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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 1, 1925
Died
December 22, 1994
Place of Birth
Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Nobuko Kaji
- 오토와 노부코
- Нобуко Отова
- نوبوکو اوتاوا
Nobuko Otowa
1.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nobuko Otowa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
By Player
as Okaji
2000
8.0
A Last Note
as Toyoko Yanagawa
1995
7.0
Free and Easy 5
as Densuke's mother
1992
7.5
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
as Masa
1992
8.0
朝比奈周平ミステリー
as 朝比奈容子
1991
0.0
Don't Mind
1990
0.0
Dream Street
as Tomi Izeki
1989
0.0
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
5.7
Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
1987
0.0
Children on the Island
as Mistress
1987
0.0
Tree Without Leaves
as Mother
1986
7.8
Black Board
as Namie Yasui
1986
4.0
Lost in the Wilderness
as Yasuko Moto
1986
0.0
Demon
as Ume
1985
7.7
The Island Closest to Heaven
as Tei Ishikawa
1984
6.1
Location
as Katsue
1984
8.0
The Horizon
as Hideyo, after age 40
1984
0.0
Oshin
as Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
1983
6.7
Arashi Tatsunari
as Keiko
1982
0.0
Ekisutora
1982
0.0
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3
1982
0.0
🎬
傑作推理劇場 不安な階段
1982
0.0
The Go Masters
1982
6.2
Edo Porn
as Omomo
1981
6.0
Ore to aitsu no monogatari
1981
0.0
Asshii-tachi no machi
1981
0.0
The Long Way 'Round
1980
0.0
🎬
Nurse's Husband
1980
0.0
The Three Undelivered Letters
as Sumie
1979
6.0
The Strangling
as Ryoko Kariba
1979
4.9
The Incident
1978
6.3
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
0.0
The Life of Chikuzan
as Toyo, Mother
1977
8.3
🎬
女の夏
1975
0.0
🎬
Onna no Natsu
1975
0.0
Kyukei no Koya
1975
0.0
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
6.8
My Way
as Mino Kawamura
1974
5.7
The Heart
as Mrs. M
1973
7.8
The Twilight Years
as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
1973
0.0
Hymn
as Teru Kamozawa
1972
6.3
The Iron Crown
as Middle-aged Woman
1972
5.6
The Ceremony
as Sakurada Shizu
1971
7.0
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
as Take Yamada
1970
6.9
Strange Affinity
as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
1970
0.0
ありがとう
as 九静香
1970
0.0
Mominoki wa Nokotta
as Hatsuno
1970
0.0
Heat Wave Island
as Otoyo
1969
6.0
Red Lion
as Oharu
1969
6.4
Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Hatsu Yonamine
1968
0.0
Strong Women, Weak Men
as Fumiko
1968
0.0
Kuroneko
as Yone
1968
7.4
Libido
1967
0.0
Rise Against the Sword
as Osasa
1966
6.5
🎬
Once a Rainy Day
1966
0.0
Lost Sex
as The Housemaid
1966
0.0
Conquest
as Jiju
1965
5.0
Nami kage
1965
0.0
Taikouki
as Oetsu
1965
0.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
10.0
Onibaba
as Woman
1964
7.7
The Scent of Incense
as Ikuyo
1964
7.2
Mother
as Tamiko
1963
6.8
The Maid Story
1963
0.0
When Women Lie
1963
7.0
Pressure of Guilt
1963
7.0
🎬
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
0.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
as Tome
1962
0.0
Born in Sin
1962
0.0
Human
as Gorosuke
1962
6.8
This Madding Crowd
as Kimino
1962
0.0
Seikurabe
1962
0.0
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
0.0
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
0.0
Dolls floating down the river
as Fumie
1962
0.0
Till Tomorow Comes
1962
0.0
Love's Family Tree
1961
0.0
The Last War
as Oyoshi Tamura
1961
6.2
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
0.0
Immortal Love
as Tomoko
1961
7.5
Netsuai sha
as Tamiko
1961
0.0
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
0.0
The Shrikes
1961
0.0
Hunting Rifle
as Hama
1961
7.0
The Naked Island
as Toyo
1960
8.0
The Approach of Autumn
as Shigeko Fukatani
1960
6.9
The Twilight Story
1960
8.0
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
as Keiko
1960
0.0
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as Ashiya Midori
1959
0.0
The Three Treasures
as Goddess of Anenouzume
1959
5.4
When a Woman Loves
as Hideya
1959
0.0
Room for Let
as O-Chiyo
1959
6.0
Lucky Dragon No. 5
as Shizu Kuboyama
1959
7.3
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
0.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
0.0
The Child Writers
as Aunt
1958
0.0
The Shop Curtain
1958
0.0
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Ofutsu / maid
1958
0.0
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
0.0
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as The Princess
1958
5.3
Geisha in the Old City
as Tamasode
1957
0.0
Floating Vessel
1957
0.0
Actress
as Kakuko Mori
1956
0.0
Shin ono ga tsumi
as Tamaki Minowa
1956
0.0
Ryûri no kishi
1956
0.0
Twice on a Certain Night
as Akiko
1956
0.0
Love is Lost
as Sakie / Umeko
1956
7.0
The Beauty and the Dragon
1955
0.0
Ai Sureba Koso
as Michie (segment 1)
1955
0.0
The Wolves
1955
6.8
Women of Ginza
1955
0.0
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
0.0
Turbid Youth
1954
0.0
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Momoyo Imai
1954
0.0
The Ditch
as Tsuru
1954
7.0
An Inn at Osaka
1954
7.3
Koina no Ginpei
1954
0.0
Onna no issho
as Fujiko Shirakawa
1953
0.0
Before Dawn
as Okume
1953
0.0
Yokubo
as Shizue Kitami
1953
0.0
Miniature
as Ginko
1953
8.0
Murahachibu
1953
0.0
Bored Hatamoto Passes By
1953
0.0
Reminiscence
as Fumiko Ota
1953
0.0
🎬
勘太郎月夜唄
1952
0.0
Children of Hiroshima
as Takako Ishikawa
1952
7.2
The Ataka Family
as Masako Ataka
1952
5.5
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Maki Ayukawa
1952
0.0
Izayoi kaidō
1951
0.0
Story of a Beloved Wife
as Takako
1951
7.0
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
0.0
Miss Oyu
as Shizu
1951
7.2
The Tale of Genji
as Murasaki no ue
1951
5.5
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
0.0
Shojohou
as Taniguchi Yoko
1950
0.0
Wedding Ring
1950
6.6