Akemi Negishi
Acting
Born March 26, 1934, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
- 1993Aoi bara satsujin jiken — Mitsuko Tsuruta
- 1992The Setting Sun — Yamashita's wife
- 1990Shikibu monogatari — Fuji
- 1984Location — Umeko
- 1983The Makioka Sisters — Mrs. Shimozuma
- 1982Lady Karuizawa — Yôko Ayukawa
- 1981Distant Thunder — Mother of Hirotsugu
- 1981The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
- 1979Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly — Mineko Taguchi
- 1979No More Easy Life — Mariko's Mother
- 1979The Strangling
- 1978An Unforgettable Affair
- 1978Dangerous Liaisons — Masae Miyakawa
- 1977The Life of Chikuzan — Tami
- 1976The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion
- 1975Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
- 1974Military Comfort Woman — Kura
- 1973Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song — Prison Guard Minamimura
- 1973Female Yakuza Tale — Osada
- 1973Lady Snowblood — Tajire no Okiku
- 1973Sex and Fury — Ogin Shitateya
- 1973Toshigoro
- 1972Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion — Otsuka
- 1972Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori — Harue
- 1971King of the Widow-Killers
- 1971Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger — Katsuko Ogawa
- 1970Dodes'ka-den — Good-Looking Housewife
- 1970Hooligans on Buggies
- 1970Play It Cool — Tomi
- 1970The Hot Little Girl — Keiko
- 1970The Kingpin of Fair Ladies — Cecile Hanada
- 1969Girl in College
- 1968Kemeko's Song
- 1968Snake Woman's Curse — Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
- 1967Express Train
- 1967Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
- 1966Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
- 1965Code of Ruffians
- 1965Red Beard — Okuni
- 1965You Can If You Try
- 1964An Impudent Man 2
- 1964High School Juniors (Part II)
- 1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
- 196318 Roughs — Hisako Murata
- 1963Defeat the Boss
- 1963King Kong vs. Godzilla — Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
- 1962King Kong vs. Godzilla — Chikiro's Mother
- 1961Happiness of Us Alone
- 1958Holiday in Tokyo
- 1958Song for a Bride
- 1957A Man in the Storm — Okon
- 1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- 1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 — Atsuko Shimada
- 1957Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman — The Mountain Girl
- 1957The Lower Depths — Osen the Prostitute
- 1956A Wife's Heart — Sumiko
- 1956Sudden Rain — Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
- 1956The Underworld
- 1956Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl — Osen (Country Girl, Miki’s Fiancée)
- 1955Beast Man Snow Man — Chika
- 1955I Live in Fear — Asako Kuribayashi
- 1955Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree — Yukie
- 1954Farewell Rabaul — Kimu
- 1954Mako Osorubeshi
- 1954This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
- 1953Anatahan — Keiko Kusakabe
- 1953The Red Light Military Base — Yukiko