Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Known for
Acting
Born
October 1, 1925
Died
December 22, 1994 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

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

Filmography

2000
By Player poster

By Player

Movie · as Okaji

1995
A Last Note poster

A Last Note

Movie · as Toyoko Yanagawa

1992
Free and Easy 5 poster

Free and Easy 5

Movie · as Densuke's mother

1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki poster

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

Movie · as Masa

1991
朝比奈周平ミステリー poster

朝比奈周平ミステリー

TV · as 朝比奈容子 · 4 eps

1990
Don't Mind poster

Don't Mind

Movie

1989
Dream Street poster

Dream Street

Movie · as Tomi Izeki

1988
Sakura-tai Chiru poster

Sakura-tai Chiru

Movie

1987
Children on the Island poster

Children on the Island

Movie · as Mistress

1987
Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries poster

Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries

TV · 8 eps

1986
Tree Without Leaves poster

Tree Without Leaves

Movie · as Mother

1986
Black Board poster

Black Board

Movie · as Namie Yasui

1986
Lost in the Wilderness poster

Lost in the Wilderness

Movie · as Yasuko Moto

1985
Demon poster

Demon

Movie · as Ume

1984
Location poster

Location

Movie · as Katsue

1984
The Island Closest to Heaven poster

The Island Closest to Heaven

Movie · as Tei Ishikawa

1984
The Horizon poster

The Horizon

Movie · as Hideyo, after age 40

1984
地唄

地唄

TV · 1 ep

1983
Oshin poster

Oshin

TV · as Oshin (50 to 84 years old) · 297 eps

1982
傑作推理劇場 不安な階段

傑作推理劇場 不安な階段

Movie

1982
Arashi Tatsunari poster

Arashi Tatsunari

Movie · as Keiko

1982
Ekisutora poster

Ekisutora

Movie

1982
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3 poster

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3

Movie · as Narrator

1982
The Go Masters poster

The Go Masters

Movie

1982
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 poster

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2

Movie · as Narrator

1981
Auto Town poster

Auto Town

Movie

1981
Edo Porn poster

Edo Porn

Movie · as Omomo

1981
Ore to aitsu no monogatari poster

Ore to aitsu no monogatari

Movie

1981
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1 poster

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1

Movie · as Narrator

1980
Nurse's Husband

Nurse's Husband

Movie

1980
The Long Way 'Round poster

The Long Way 'Round

Movie

1979
The Strangling poster

The Strangling

Movie · as Ryoko Kariba

1979
The Three Undelivered Letters poster

The Three Undelivered Letters

Movie · as Sumie

1978
The Incident poster

The Incident

Movie · as Sumie Sakai

1978
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada poster

Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Life of Chikuzan poster

The Life of Chikuzan

Movie · as Toyo, Mother

1975
Onna no Natsu poster

Onna no Natsu

Movie

1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director poster

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Movie · as Self

1975
Kyukei no Koya poster

Kyukei no Koya

Movie

1975
女の夏

女の夏

TV · 1 ep

1974
My Way poster

My Way

Movie · as Mino Kawamura

1973
The Heart poster

The Heart

Movie · as Mrs. M

1973
The Twilight Years poster

The Twilight Years

Movie · as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)

