was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her performance as
Sada Abe
was a Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, , via strangulation on May 18, 1936, before cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her kimono. The story became a national sensation in Japan, acqu ...
in ''
In the Realm of the Senses
''In the Realm of the Senses'' (french: link=no, L'Empire des sens, Japanese: , ''Ai no Korīda'', "Bullfight of Love") is a 1976 erotic art film written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is a fictionalised and sexually explicit treatment of a ...
''.
[Colette Balmain, ''Introduction to Japanese Horror Film'', Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2008, p.83] She also appeared in ''Seibo Kannon daibosatsu'' (1977) and ''Pinku saron: Kōshoku gonin onna'' (1978).
She died on 9 March 2011 of a brain tumor.
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1952 births
2011 deaths
People from Yokohama
Japanese film actresses
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