was a Japanese actress. Her hobby was golf. She started work at Shochiku in 1950, and played supporting roles in some of

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. The most pr ...

's films. She was a constant in Japanese film and TV drama for half of the 20th century.

Selected filmography

Film

* (1950) * (1950) - Oroku * (1950) * (1950) * (1950) * (1951) - Kaoko Fukuda, Namiko's sister * '' Boyhood'' (1951) - Mrs. Yamazaki * (1951) - Tomie Honda * (1951) * (1952) - Mitsuyo * (1952) - Oryû * (1953) * ''

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'' (1953) - Oden-ya no onna * (1953) - Osugi Morikawa * (1954) - Madame at bar * (1954) * (1955) - Hama Katagiri * (1955) * (1955) - Otsuko, second daughter * (1956) * (1956, part 1, 2) - Reiko * (1956) - Omutsu * (1956) - Sushi shop lady * (1956) * '' Tokyo Twilight'' (1957) * '' Times of Joy and Sorrow'' (1957) * (1957) * (1958) * (1958) * (1958-1959, part 1, 2) * '' Equinox Flower'' (1958) - Akemi * (1959) - Kikutarô * ''

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'' (1959) - Oden'ya no Nyôbô * ''High Teen'' (1959) - Tomiko, Hiroshi's mother * (1959) - Nobuko, Miyazaki's mother * (1959) * (1959) - Kansuirô maid * (1959) * (1959) - O-Katsu * (1960) * (1960) * '' Late Autumn'' (1960) * (1960) - Orin * ''

Zero Focus is a 1961 Japanese crime drama film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, and co-written by Shinobu Hashimoto and Yoji Yamada. It is based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. A remake of the film was released in 2009. Plot One wee ...

'' (1961) * (1961) - Bar's madame * (1961, Serial) - Okane (Episode 1) * (1962) * (1962) * (1962) * (1962) * (1965) - Maid * (1965) * (1966) - Kayo Kashima * (1966) - Yoshi Okamoto * (1966) * (1967) * (1968) - Kura, Chiyo's mother * (1970) - Kane * (1970) - Mitsuko Masuda * (1975) * (1975) - Boarding House Landlady * (1983) - O-Tatsu * (1992) - Yuki Anayama * (1995) - Tomeno * '' Give It All'' (1998) - Fuki Shinomura * ''A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen'' (2000) * (2002) * (2004) - Tomi Furukawa * '' Village Photobook'' (2004) * ''

Swing Girls is a Japanese 2004 teen comedy film directed and co-written by Shinobu Yaguchi. The plot follows a group of inept high school girls who form a big band. The cast includes Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya and Yukari ...

'' (2004) - Tomoko's Grandmother (final film role)

Television

* ''

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'' (1969) - Grandmother * ''

Mito Kōmon is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was on prime-time television from 1969 to 2011, making it the longest-running ''jidaigeki'' in Japanese television history. The title character is the historic Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-' ...

'' (1971–1985) * ''

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'' (1972–1978) * '' The Water Margin'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1977) * ''

Princess Comet is a multimedia franchise beginning with a Japanese television drama series created and produced by International Television Films, a division of the film company Toho. Directed by Ōtsuki Yoshikazu and written by Mamoru Sasaki, it stars ...

'' (1978–1979) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' Space Sheriff Shaider'' (1984)

References

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757299/ Japanese film actresses 1921 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-film-actor-stub