1972
Kanawa poster

Kanawa

Movie · as Middle-aged Woman

1972
Hymn poster

Hymn

Movie · as Teru Kamozawa

1971
The Ceremony poster

The Ceremony

Movie · as Sakurada Shizu

1970
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! poster

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Movie · as Take Yamada

1970
Strange Affinity poster

Strange Affinity

Movie · as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki

1970
Mominoki wa Nokotta poster

Mominoki wa Nokotta

TV · as Hatsuno · 52 eps

1970
ありがとう poster

ありがとう

TV · as 九静香 · 135 eps

1969
Red Lion poster

Red Lion

Movie · as Oharu

1969
Heat Wave Island poster

Heat Wave Island

Movie · as Otoyo

1968
Kuroneko poster

Kuroneko

Movie · as Yone

1968
Strong Women, Weak Men poster

Strong Women, Weak Men

Movie · as Fumiko

1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps poster

Monument to the Girl's Corps

Movie · as Hatsu Yonamine

1968
Where Love Springs poster

Where Love Springs

Movie

1967
Libido poster

Libido

Movie

1967
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station poster

A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station

Movie

1967
The Izu Dancer poster

The Izu Dancer

Movie

1967
Our Silent Love poster

Our Silent Love

Movie

1967
Mahjong Madness poster

Mahjong Madness

Movie

1966
Once a Rainy Day

Once a Rainy Day

Movie

1966
Lost Sex poster

Lost Sex

Movie · as The Housemaid

1966
Rise Against the Sword poster

Rise Against the Sword

Movie · as Osasa

1966
Tale of a Carpenter poster

Tale of a Carpenter

Movie

1966
How to Win a Race poster

How to Win a Race

Movie

1965
Conquest poster

Conquest

Movie · as Jiju

1965
Nami kage poster

Nami kage

Movie

1965
The Radish and the Carrot poster

The Radish and the Carrot

Movie

1965
Danshun poster

Danshun

Movie · as Ayako Ogata

1965
Finances in Front of the Train Station poster

Finances in Front of the Train Station

Movie

1965
Taikouki poster

Taikouki

TV · as Oetsu · 52 eps

1964
Onibaba poster

Onibaba

Movie · as Woman

1964
The Scent of Incense poster

The Scent of Incense

Movie · as Ikuyo

1964
Onibaba : Film Location poster

Onibaba : Film Location

Movie

1964
Double Trouble poster

Double Trouble

Movie

1964
Comedy: Cheerful Widow poster

Comedy: Cheerful Widow

Movie

1963
When Women Lie poster

When Women Lie

Movie

1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart

Rush to Our Sweetheart

Movie

1963
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · as Tamiko

1963
Pressure of Guilt poster

Pressure of Guilt

Movie

1963
The Maid Story poster

The Maid Story

Movie

1963
Miren poster

Miren

Movie · as Hatsu Kakinuna

1963
Madame Aki poster

Madame Aki

Movie · as Daikoku-san

1963
A Million Girls poster

A Million Girls

Movie · as Toshi Shiiba

1963
A Naughty Angel poster

A Naughty Angel

Movie

1962
Till Tomorrow Is poster

Till Tomorrow Is

Movie

1962
Dolls floating down the river poster

Dolls floating down the river

Movie · as Fumie

1962
Long Way to Okinawa poster

Long Way to Okinawa

Movie

1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni poster

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

Movie

1962
Human poster

Human

Movie · as Gorosuke

1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant poster

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

Movie · as Tome

1962
Seikurabe poster

Seikurabe

Movie

1962
Born in Sin poster

Born in Sin

Movie

1962
This Madding Crowd poster

This Madding Crowd

Movie · as Kimino

1961
The Last War poster

The Last War

Movie · as Oyoshi Tamura

1961
Love's Family Tree poster

Love's Family Tree

Movie

1961
Immortal Love poster

Immortal Love

Movie · as Tomoko

1961
Hunting Rifle poster

Hunting Rifle

Movie · as Hama

1961
The Youth and His Amulet poster

The Youth and His Amulet

Movie

1961
The Shrikes poster

The Shrikes

Movie

1961
A Good Man, A Good Day poster

A Good Man, A Good Day

Movie

1961
Netsuai sha poster

Netsuai sha

Movie · as Tamiko

1961
The Diplomat's Mansion poster

The Diplomat's Mansion

Movie · as Yukari

1961
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler poster

A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler

Movie

1960
The Naked Island poster

The Naked Island

Movie · as Toyo

1960
The Approach of Autumn poster

The Approach of Autumn

Movie · as Shigeko Fukatani

1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope poster

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

Movie · as Keiko

1960
The Twilight Story poster

The Twilight Story

Movie

1960
When a Woman Loves poster

When a Woman Loves

Movie · as Hideya

