was a Japanese actress active from 1949 to 1980.
She joined the Nichigeki Dancing Team in 1946. In 1949, she was discovered by film director Keisuke Kinoshita and gave her film debut in his comedy Broken Drum. Under contract with the Shochiku film studios, she starred in many films of Kinoshita and Masaki Kobayashi.
She was married to new wave film director Hiroshi Teshigahara from 1956 until his death in 2001, with whom she had three daughters: Kiri Teshigahara, Akane Teshigahara, and Sakura Teshigahara.
Selected filmography 1949: Broken Drum (破れ太鼓 Yabure-daiko) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1951: The Good Fairy (善魔 Zenma) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1951: Carmen Comes Home (カルメン故郷に帰る Karumen kokyō ni kaeru) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1951: Boyhood (少年期 Shōnenki) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1951: Fireworks over the Sea (海の花火 Umi no hanabi) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1952: Gendai-jin (現代人 Gendai-jin) – dir. Minoru Shibuya 1952: Carmen's Pure Love (カルメン純情す Karumen junjōsu) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1953: New Tokyo March (新東京行進曲 Shin Tokyo koshinkyoku) – dir. Yuzo Kawashima 1955: Twenty-Four Eyes (二十四の瞳 Nijushi no hitomi) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1954: Somewhere Under the Broad Sky (この広い空のどこかに Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi 1955: She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (野菊の如き君なりき Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1955: Beautiful Days (美わしき歳月 Uruwashiki saigetsu) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi 1955: The Tattered Wings (遠い雲 Tōi kumo) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1956: Fountainhead (泉 Izumi) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi 1956: The Thick-Walled Room (壁あつき部屋 Kabe atsuki heya) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi 1957: The Story of Pure Love (純愛物語 Jun'ai monogatari) – dir. Tadashi Imai 1957: Danger Stalks Near (風前の灯 Fūzen no tomoshibi) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1959: Thus Another Day (今日もまたかくてありなん Kyō mo mata kakute ari nan) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita 1959: The Human Condition Pt. 1 + 2 (人間の條件 Ningen no jōken) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi 1960: Cruel Story of Youth (青春残酷物語 Seishun Zankoku Monogatari) – dir. Nagisa Ōshima 1963: The Hidden Profile (風の視線 Kaze no Shizen) – dir. Yoshiro Kawazu 1968: Black Lizard (黒蜥蜴 Kurotokage) – dir. Kinji Fukasaku 1972: Summer Soldiers (サマー・ソルジャー Samā sorujā) – dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara 1980: Woman (ザ・ウーマン Za ūman) – dir. Yoichi Takabayashi
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