Nobuko Otowa

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Cause of death Liver cancer Role Actress Occupation Actress Died December 22, 1994		Years active 1950–1994 Children Jiro Shindo Name Nobuko Otowa


Born 1 October 1924 ( 1924-10-01 ) Yonago, Tottori, Japan Spouse Kaneto Shindo (m. 1978–1994) Awards Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Movies and TV shows Oshin, Onibaba, The Naked Island, Kuroneko, Tree Without Leaves Similar People Kaneto Shindo, Ayako Kobayashi, Yuko Tanaka, Kozaburo Yoshimura, Keisuke Kinoshita

NOBUKO OTOWA TRIBUTE

Nobuko Otowa (乙羽信子, Otowa Nobuko, 1 October 1924 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She gave up a career as a star to appear in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died. 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. Half of her ashes are scattered on the island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima where The Naked Island was filmed.