, real name , was a Japanese actress. She appeared in multiple films between 1957 and 1974, such as ''
Sanjuro
is a 1962 black-and-white Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 ''Yojimbo''.
Originally an adaptation of the Shūgorō Yamamoto novel ''Hibi Heian'', the script ...
'' and ''
Red Beard
is a 1965 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, in his last collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune. Based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1959 short story collection, '' Akahige Shinryōtan'', the film takes pl ...
''.
She retired in 1974, coming back briefly from the late 1980s to 1990 to support her son, Yuta Dan (1967–2006), who was also an actor.
Partial filmography
References
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1935 births
2003 deaths
Japanese actresses