is a Japanese actress from
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
,
Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio, founded in 1912 during the silent film era. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally ...
studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in ''Yoru no chōsensha''.
Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of the Nikkatsu. She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu. Her representative films included ''
Tokyo Drifter
is a 1966 ''yakuza'' film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The story follows Tetsuya Watari as the reformed yakuza hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu who is forced to roam Japan avoiding execution by rival gangs.
Plot
An old ''yakuza'' boss named Kurata decides ...
'' (1966) and ''
Outlaw series
An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...
''.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
Honours
*Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2016)
*Sochi Film Festival Best Actress Award (2016) : ''Yuzu no Ha Yurete''
References
External links
Official agency profile
Chieko Matsubara at Kinenote*
*
1945 births
Living people
Japanese film actresses
People from Nagoya
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