Cast & creator
Nobuko Otowa
Best known for Oshin, Taikouki, Mominoki wa Nokotta
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
Also known as: Nobuko Kaji, 오토와 노부코, Нобуко Отова, نوبوکو اوتاوا
165
film credits
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television credits
174
1950–2000 · acting roles
7.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (174)
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Oshin
Oshin (50 to 84 years old)
1983
Taikouki
Oetsu
1965
Mominoki wa Nokotta
Hatsuno
1970
ありがとう
九静香
1970
Onibaba
Woman
1964
Edo Porn
Omomo
1981
Kuroneko
Yone
1968
The Go Masters
1982
The Naked Island
Toyo
1960
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Masa
1992
Stray Cat
1958
How to Win a Race
1966
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
The Bell of Love
1959
The Three Treasures
Goddess of Anenouzume
1959Avalanche
Atsuko Fujikawa
1952
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
1961
Demon
Ume
1985
Mahjong Madness
1967
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
Scops-Owl Sermon
1958
Record of Loving Your Wife
1959
The Curio Master
1960
The Ceremony
Sakurada Shizu
1971
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
The Three Undelivered Letters
Sumie
1979
Asami Mitsuhiko Mysteries
1987
Miss Oyu
Shizu
1951
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
The Last War
Oyoshi Tamura
1961
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
Black Board
Namie Yasui
1986
Children of Hiroshima
Takako Ishikawa
1952
The Incident
Sumie Sakai
1978
The Strangling
Ryoko Kariba
1979
Red Lion
Oharu
1969
This Madding Crowd
Kimino
1962
Mother
Tamiko
1963
Heat Wave Island
Otoyo
1969
The Scent of Incense
Ikuyo
1964
Kanawa
Middle-aged Woman
1972
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki no ue
1951
Bōya monogatari
1951
Reminiscence
Fumiko Ota
1953
Turbid Youth
1954
Onna to iu shiro: Mari no maki
1953
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Hatsu Yonamine
1968
The Beauty and the Dragon
1955
Pressure of Guilt
1963
The Island Closest to Heaven
Tei Ishikawa
1984
Miniature
Ginko
1953
Rise Against the Sword
Osasa
1966
Children on the Island
Mistress
1987
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
Twice on a Certain Night
Akiko
1956
Onna to iu shiro: Yuko no maki
1953
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Tome
1962
Lost Sex
The Housemaid
1966
Life of a Woman
Fujiko Shirakawa
1953
The Approach of Autumn
Shigeko Fukatani
1960
The Wolves
1955
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Kiyohime
1958
Shin ono ga tsumi
Tamaki Minowa
1956
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Take Yamada
1970
Skin-Colored Moon
Kumiko Uno
1957
Kyūjō hiroba
1951
Immortal Love
Tomoko
1961
Free and Easy 5
Densuke's mother
1992
Room for Let
O-Chiyo
1959
Geisha in the Old City
Tamasode
1957
Where Love Springs
1968Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
If Indeed One Loves
Michie (segment 1)
1955
A Naughty Angel
1963
Conquest
Jiju
1965
My Way
Mino Kawamura
1974
By Player
Okaji
2000
Onibaba : Film Location
1964
Lost in the Wilderness
Yasuko Moto
1986
Tree Without Leaves
Mother
1986
A Million Girls
Toshi Shiiba
1963
Love is Lost
Sakie / Umeko
1956
Before the Dawn
Okume
1953
The Shrikes
1961
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
Madame Aki
Daikoku-san
1963
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Shizu Kuboyama
1959
Danshun
Ayako Ogata
1965
A Last Note
Toyoko Yanagawa
1995Nurse's Husband
1980
The Child Writers
Aunt
1958
The Twilight Story
1960
Our Silent Love
1967
Story of a Beloved Wife
Takako
1951
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The Valley Between Love and Death
Momoyo Imai
1954
Double Trouble
1964
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Hymn
Teru Kamozawa
1972
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Hunting Rifle
Hama
1961
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Ofutsu / maid
1958
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Keiko
1960
Human
Gorosuke
1962
The Diplomat's Mansion
Yukari
1961
Libido
1967
Wedding Ring
1950
Wandering Shore
1956
Location
Katsue
1984
Strong Women, Weak Men
Fumiko
1968
Auto Town
1981
Miren
Hatsu Kakinuna
1963
Desire
Shizue Kitami
1953
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
An Inn at Osaka
Uwabami
1954
When Women Lie
1963
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962Our Mother
1959
The Life of Chikuzan
Toyo, Mother
1977
The Maid Story
1963
Born in Sin
1962
朝比奈周平ミステリー
朝比奈容子
1991
Dolls floating down the river
Fumie
1962
The Twilight Years
Kyoko (Shigezo's daughter)
1973
Seikurabe
1962Once a Rainy Day
1966
When a Woman Loves
Hideya
1960
Dream Street
Tomi Izeki
1989
Women of Ginza
1955
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
The Horizon
Hideyo, after age 40
1984
Ditch
Tsuru
1954
Nami kage
1965
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
The Heart
Mrs. M
1973
Murahachibu
1953
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
Don't Mind
1990
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3
Narrator
1982
Izayoi kaidō
1951
Ekisutora
1982
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
Narrator
1982
The Bride from Japan
Ashiya Midori
1959
Ore to aitsu no monogatari
1981
Actress
Kakuko Mori
1956
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958地唄
1984
The Shop Curtain
1958
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
Self
1952
Kyukei no Koya
1975
Floating Vessel
1957
The Ataka Family
Masako Ataka
1952
Shojohou
Taniguchi Yoko
1950女の夏
1975Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
Love's Family Tree
1961
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
Koina no Ginpei
1954
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Arashi Tatsunari
Keiko
1982
The Izu Dancer
1967傑作推理劇場 不安な階段
1982
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1
Narrator
1981
The Long Way 'Round
1980
Netsuai sha
Tamiko
1961
Strange Affinity
Tamiko / Prostitute Yuki
1970
Bored Hatamoto Passes By
1953
Onna no Natsu
1975
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Maki Ayukawa
1952