is a Japanese actress. Prior to marrying director

Banmei Takahashi (or Tomoaki Takahashi) is a Japanese film director. Takahashi started his career in the pink film industry, making his directorial debut in 1972 with ''Escaped Rapist Criminal''. Due to a disagreement with his producer, Takahashi quit the film i ...

in 1982, she went by her maiden name . She debuted in the 1970 film ''High School Student Blues''. Her second film, ''おさな妻'', earned her the

Golden Arrow Award A Golden Arrow Award was an accolade presented by the members of the Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA) to recognize excellence in domestic media, such as in film, television, and music. The 1st Golden Arrow Awards were held on March 17 ...

for Newcomer of the Year. In 1981 she appeared in 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 ...

Roman Porno in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equiv ...

'' film ''Love Letter'', a fictionalized account of the life of poet Mitsuharu Kaneko, which Nikkatsu hoped would appeal to both male and female audiences. In 1982 she was the female lead in her husband Banmei Takahashi's launch into mainstream film, ''

Tattoo Ari is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Banmei Takahashi. The film was based on the life of Akiyoshi Umekawa. Cast * Ryudo Uzaki as Akio Takeda * Keiko Sekine as Michiyo * Misako Watanabe as Sadako Takeda * Ayako Ōta (太田あや子) as Miyoko * ...

''. In 2008, she won the

Mainichi Film Award The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 1935, ...

for Best Supporting Actress for her work in ''Fumiko no Umi''. She was given Mainichi's

Tanaka Kinuyo was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952) and ''Ugetsu'' (1953). ...

Award in 2010.

Filmography

Film

*''High School Student Blues'' (1970) *''Osanazuma'' (1970) *''Just for You'' (1970) *''The Forbidden Fruit'' (1970) *''Games''(1971) *''

Rise, Fair Sun is a 1973 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Tatsuya Nakadai as Sakuzo * Kinya Kitaoji as Asao, Haruko's lover * Keiko Takahashi as Haruko, Sakuzo's daughter (as K ...

'' (1973) as Haruko *''Mainline to Terror'' (1975) as Tomoko Kimihara *'' The Gate of Youth'' (1975) as Hate Hiiragi *'' Gambare Wakadaishō'' *''Love Letter'' (1981) *''

'' (1982) as Michiyo *''Dai Nippon Teikoku'' (1982) as Miyo Arai *''Lake of Illusions'' (1982) *''Wolf'' (1982) *'' Love Letter'' (1985) *''Jiro's Story'' (1987) *''Door'' (1988) *''Otokotachi no kaita e'') (1996) *''Gendai ninkyoden'' (1997) *''Magnitude'' (1997) *''

Uzumaki is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in the weekly ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1998 to 1999, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes by Shoga ...

'' (2000) *''Drug'' (2001) *''Legendary Crocodile Jake and His Fellows'' (2004) *''Fumiko no Umi'' (2007) *''

Be Sure to Share is a 2009 Japanese drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. It screened at the 2009 New York Asian Film Festival The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is a critically acclaimed film festival held in New York City, dedicated to the d ...

'' (2009) *''Akai Tama'' (2015) *''Summer Blooms'' (2018) *''Analog'' (2023) as Reiko Mizushima

Television

* ''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1972–74) as Nobuko Uchida (Shinko) * ''

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

'' (1983) * ''Nobunaga: King of Zipangu '' (1992), Rui * '' Aoi'' (2001), Orin * ''

Seibu Keisatsu Special is a television drama produced by and broadcast on . The show aired on Japanese television on October 31, 2004, in conjunction with the 17th anniversary of the death of Yujiro Ishihara. It carries on the ''Seibu Keisatsu'' series, which was br ...

'' (2004)

References

External links

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Japanese Movie Database The , more commonly known as simply JMDb, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database but lists only those films initially released in Japan. Y. ...

1955 births Living people Japanese actresses Pink film actors People from Hokkaido {{Japan-film-actor-stub