Cast & creator

Kumeko Otowa

1915-07-08 (age 111)IMDb

Best known for Ran, Kagemusha, Dreams

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1937–1996 · acting roles

Credit score

7.1

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 8.0

Ran

Sue's lady in waiting · 1985

★ 7.8

Kagemusha

Takemaru's Nurse · 1980

★ 7.7

Dreams

Acting · 1990

★ 7.2

Rhapsody in August

Acting · 1991

★ 7.1

Chûshingura

Acting · 1962

Across film & television

Filmography (48)

Showing 48 of 48 credits

Movie

★ 8.0

Ran

Sue's lady in waiting

1985

Movie

★ 7.8

Kagemusha

Takemaru's Nurse

1980

Movie

★ 7.7

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

(uncredited)

1956

Movie

★ 6.9

The Lovelorn Geisha

1960

Movie

★ 7.7

Floating Clouds

1955

Movie

Volcano of Station Front Plaza

1968

Movie

The Tears of Geisha Konatsu

1955

Movie

★ 7.2

Flowing

Tsurumoto maid

1956

Movie

Comic Storyteller — The Great Burglar

1967

Movie

★ 7.8

Two in the Shadow

1967

Movie

Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat Company President: The Employee with the Secret Savings Fights Bravely

1956

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

Movie

★ 5.0

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

1941

Movie

Geisha Konatsu

Oyone

1954

Movie

★ 6.8

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

Movie

★ 7.0

Subterranean Heat

Yoriko

1938

Movie

★ 9.0

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Yoshiko Nakagawa (Megumi's Mother)

1968

Movie

★ 7.0

The Naked General

1958

Movie

★ 7.2

The Wiser Age

1962

Movie

★ 6.3

Okuni and Gohei

1952

Movie

★ 7.0

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu

1956

Movie

★ 7.0

The Battle of Kawanakajima

Omaki

1941

Movie

★ 8.0

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

1957

Movie

★ 8.0

The Shadow Daughter

Okiku

1957

Movie

Luxury Yacht: First Love Tour Murder Case

The owner of Iwaki Studio

1990

Movie

★ 7.5

Sazae-san

Kanda Dairoku's wife

1956

Movie

★ 8.0

Sky of Hope

Miyoko

1942

Movie

★ 5.0

Shanghai Landing Party

1939

Movie

★ 6.8

Composition Class

The second wife

1938

Movie

★ 8.0

Ichiyo Higuchi

1939

Movie

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952

Movie

★ 9.0

Hideko the Cheerleader

Yuriko, Hideko's sister

1940

Movie

★ 7.0

Third Class Executives

1952

Movie

★ 7.0

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Geisha

1941

Movie

Whirlpool of Love

1962

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

Movie

★ 6.0

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

1941

Movie

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

1940

Movie

★ 6.0

Yukiko and Natsuyo

Kiyo, the maid

1941

Movie

★ 6.0

Village of Eight Tombs

1969

Movie

The Wedding Night

Togawa Masae

1959

Movie

明朗五人男

1940

Movie

★ 4.0

Ushidure Express

1937

Movie

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

1940

Movie

Rivals

1939

娘

Movie

娘十八びっくり天国

1952

Kumeko Otowa

Known for

Ran

Kagemusha

Dreams

Rhapsody in August

Chûshingura

Filmography (48)

Ran

Kagemusha

Dreams

Rhapsody in August

Chûshingura

Repast

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

The Lovelorn Geisha

Floating Clouds

Volcano of Station Front Plaza

The Tears of Geisha Konatsu

Flowing

Comic Storyteller — The Great Burglar

Two in the Shadow

Employee with the Secret Savings and the Autocrat Company President: The Employee with the Secret Savings Fights Bravely

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

Geisha Konatsu

The 8-Tomb Village

Subterranean Heat

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

The Naked General

The Wiser Age

Okuni and Gohei

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu

The Battle of Kawanakajima

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

The Shadow Daughter

Luxury Yacht: First Love Tour Murder Case

Sazae-san

Sky of Hope

Shanghai Landing Party

Composition Class

Ichiyo Higuchi

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

Hideko the Cheerleader

Third Class Executives

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Whirlpool of Love

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

Hikari to kage (Kōhen)

Yukiko and Natsuyo

Village of Eight Tombs

The Wedding Night

明朗五人男

Ushidure Express

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

Rivals

娘十八びっくり天国