was a Japanese actress and film director.

Life

Hidari was born in

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, as the eldest of 8 children. She graduated from Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education and gave her film debut in 1952 in ''Wakaki hi no ayamachi''. Between 1952 and 1995, she appeared in more than 90 films under the direction of filmmakers such as

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and

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. In 1964, she won the

Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress (german: Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chos ...

at the

14th Berlin International Film Festival The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964. The Swedish film '' 491'' by Vilgot Sjöman was rejected by festival director ''Alfred Bauer'' owing to its controversial nature. The Golden Bear was awarde ...

for her roles in '' She and He'' and ''

The Insect Woman is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival, where Sachiko Hidari won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award. It was also awarded numerous national film prizes. Plot ...

''. In 1977, she directed and starred in the film '' The Far Road'', which made her the first woman actor–director since

Kinuyo Tanaka 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). W ...

, and was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Hidari also appeared on stage and television. She died of lung cancer in 2001. Hidari was married to director

Susumu Hani is a Japanese film director, and one of the most prominent representatives of the 1960s Japanese New Wave. Born in Tokyo, he has directed both documentaries and feature films. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his firs ...

from 1959 to 1977, with whom she had one daughter, Mio Hani. Her sister is actress Tokie Hidari.

Selected filmography

* '' An Inn at Osaka'' (1954) * ''The Maid's Kid'' (1955) * '' The Balloon'' (1956) * ''

Mahiru no ankoku is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai. It is based on an actual court case, described in the non-fiction book "Saibankan–Hito no inochi wa kenryoku de ubaeru mono ka" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki. Cast * Kōjirō Kusanagi * Sac ...

'' (1956) * ''

Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate is a 1957 Japanese comedy film directed by Yūzō Kawashima with a screenplay by Kawashima, Shōhei Imamura and Keiichi Tanaka. It was voted the fifth best Japanese film of all time in a poll of 140 Japanese critics and filmmakers conducted by ...

'' (1957) * ''Warm Current'' (1957) * ''The Boy Who Came Back'' (1958) * ''

Ballad of the Cart is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. It was written by Yoshikata Yoda, based on a novel by activist Tomoe Yamashiro. Plot In Hiroshima Prefecture during the Meiji era, simple housemaid Seki accepts the proposal of Moich ...

'' (1959) * ''

A Woman's Testament is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa and Yasuzo Masumura. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot This is a series of three stories revolving around women. The first story i ...

'' (1960) * ''

The Demon of Mount Oe is a 1960 Japanese horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka and produced by Daiei Film. The film is about Samurai warriors joining forces to defeat a shape-changing supernatural creature. Cast Release ''The Demon of Mount Oe'' was released i ...

'' (1960) * ''

'' (1963) * '' She and He'' (1963) * ''

A Fugitive from the Past , also titled ''Straits of Hunger'' or ''Hunger Straits'', is a 1965 Japanese crime drama film directed by Tomu Uchida and starring Rentarō Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari and Ken Takakura. It is based on the 1962 novel ''Kiga kaikyō'' by Tsutomu Mi ...

'' (1965) * ''

The Wild Sea is a 1969 Japanese Seafaring film directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki. Planning took five years, and it was filmed under Director Yamazaki over a one year and two month period. Plot Source: Yōji Kitami is a young man who stands at the crossroads of ...

'' (1969) * ''Faire l'amour : De la pilule à l'ordinateur'' (1971, also co-dir.,

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) * '' Under the Flag of the Rising Sun'' (1972) * ''

Barefoot Gen is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. Loosely based on Nakazawa's own experiences as a Hiroshima survivor, the series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where the six-year-old boy Gen Nakaoka liv ...

'' (1976) * '' The Far Road'' (1977, also dir.) * ''

The Love Suicides at Sonezaki ''The Love Suicides at Sonezaki'' (曾根崎心中, ''Sonezaki Shinjū'') is a jōruri play by the Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. The double suicides that occurred on May 22, 1703 inspired Chikamatsu to write this play and thus ''The ...

'' (1978) * '' Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'' (1985)

Awards

* 1955:

Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress The Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is a film award given at 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 1 ...

for ''Ofukuro'' and ''Jinsei tombo gaeri'' * 1963:

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress The Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress is as part of its annual Blue Ribbon Awards for Japanese film, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films relea ...

and

Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress The Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards. Award Winners References Film awards for lead actress Awards established in 1947 1947 establishments in Japan Lists of films by award Actress ...

for ''The Insect Woman'' and ''She and He'' * 1964: Silver Bear for Best Actress and

Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress The Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress is given by ''Kinema Junpo , commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of d ...

for ''The Insect Woman'' and ''She and He'' * 1965: Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress for ''A Fugitive from the Past'' * 1967: Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Onna no issho'' and ''Harubiyori'' * 2001: Mainichi Film Special Award for her lifetime achievement

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hidari, Sachiko 1930 births 2001 deaths 20th-century Japanese actresses Japanese film actresses Japanese film directors Japanese women film directors People from Toyama (city) Deaths from lung cancer in Japan Silver Bear for Best Actress winners