was a Japanese actress, whose real name was . She was notable for her prominent role in

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...

's 1954 film ''

Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. It follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who hire seven ...

''. She also starred in Japanese television series such as ''Sakura'' and ''Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki''. Born in

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...

, she married Ichio Mori, then director of

Tokyo Broadcasting System formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network and radio network . It has a 28-affiliate television network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affili ...

(TBS), in 1957. She died of stomach cancer on 1 August 2012 at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo, aged 86.

Filmography

Film

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A Ball at the Anjo House is a 1947 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. The film won the 1947 Kinema Junpo Award for Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year, Best Film. Plot After Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, the wealthy Anjō family have to ...

'' (1947) - Yôko Shinkawa *''Idainaru X'' (1948) - Chiyo *''Kanashiki Kuchibue'' (1949) *''Yume o meshimase'' (1950) - Midori Matsumura *''Kikyô'' (1950) - Tomoko Moriya *''

The Bells of Nagasaki is a 1949 book by Takashi Nagai. It vividly describes his experiences as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It was translated into English by William Johnston. The title refers to the bells of Urakami Cathedral, of which Nagai writes ...

'' (1950) *''Onna no mizu-kagami'' (1951) - Kimiko Fujikura *''Tora no kiba'' (1951) *''Tenshi mo yume o miru'' (1951) *''

Fireworks Over the Sea is a 1951 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Plot In Yobuko, Southern Japan, brothers Tarobei and Jinkichi are running a fishing business with two ships of their own. As the catch is too low to cover the expenses, c ...

'' (1951) - Yukiko Nomura *''Tekirei san'nin musume'' (1951) - Motoko Matsukawa *'' Nami'' (1952) *''Tonkatsu taishô'' (1952) - Mayumi Sada *''

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. The screenplay concerns a wealthy middle-aged couple (played by Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure) who have marital difficulties, and their niece who uses the couple's troubles as her excuse for no ...

'' (1952) - Setsuko Yamauchi *''Mazô'' (1952) *''Himeyuri no Tô'' (1953) - Teacher Miyagi *''Sincerity'' (1953) - Kiyoko Nonomiya *''Hiroba no kodoku'' (1953) - Fumie *''

'' (1954) - Shino *''

Kunisada Chūji was a popular figure in the Edo period. He was a bakuto (gamblers commonly seen as forerunners to the modern yakuza). His story is mainly responsible for the romanticised "chivalrous bandit" or "Robin Hood" image in Japan. An example was when ...

'' (1954) - Otoyo *''Ai to shi no tanima'' (1954) *''Kuroi ushio'' (1954) *''Josei ni kansuru jûni shô'' (1954) - Minako Tobishima *''Hanran: Ni-ni-roku jiken'' (1954) *''Banchô sara yashiki: Okiku to Harima'' (1954) *''Ashizuri misaki'' (1954) *'' Ningen Gyorai Kaiten'' (1955) *''Hana no yukue'' (1955) - Kazue Hashimoto *''Tasogare sakaba'' (1955) - Emy Rosa *''Ukikusa nikki'' (1955) *''Kyatsu o nigasuna'' (1956) - Kimiko Fujisaki *''Tengoku wa doko da'' (1956) *''Onibi'' (1956) *''Kojinbutu no fufu'' (1956) *''Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae'' (1956) *''Oshaberi shacho'' (1957) *''Yama to kawa no aru machi'' (1957) *''Kono futari ni sachi are'' (1957) *''Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae dainibu'' (1957) *''Yoshida to Sanpei monogatari: Ohanake no sekai'' (1957) *''Kuchi kara demakase'' (1958) *''Kigeki ekimae ryokan'' (1958) *''Tsuzurikata kyodai'' (1958) - Natsu *''Suzukake no sanpomichi'' (1959) - Nobuko Takahata *''Sôtome ke no musume tachi'' (1962) - Hatsuko Yoshimura *''Nippon dabi katsukyu'' (1970) *''Futari dake no asa'' (1971) *''Jinsei gekijô'' (1973) *''Shiosai'' (1975) - Wife of a light house keeper *''Kigeki Daiyûkai'' (1976) - Hiroko Nakatani *''Suri Ranka no ai to wakare'' (1976) *''

Tora-san's Forbidden Love is a 1984 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Reiko Ōhara as his love interest or "Madonna". ''Tora-san's Forbidden Love'' is the thirty-fourth entry in the popular, long-runn ...

'' (1984) - Shizuko *''Haru kuru oni'' (1989) *''Ashita'' (1995) - Sumiko Kanazawa *''Nagoriyuki'' (2002) - Kenichiro's mother (final film role)

Television

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Daichūshingura (Dai Chushingura) is a Japanese television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in th ...

'' (1971) - Ume *''

Sanga Moyu ''Sanga Moyu'' (山河燃ゆ) is a Japanese television drama based on the 1983 novel ''Futatsu no Sokoku'' (二つの祖国) by Toyoko Yamazaki. It was NHK's taiga drama in 1984. Synopsis The Amo family lives in Los Angeles, California. Two of ...

'' (1984) - Teru Amo * ''

Sanada Taiheiki is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast on NHK in 1985–1986. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Sanada Taiheiki. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late Sengoku period. The complete ...

'' (1985) -

Kōdai-in (died October 17, 1624), formerly known as , , , was an aristocrat and Buddhist nun, founder of the temple Kōdai-ji in Kyoto, Japan. She was formerly the principal samurai wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi under the name of . Nussbaum, Louis-Fréd� ...

* ''

Sakura A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of Prunus, genus ''Prunus'' or Prunus subg. Cerasus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especia ...

'' (2002) - Toshiko Matsushita

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