
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.
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The titles people know Nobuko from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as Okaji
as Toyoko Yanagawa

as Densuke's mother

as Masa

as 朝比奈容子 · 4 episodes


as Tomi Izeki

8 episodes

as Mistress
as Mother

as Namie Yasui

as Yasuko Moto

as Ume
as Tei Ishikawa

as Sumie

as Ryoko Kariba

as Sumie Sakai

1 episode

as Toyo, Mother

1 episode


as Ashiya Midori
as Goddess of Anenouzume


as O-Chiyo


as Shizu Kuboyama

The people who keep turning up in Nobuko’s titles.







