Nobuko Otowa
Acting
Born October 1, 1925, Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
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
Filmography
- 2000By Player — Okaji
- 1995A Last Note — Toyoko Yanagawa
- 1992Free and Easy 5 — Densuke's mother
- 1992The Strange Tale of Oyuki — Masa
- 朝比奈周平ミステリー — 朝比奈容子
- 1990Don't Mind
- 1989Dream Street — Tomi Izeki
- 1988Sakura-tai Chiru
- Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
- 1987Children on the Island — Mistress
- 1986Black Board — Namie Yasui
- 1986Lost in the Wilderness — Yasuko Moto
- 1986Tree Without Leaves — Mother
- 1985Demon — Ume
- 1984Location — Katsue
- 1984The Horizon — Hideyo, after age 40
- 1984The Island Closest to Heaven — Tei Ishikawa
- 地唄
- Oshin — Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
- 1982Arashi Tatsunari — Keiko
- 1982Ekisutora
- 1982Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 — Narrator
- 1982Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3 — Narrator
- 1982The Go Masters
- 1982傑作推理劇場 不安な階段
- 1981Auto Town
- 1981Edo Porn — Omomo
- 1981Ore to aitsu no monogatari
- 1981Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1 — Narrator
- 1980Nurse's Husband
- 1980The Long Way 'Round
- 1979The Strangling — Ryoko Kariba
- 1979The Three Undelivered Letters — Sumie
- Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
- 1978The Incident — Sumie Sakai
- 1977The Life of Chikuzan — Toyo, Mother
- 1975Kyukei no Koya
- 1975Onna no Natsu
- 女の夏
- 1974My Way — Mino Kawamura
- 1973The Heart — Mrs. M
- 1973The Twilight Years — Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
- 1972Hymn — Teru Kamozawa
- 1972Kanawa — Middle-aged Woman
- 1971The Ceremony — Sakurada Shizu
- 1970Live Today, Die Tomorrow! — Take Yamada
- Mominoki wa Nokotta — Hatsuno
- 1970Strange Affinity — Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
- ありがとう — 九静香
- 1969Heat Wave Island — Otoyo
- 1969Red Lion — Oharu
- 1968Kuroneko — Yone
- 1968Monument to the Girl's Corps — Hatsu Yonamine
- 1968Strong Women, Weak Men — Fumiko
- 1968Where Love Springs
- 1967A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
- 1967Libido
- 1967Mahjong Madness
- 1967Our Silent Love
- 1967The Izu Dancer
- 1966How to Win a Race
- 1966Lost Sex — The Housemaid
- 1966Once a Rainy Day
- 1966Rise Against the Sword — Osasa
- 1966Tale of a Carpenter
- 1965Conquest — Jiju
- 1965Danshun — Ayako Ogata
- 1965Finances in Front of the Train Station
- 1965Nami kage
- Taikouki — Oetsu
- 1965The Radish and the Carrot
- 1964Comedy: Cheerful Widow
- 1964Double Trouble
- 1964Onibaba — Woman
- 1964Onibaba : Film Location
- 1964The Scent of Incense — Ikuyo
- 1963A Million Girls — Toshi Shiiba
- 1963A Naughty Angel
- 1963Madame Aki — Daikoku-san
- 1963Miren — Hatsu Kakinuna
- 1963Mother — Tamiko
- 1963Pressure of Guilt
- 1963Rush to Our Sweetheart
- 1963The Maid Story
- 1963When Women Lie
- 1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant — Tome
- 1962Born in Sin
- 1962Dolls floating down the river — Fumie
- 1962Human — Gorosuke
- 1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- 1962Long Way to Okinawa
- 1962Seikurabe
- 1962This Madding Crowd — Kimino
- 1962Till Tomorrow Is
- 1961A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
- 1961A Good Man, A Good Day
- 1961Hunting Rifle — Hama
- 1961Immortal Love — Tomoko
- 1961Love's Family Tree
- 1961Netsuai sha — Tamiko
- 1961The Diplomat's Mansion — Yukari
- 1961The Last War — Oyoshi Tamura
- 1961The Shrikes
- 1961The Youth and His Amulet
- 1960A Woman’s Uphill Slope — Keiko
- 1960Respect, Flatter, and Love
- 1960The Approach of Autumn — Shigeko Fukatani
- 1960The Curio Master
- 1960The Five Jolly Thieves
- 1960The Naked Island — Toyo
- 1960The Twilight Story
- 1960When a Woman Loves — Hideya
- 1959Flower Shop Curtain
- 1959Lucky Dragon No. 5 — Shizu Kuboyama
- 1959Our Mother
- 1959Record of Loving Your Wife
- 1959Room for Let — O-Chiyo
- 1959The Bell of Love
- 1959The Bride from Japan — Ashiya Midori
- 1959The Three Treasures — Goddess of Anenouzume
- 1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa
- 1958Scops-Owl Sermon
- 1958Sorrow Is Only for Women
- 1958Stray Cat
- 1958The Child Writers — Aunt
- 1958The Shop Curtain
- 1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II — Kiyohime
- 1958Yaji and Kita on the Road — Ofutsu / maid
- 1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- 1957Floating Vessel
- 1957Geisha in the Old City — Tamasode
- 1957Skin-Colored Moon — Kumiko Uno
- 1956Actress — Kakuko Mori
- 1956Love is Lost — Sakie / Umeko
- 1956Shin ono ga tsumi — Tamaki Minowa
- 1956Twice on a Certain Night — Akiko
- 1956Wandering Shore
- 1955If Indeed One Loves — Michie (segment 1)
- 1955The Beauty and the Dragon
- 1955The Wolves
- 1955Women of Ginza
- 1954An Inn at Osaka — Uwabami
- 1954Ditch — Tsuru
- 1954Koina no Ginpei
- 1954The Valley Between Love and Death — Momoyo Imai
- 1954Turbid Youth
- 1954Wakai hito-tachi
- 1953Before the Dawn — Okume
- 1953Bored Hatamoto Passes By
- 1953Desire — Shizue Kitami
- 1953Life of a Woman — Fujiko Shirakawa
- 1953Miniature — Ginko
- 1953Murahachibu
- 1953Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
- 1953Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
- 1953Reminiscence — Fumiko Ota
- 1952Avalanche — Atsuko Fujikawa
- 1952Children of Hiroshima — Takako Ishikawa
- 1952Kantarou zukiyo-uta
- 1952The Ataka Family — Masako Ataka
- 1952The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa — Maki Ayukawa
- 1951Bōya monogatari
- 1951Izayoi kaidō
- 1951Kyūjō hiroba
- 1951Lantern Under a Full Moon
- 1951Miss Oyu — Shizu
- 1951Story of a Beloved Wife — Takako
- 1951The Tale of Genji — Murasaki no ue
- 1951Tsuki no wataridori
- 1951Who Will Judge Me?
- 1950Shojohou — Taniguchi Yoko
- 1950Wedding Ring
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director — Self
- 1952Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing — Self