Personal Info
Birth date
1925-10-01 (99 Years)
Day of death
1994-12-22
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
Nobuko Kaji
오토와 노부코
Нобуко Отова
نوبوکو اوتاوا
Nobuko Otowa
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
Filmography
Oshin
6.7
Overview:
Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the life of Shin Tanokura during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. Shin was called "Oshin", which is an archaic Japanese cognomen.Taikouki
NYR
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Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan.Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
NYR
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Crime mysteries from 1987 to 1990 based on Yasuo Uchida's novels starring Yutaka Mizutani.Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
NYR
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Kindaichi becomes involved in the case of an actress whose husbands keep dying mysteriously — and her new fiancé has just received a threatening letter.Edo Porn
5.958
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The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.Mominoki wa Nokotta
NYR
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Depicting Date clan’s internal strife that occurred during a peaceful Edo period governed by the 4th Tokugawa shogun.Onibaba
7.691
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While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.Children of Hiroshima
7.25
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Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.Kuroneko
7.389
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In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.The Last War
6.2
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A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.The Naked Island
7.985
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A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.Miss Oyu
7.2
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Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.The Ceremony
7
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Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.The Three Treasures
5.4
Overview:
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.A Last Note
7
Overview:
A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the pastThe Go Masters
6.2
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Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely described as an Asian version of chess). It soon becomes evident that the Chinese master's son is the most talented player that the Japanese master has ever encountered, and he convinces the boy's father to let him bring the child back to Japan to train him as a professional Go player. Years pass, and as the young Chinese master grows to maturity in Japan, the Japanese invasion of China forces him to choose between his triumphant career and his loyalty to his native country. His decision is complicated by his marriage to the daughter of the Japanese master, with whom he has produced a child. His choice will profoundly alter the lives of two families. Their saga serves as a reflection of the tragic relations between their two great countries, and the possibility of reconciliation and healing.The Strange Tale of Oyuki
8
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A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in his diary his thoughts during many years. A melancholy reflection on the passage of time and a brilliant interpretive exercise.Immortal Love
7.5
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A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them.Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
6.9
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Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.Tree Without Leaves
7.8
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Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.Lucky Dragon No. 5
7.3
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An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.Human
6.8
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The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate as food and water run out.Red Lion
6.4
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Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.By Player
8
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The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.The Approach of Autumn
6.9
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A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper.Demon
7
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Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman.Lost in the Wilderness
NYR
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The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, climb Denali solo, and float down the Amazon river solo. In the film, Uemura returns to Tokyo after a stint in Siorapaluk in Northern Greenland. In Tokyo, he reconnects with an old friend and, over coffee, shares his life story - from his days as a college dropout to his successful expedition to the top of Everest.Acting
