's wife
 
1964 Onibaba
Kichi's Mother
 
1964 The Scent of Incense
Ikuyo
 
1964 Kigeki: Yôki-na mibôjin
Kume Tanabe
 
1963 Mother
Tamiko
 
1963 Miren
 
1963 Double Trouble
 
1963 The Miad Story
 
1963 Shiro to kuro
Ochiai's Wife
 
1963 Uso
(segment "San jyotai")
 
1962 Born in Sin
Tamako Sekiguchi
 
1962 Human
Gorosuke
 
1962 Ao beka monogatari
Kimino
 
1961 The Last War
 
1961 Netsuai sha
Tamiko
 
1961 Tôkyô yawa
Yukari
 
1961 Mozu
 
1961 Kojin kojitsu
 
1961 Ryôjû
Choko's mother
 
1961 Immortal Love
Tomoko, Takashi's wife
 
1960 The Naked Island
Toyo, the mother
 
1960 Autumn Has Already Started
Shigeko Fukatani - Hideo's Mother
 
1960 Shin jôdaigaku
 
1960 Bokuto kidan
Kyoko Yamai
 
1960 Onna no saka
 
1959 Nippon tanjô
Goddess of Anenouzume
 
1959 Aisaiki
 
1959 Daigo Fukuryu-Maru
Shizu Kuboyama
 
1959 Hana noren
 
1959 Room for Let
 
1958 Nora neko
 
1958 Mimizuku
 
1958 The Child Writers
Aunt
 
1958 Yagyu bugeicho - Ninjitsu
The Princess
 
1958 Noren
 
1957 Hadairo no tsuki
Kumiko Uno
 
1957 Ukifune
Naka-no-kimi
 
1956 Joyu
Kakuko Mori
 
1956 Ryûri no kishi
Hagiyo, Chiho's mother
 
1956 Gin shinju
Sakie/Umeko (plays two parts)
 
1956 Aru yo futatabi
 
1955 Ôkami
Akiko Yano
 
1955 Ginza no onna
 
1955 Aisureba koso
Michie (segment 1)
 
1955 Bijo to kairyu
 
1954 Wakai hitotachi
 
1954 Dorodarake no seishun
Nanako
 
1954 Koina no Ginpei
Oichi
 
1954 An Inn at Osaka
 
1953 Onna no issho
Fujiko Shirakawa
 
1953 Before Dawn
Hanzo's Daughter
 
1953 Yokubo
Shizue Kitami
 
1953 Shukuzu
Ginko
 
1953 Mura hatibu
 
1953 Senba zuru
Ayako Ohta
 
1952 Nadare
Atsuko Fujikawa
 
1951 Genji monogatari
Murasaki no ue
 
1951 Meigetsu somato
 
1951 Miss Oyu
Shizu
 
1951 Tsuki no wataridori
Oichi
 
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1988 Sakura-tai Chiru (documentary)
Narrator
 
1978 The 1st Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (documentary)
Herself
 
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Alternate Names:

Nobuko Otawa
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Trivia:

She is survived by son, Jiro Shindo, and a granddaughter. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra