Personal Info
Birth date
1945-03-27 (80 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
Also known as
Миямото Нобуко
미야모토 노부코
Miyamoto Nobuko
Nobuko Miyamoto
Biography
Nobuko Miyamoto (born March 27, 1945) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Jūzō Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in A Taxing Woman.
Filmography
Dondo Hare
NYR
Overview:
Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her parents and younger brother in Yokohama. One day she travels to Iwate Prefecture with her boyfriend Masaki for his grandmother Katsuno's 77th birthday. While they are there, Katsuno, head okami of a famous ryokan in Morioka City, becomes ill and asks Masaki to return to run the ryokan. Natsumi returns to Yokohama and later Masaki visits, asking her to disregard their earlier plans to get married because he will return to Morioka as requested by Katsuno. However, Natsumi surprises him with a vow to become the ryokan's okami. Is Natsumi in for clear skies as suggested by the series name?Hiyokko
8.2
Overview:
The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?House of Ninjas
7.125
Overview:
Years after retiring from their formidable ninja lives, a dysfunctional family must return to shadowy missions to counteract a string of looming threats.Amachan
8.3
Overview:
Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea
8.9
Overview:
Set on Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture during the coal industry's rise in 1955, this story follows themes of family, friendship, and love. It contrasts the post-war era, where people had little but were full of dreams, with present-day Tokyo, where abundance prevails, but young people struggle to find their dreams.In This Corner of the World
8
Overview:
18-year-old Urano Suzu marries Hojo Shusaku and moves from Eba City to Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture in the middle of the Pacific War. As Japan slides into a war it cannot get out of, the townspeople go on with their “ordinary” lives. Supplies are short, and family and friends get sent to the battlefield. Suzu and the Hojo family battle such anxieties as they try to live positively.The Karate Kid Part II
6.314
Overview:
Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.About Sunday Night...
8
Overview:
Old apartment complexes, rented houses in the suburbs, and cabs running through the cities. These scenes may look ordinary but each has a different story to tell. A daughter who works part-time to support her disabled mother; a woman who has been cut off from her family and continues to work as a cab driver; a granddaughter who lives in a rented house and works at a factory with her grandmother. This is the story of three women, who live far apart from each other and do not know each other's existence until a fateful encounter through a radio program.Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari
NYR
Overview:
Katsuragi Motoko started as an NHK announcer, became a reportage writer after the war, and then an author. This story is about a woman's struggle to find her life's purpose and to survive. The 28th NHK asadora, set in the Showa era and location included Tokyo.Mouri Motonari
NYR
Overview:
The 36th NHK Taiga Drama is Mori Motonari. This series chronicles the life of Mori Motonari, a warlord of the early 1500s who stood at the vanguard of the Warring States era. All Japanese school textbooks contain the Mitsuya no kyokun, Mori's famous lesson to his three sons that teaches that while one arrow is easily broken, three arrows together cannot be broken. In 1997, 500 years after his birth, NHK dramatizes Motonari's rise from a chief of the region of Aki (now Hiroshima) to a daimyo who rules over ten provinces of the Chugoku region. Motonari was 64 years old and already the patriarch of a powerful dynasty about the time Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen appeared on the scene. And even after his death, the Mori family figured prominently in Japanese history. His grandson Terumoto became a loyal Toyotomi vassal. Defeated at the Battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu confiscated most of his lands, leaving him only with Suwo and Nagato, later known as Choshu. But 260 years later, the Mori got their ultimate revenge, leading the imperial forces against the Tokugawa in the Meiji Restoration.Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
NYR
Overview:
2012 NHK drama based on the Juzo Itami film "A Taxing Woman" (Marusa no Onna).有母親等待的故鄉
NYR
Overview:
For office worker Toru Matsunaga (played by Nakai Kiichi), this is his return to his hometown after 40 years of absence. When he returned to his hometown with vague memories, his mother (Nobuko Miyamoto) greeted him with a smile. Seeing his mother happily taking care of him, the home he misses, and the cooking he misses, Tohru feels at ease. But I don’t know why, but I can’t remember my mother’s “name”… On the other hand, Natsuki Koga (played by Nanako Matsushima) also returned to her long-lost hometown. The place where Xia Sheng goes is also a home where "the same mother" is waiting. Seiichi Murota (played by Kuranosuke Sasaki), whose wife separated from him, also went to his "hometown" where "the same mother" is waiting in order to find a place to stay...All About My Destiny
NYR
Overview:
In 1993, the economy is in the doldrums. Fuyuki Aki works in a big electronics manufacturer as the first female in its main career track. But unlike the male employees, she is not even allowed to test her ability and feels frustrated by her current situation. Meanwhile, Aki learns that her colleague and ex-boyfriend Sato Yasushi is marrying Otsubo Arisa, a junior who works in an administrative position, and she feels unsettled. Aki is favoured by Yasushi’s mother Sachiko, but she tells her that they broke up two years ago. She feels a void for not being able to spread her own wings in the male-dominated world, along with an anger at the male species. So she could not accept the feelings of the straightforward Yasushi. On the morning of the wedding ceremony, Aki receives a letter from Sachiko...Haha no Matsu Sato
9
Overview:
Based on the novel of the same name by Jirō Asada. Three adult children visit their mother living in the countryside, each at separate times, but things aren't really what they seem to be.Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion
6.5
Overview:
Why did an abused solitary boy become a murderer? A sad but powerful gut-wrenching drama portraying the destiny of humans seeking love, starting up-and-coming actor Yuma Nakayama.The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
8.1
Overview:
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.Tampopo
7.855
Overview:
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.Stand by Me Doraemon 2
7.8
Overview:
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.A Taxing Woman
6.811
Overview:
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.Supermarket Woman
6.5
Overview:
A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.Sing a Song of Sex
5.5
Overview:
Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.The Funeral
7.2
Overview:
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.A Quiet Life
7.4
Overview:
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.Sweet Home
6.4
Overview:
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.Tales of a Golden Geisha
6.3
Overview:
The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.The Last Dance
6.6
Overview:
A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth of his condition, leading him on a journey of despair, anger, and – ultimately – acceptance.Acting
TBA旅役者葵長五郎殺意のめぐり逢い (1 Episode) as Unknown
2024The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea (10 Episodes) as Izumi
2024Haha no Matsu Sato (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2024有母親等待的故鄉 (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2024House of Ninjas (8 Episodes) as Taki Tawara
2023About Sunday Night... (10 Episodes) as Higuchi Fujiko
2023The Chocolate Man as Narration
2022Haw as Unknown
2022BL Metamorphosis as Yuki Ichinoi
2021It's a Flickering Life as Yoshiko
2020Stand by Me Doraemon 2 as Nobita's Grandmother (voice)
2019Four Women Living in That House as 牧田鶴代
2018In This Corner of the World (9 Episodes) as Ito Morita
2017Hiyokko (156 Episodes) as Suzuko Makino
2017Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion (5 Episodes) as Unknown
2016The Ice Ruts as 효도 치에코
2016Botchan as Kiyo
2015Happiness Is Here as Fukuko Hanada
2014Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya as Self
2014All About My Destiny (5 Episodes) as Unknown
2013The Tale of The Princess Kaguya as The Bamboo Cutter's Wife / Narrator (voice)
2013Amachan (157 Episodes) as 天野夏
2012Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna (1 Episode) as Self
2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet as Yamamoto's mother
2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy as Self
2011Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle as Tokie Hagiwara
2010Thief of Blues Skies as Unknown
2007Bizan as Ryuko Kouno
2007Dondo Hare (156 Episodes) as Kagami Tamaki
2007Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces as Self
2003北の国から 記憶 前編 as Unknown
2002Manten (150 Episodes) as Unknown
2002北の国から記憶 as Unknown
1997Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald as Rumiko Yamazaki
1997Woman in Witness Protection as Isono Biwako
1997おばさん事件弁護士 梅木桃子の六法全書 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997Mouri Motonari (50 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Supermarket Woman as Hanako Inoue
1995A Quiet Life as Danto's Wife
1993The Last Dance as Mariko
1993Making of Daibyonin as Self
1992Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion as Mahiru Inoue
1992The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion" as Self
1990Tales of a Golden Geisha as Nayoko
1990The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha" as Self
1989Fancy Dance as Shizuko Shiono
1989Buddies as Kimiko
1989Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' as Self
1989Sweet Home as Akiko Hayakawa
1988The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" as Self
1988A Taxing Woman's Return as Ryoko Itakura
1987The Making of "A Taxing Woman" as Self
1987A Taxing Woman as Ryoko Itakura
1986The Making of "Tampopo" as Self
1985Tampopo as Tampopo
1984The Funeral as Chizuko Amamiya
1984Deaths in Tokimeki as Owner at the inn
1983Dream City as Unknown
1982Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni as Unknown
1982Kidnapping Blues as The Inn's Daughter
1981Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari (156 Episodes) as 母・桂木トシ江
1980Four Seasons: Natsuko as Mariko
1973After School as Unknown
1972The Long Darkness as Tetsuro's other sister
1971Tora-san's Shattered Romance as Kinuyo
1968Scrap Collectors as Unknown
1967Sing a Song of Sex as Sanae Satomi
1966Lost Sex as Young girl
Crew
1986The Karate Kid Part II ... Choreographer