Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa
Born	1 October 1925(1925-10-01) Tottori, Japan
Died	22 December 1994(1994-12-22) (aged 69)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–1994

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.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

• The Tale of Genji (1951)
• Miss Oyu (お遊さま Oyū-sama) (1951)
• Children of Hiroshima (1952)
• The Naked Island (1960)
• Immortal Love (1961)
• The Last War (1961)
• Onibaba (1964)
• Kuroneko (1968)
• Red Lion (1969)
• The Strangling (1979)
• A Last Note (1995)

References

1. ^ "第 19 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=19. Retrieved 2011-1-5. 
2. ^ "Seniors World Chronicle: JAPAN: Cinema Japan: A Wreath for Madame Kawakita". Seniors World Chronicle. http://www.seniorsworldchronicle.com/2008/11/japan-cinema-japan-wreath-for-madame.html. Retrieved 2011-1-6. 

External links

• Nobuko Otowa at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Otowa, Nobuko
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1925-10-1
Place of birth	Tottori, Japan
Date of death	1994-12-22
Place of death