is an
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
, born 24 October 1952 in
Ise,
Mie Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture an ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
.
She started her career in the 1977 movie
Karate for Life. One of her television roles was as Osono, a
ninja
A , or was a spy and infiltrator in pre-modern Japan. The functions of a ninja included siege and infiltration, ambush, reconnaissance, espionage, deception, and later bodyguarding.Kawakami, pp. 21–22 Antecedents may have existed as ear ...
in the
jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "historical drama, period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, crafts ...
series ''Yoshimune Hyōbanki:
Abarenbō Shōgun.'' She also regularly appeared in ''
Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi''.
Filmography
Film
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Karate for Life'' (1977) – Reiko
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New Female Convict Scorpion Special: Block X'' (1977) – Nami Matsushima
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The Fall of Ako Castle'' (1978) – Osen
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Family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
'' (2001)
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Family 2'' (2001)
*''Hakodate Coffee'' (2016)
Television
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Shiroi Kyotō'' (1978) – Kanako
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Abarenbō Shōgun III'' (1990) – Osono
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Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi'' (season1-3)
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Massan
is a Japanese television drama series, the 91st Asadora (morning drama) broadcast daily on NHK from September 29, 2014, until March 28, 2015. ''Massan'' is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Co ...
'' (2014) – Kayo Tanaka
Awards
References
External links
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Official site*
1952 births
Living people
Japanese actresses
People from Ise, Mie
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