| Native name 大竹 しのぶ Name Shinobu Otake Occupation Actress Role Actress | Years active 1973–present Children IMALU, Nichika Hattori Agent Avex Management, Inc. | |
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| Born July 17, 1957 (age 58) (1957-07-17) Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan Spouse Sanma Akashiya (m. 1988–1992), Seiji Hattori (m. 1982–1987) Movies and TV shows Arrietty, Our Little Sister, Here Comes the Bride - My, The Wind Rises, Poppoya | ||
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Shinobu Otake (大竹 しのぶ, Ōtake Shinobu, born 17 July 1957) is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress (The Incident) and Best Supporting Actress (Seishoku no ishibumi). She also won the award for best actress at the 12th Hochi Film Award for Eien no 1/2. At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Owl. She has received a total of 12 nominations.
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- shinobu otake
- Personal life
- Film
- Animated film
- Television
- Commercials
- Honours
- References
She was the favoured lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after his previous lead actress, Nobuko Otowa, died in 1994, and featured in several of his films from A Last Note in 1995 to Postcard in 2011.
Otake has also acted on the stage.
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Personal life
Otake was born and grew up mostly in Tokyo. In 1982 she married Seiji Hattori, a Tokyo Broadcasting director who died in 1987. One year later, Otake married Akashiya Sanma, but got divorced in 1992. In the early 1990s Otake lived with playwright Hideki Noda.
Otake has two children, Nichika, a son by Hattori and Imaru, a daughter by Sanma. After her divorce she kept custody.
Film
1977 Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen a.k.a. The Gate of Youth Part 21978 The Demon1978 Jiken a.k.a. The Incident1979 Ah! Nomugi Toge a.k.a. Nomugi Pass1984 Mahjong hōrōki1986 Hakō kirameku hate a.k.a. Beyond the Shining Sea1987 Eien no 1/21992 Original Sin1996 Gonin 2 a.k.a. Five Women1998 Gakko III a.k.a. Gakko III: The New Voyage1999 Poppoya a.k.a. Railroad Man1999 Kuroi ie a.k.a. The Black House1999 Will to Live2000 Shiki-Jitsu2001 Go2003 Like Asura2003 Owl2010 My Darling is a Foreigner2011 Postcard2015 The Mourner2015 Our Little Sister2015 Galaxy Turnpike2016 Black Widow Business – Sayoko Takeuchi2016 Sanada 10 Braves – Yodo-dono2018 Nomitori ZamuraiAnimated film
Television
Commercials
In 2012, she became a representative for NTT DoCoMo's "Raku-Raku Smartphone", a smartphone aimed at the over-55s.