1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love

Respect, Flatter, and Love

Movie

1960
The Curio Master poster

The Curio Master

Movie

1960
The Five Jolly Thieves poster

The Five Jolly Thieves

Movie

1959
The Bride from Japan poster

The Bride from Japan

Movie · as Ashiya Midori

1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5 poster

Lucky Dragon No. 5

Movie · as Shizu Kuboyama

1959
Flower Shop Curtain poster

Flower Shop Curtain

Movie

1959
Room for Let poster

Room for Let

Movie · as O-Chiyo

1959
The Three Treasures poster

The Three Treasures

Movie · as Goddess of Anenouzume

1959
Our Mother

Our Mother

Movie

1959
The Bell of Love poster

The Bell of Love

Movie

1959
Record of Loving Your Wife poster

Record of Loving Your Wife

Movie

1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road poster

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Movie · as Ofutsu / maid

1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II poster

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Movie · as Kiyohime

1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku poster

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Movie

1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa poster

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Movie

1958
The Shop Curtain poster

The Shop Curtain

Movie

1958
The Child Writers poster

The Child Writers

Movie · as Aunt

1958
Stray Cat poster

Stray Cat

Movie

1958
Scops-Owl Sermon poster

Scops-Owl Sermon

Movie

1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women poster

Sorrow Is Only for Women

Movie

1957
Geisha in the Old City poster

Geisha in the Old City

Movie · as Tamasode

1957
Floating Vessel poster

Floating Vessel

Movie

1957
Skin-Colored Moon poster

Skin-Colored Moon

Movie · as Kumiko Uno

1956
Wandering Shore poster

Wandering Shore

Movie

1956
Love is Lost poster

Love is Lost

Movie · as Sakie / Umeko

1956
Shin ono ga tsumi poster

Shin ono ga tsumi

Movie · as Tamaki Minowa

1956
Actress poster

Actress

Movie · as Kakuko Mori

1956
Twice on a Certain Night poster

Twice on a Certain Night

Movie · as Akiko

1955
Women of Ginza poster

Women of Ginza

Movie

1955
The Wolves poster

The Wolves

Movie

1955
If Indeed One Loves poster

If Indeed One Loves

Movie · as Michie (segment 1)

1955
The Beauty and the Dragon poster

The Beauty and the Dragon

Movie

1954
Turbid Youth poster

Turbid Youth

Movie

1954
Koina no Ginpei poster

Koina no Ginpei

Movie

1954
An Inn at Osaka poster

An Inn at Osaka

Movie · as Uwabami

1954
Ditch poster

Ditch

Movie · as Tsuru

1954
The Valley Between Love and Death poster

The Valley Between Love and Death

Movie · as Momoyo Imai

1954
Wakai hito-tachi poster

Wakai hito-tachi

Movie

1953
Murahachibu poster

Murahachibu

Movie

1953
Miniature poster

Miniature

Movie · as Ginko

1953
Before the Dawn poster

Before the Dawn

Movie · as Okume

1953
Bored Hatamoto Passes By poster

Bored Hatamoto Passes By

Movie

1953
Reminiscence poster

Reminiscence

Movie · as Fumiko Ota

1953
Desire poster

Desire

Movie · as Shizue Kitami

1953
Life of a Woman poster

Life of a Woman

Movie · as Fujiko Shirakawa

1953
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki poster

Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki

Movie

1953
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki poster

Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki

Movie

1952
Children of Hiroshima poster

Children of Hiroshima

Movie · as Takako Ishikawa

1952
The Ataka Family poster

The Ataka Family

Movie · as Masako Ataka

1952
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa poster

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

Movie · as Maki Ayukawa

1952
Kantarou zukiyo-uta poster

Kantarou zukiyo-uta

Movie

1952
Avalanche

Avalanche

Movie · as Atsuko Fujikawa

1952
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing poster

Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing

Movie · as Self

1951
Lantern Under a Full Moon poster

Lantern Under a Full Moon

Movie

1951
Miss Oyu poster

Miss Oyu

Movie · as Shizu

1951
Who Will Judge Me? poster

Who Will Judge Me?

Movie

1951
Story of a Beloved Wife poster

Story of a Beloved Wife

Movie · as Takako

1951
Izayoi kaidō poster

Izayoi kaidō

Movie

1951
The Tale of Genji poster

The Tale of Genji

Movie · as Murasaki no ue

1951
Kyūjō hiroba poster

Kyūjō hiroba

Movie

1951
Bōya monogatari poster

Bōya monogatari

Movie

1951
Tsuki no wataridori poster

Tsuki no wataridori

Movie

1950
Wedding Ring poster

Wedding Ring

Movie

1950
Shojohou poster

Shojohou

Movie · as Taniguchi Yoko