2000By Player as Okaji
1995A Last Note as Toyoko Yanagawa
1992Free and Easy 5 as Densuke's mother
1992The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Masa
1991朝比奈周平ミステリー (4 Episodes) as 朝比奈容子
1990Don't Mind as Unknown
1989Dream Street as Tomi Izeki
1988Sakura-tai Chiru as Unknown
1987Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries (8 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Children on the Island as Mistress
1986Tree Without Leaves as Mother
1986Black Board as Namie Yasui
1986Lost in the Wilderness as Yasuko Moto
1985Demon as Ume
1984The Island Closest to Heaven as Tei Ishikawa
1984Location as Katsue
1984The Horizon as Hideyo, after age 40
1983Oshin (297 Episodes) as Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
1982Arashi Tatsunari as Keiko
1982Ekisutora as Unknown
1982Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3 as Unknown
1982傑作推理劇場 不安な階段 as Unknown
1982The Go Masters as Unknown
1981Edo Porn as Omomo
1981Ore to aitsu no monogatari as Unknown
1981Asshii-tachi no machi as Unknown
1980The Long Way 'Round as Unknown
1980Nurse's Husband as Unknown
1979The Three Undelivered Letters as Sumie
1979The Strangling as Ryoko Kariba
1978The Incident as Unknown
1978Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977The Life of Chikuzan as Toyo, Mother
1975Onna no Natsu as Unknown
1975女の夏 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Kyukei no Koya as Unknown
1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as Unknown
1974My Way as Mino Kawamura
1973The Heart as Mrs. M
1973The Twilight Years as Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
1972Hymn as Teru Kamozawa
1972The Iron Crown as Middle-aged Woman
1971The Ceremony as Sakurada Shizu
1970Live Today, Die Tomorrow! as Take Yamada
1970Strange Affinity as Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
1970ありがとう (135 Episodes) as 九静香
1970Mominoki wa Nokotta (52 Episodes) as Hatsuno
1969Heat Wave Island as Otoyo
1969Red Lion as Oharu
1968Monument to the Girl's Corps as Hatsu Yonamine
1968Strong Women, Weak Men as Fumiko
1968Kuroneko as Yone
1967A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station as Unknown
1967Libido as Unknown
1966Rise Against the Sword as Osasa
1966Once a Rainy Day as Unknown
1966Lost Sex as The Housemaid
1965Conquest as Jiju
1965Nami kage as Unknown
1965The Radish and the Carrot as Unknown
1965Taikouki (52 Episodes) as Oetsu
1964Onibaba as Woman
1964The Scent of Incense as Ikuyo
1963Mother as Tamiko
1963Miren as Hatsu Kakinuna
1963The Maid Story as Unknown
1963When Women Lie as Unknown
1963Pressure of Guilt as Unknown
1963Rush to Our Sweetheart as Unknown
1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as Tome
1962Born in Sin as Unknown
1962Human as Gorosuke
1962This Madding Crowd as Kimino
1962Seikurabe as Unknown
1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni as Unknown
1962Long Way to Okinawa as Unknown
1962Dolls floating down the river as Fumie
1962Till Tomorow Comes as Unknown
1961Love's Family Tree as Unknown
1961The Last War as Oyoshi Tamura
1961The Youth and His Amulet as Unknown
1961Immortal Love as Tomoko
1961Netsuai sha as Tamiko
1961A Good Man, A Good Day as Unknown
1961The Shrikes as Unknown
1961Hunting Rifle as Hama
1960The Naked Island as Toyo
1960The Approach of Autumn as Shigeko Fukatani
1960The Twilight Story as Unknown
1960A Woman’s Uphill Slope as Keiko
1959Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi as Ashiya Midori
1959The Three Treasures as Goddess of Anenouzume
1959When a Woman Loves as Hideya
1959Room for Let as O-Chiyo
1959Lucky Dragon No. 5 as Shizu Kuboyama
1959Flower Shop Curtain as Unknown
1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku as Unknown
1958The Child Writers as Aunt
1958The Shop Curtain as Unknown
1958Yaji and Kita on the Road as Ofutsu / maid
1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa as Unknown
1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as The Princess
1957Geisha in the Old City as Tamasode
1957Skin-Colored Moon as Kumiko Uno
1957Floating Vessel as Unknown
1956Actress as Kakuko Mori
1956Shin ono ga tsumi as Tamaki Minowa
1956Ryûri no kishi as Unknown
1956Twice on a Certain Night as Akiko
1956Love is Lost as Sakie / Umeko
1955The Beauty and the Dragon as Unknown
1955Ai Sureba Koso as Michie (segment 1)
1955The Wolves as Unknown
1955Women of Ginza as Unknown
1954Wakai hito-tachi as Unknown
1954Turbid Youth as Unknown
1954The Valley Between Love and Death as Momoyo Imai
1954The Ditch as Tsuru
1954An Inn at Osaka as Unknown
1954Koina no Ginpei as Unknown
1953Onna no issho as Fujiko Shirakawa
1953Before Dawn as Okume
1953Yokubo as Shizue Kitami
1953Miniature as Ginko
1953Murahachibu as Unknown
1953Bored Hatamoto Passes By as Unknown
1953Reminiscence as Fumiko Ota
1952勘太郎月夜唄 as Unknown
1952Children of Hiroshima as Takako Ishikawa
1952The Ataka Family as Masako Ataka
1952The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa as Maki Ayukawa
1951Izayoi kaidō as Unknown
1951Story of a Beloved Wife as Takako
1951Lantern Under a Full Moon as Unknown
1951Miss Oyu as Shizu
1951The Tale of Genji as Murasaki no ue
1951Who Will Judge Me? as Unknown
1950Shojohou as Taniguchi Yoko
1950Wedding Ring as Unknown