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Nobuko Miyamoto

Actor

Nobuko Miyamoto

Born March 27, 1945 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan38 films

Nobuko Miyamoto (born March 27, 1945) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Jūzō Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in A Taxing Woman.

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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya posterFirst watchThe Tale of The Princess Kaguya20138.1as Ōna / Narrator (voice)Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady.View film

Essential films

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Tampopo poster7.8Tampopo1985Stand by Me Doraemon 2 poster7.8Stand by Me Doraemon 22020Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald poster7.7Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald1997The Funeral poster7.2The Funeral1984A Taxing Woman's Return poster6.4A Taxing Woman's Return1988

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. 2022Haw
  2. 2022BL MetamorphosisYuki Ichinoi
  3. 2021It's a Flickering LifeYoshiko
  4. 2020Stand by Me Doraemon 2Nobita's Grandmother (voice)
  5. 2019Four Women Living in That House牧田鶴代
  6. 2016The Ice Ruts효도 치에코
  7. 2016BotchanKiyo
  8. 2015Happiness Is HereFukuko Hanada
  9. 2013The Tale of The Princess KaguyaŌna / Narrator (voice)
  10. 2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetYamamoto's mother
  11. 2011Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute MiracleTokie Hagiwara
  12. 2007BizanRyuko Kouno
  13. 2003北の国から 記憶 前編
  14. 2002北の国から記憶
  15. 1997Welcome Back, Mr. McDonaldRumiko Yamazaki
  16. 1997Woman in Witness ProtectionIsono Biwako
  17. 1996Supermarket WomanHanako Inoue
  18. 1995A Quiet LifeDanto's Wife
  19. 1993The Last DanceMariko
  20. 1992Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese ExtortionMahiru Inoue
  21. 1990Tales of a Golden GeishaNayoko
  22. 1989Fancy DanceShizuko Shiono
  23. 1989BuddiesKimiko
  24. 1989Sweet HomeAkiko Hayakawa
  25. 1988A Taxing Woman's ReturnRyoko Itakura
  26. 1987A Taxing WomanRyoko Itakura
  27. 1985TampopoTampopo
  28. 1984The FuneralChizuko Amamiya
  29. 1984Deaths in TokimekiOwner at the inn
  30. 1982Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
  31. 1982Kidnapping BluesThe Inn's Daughter
  32. 1980Four Seasons: NatsukoMariko
  33. 1973After School
  34. 1972The Long DarknessTetsuro's other sister
  35. 1971Tora-san's Shattered Romance绢代
  36. 1968Scrap Collectors
  37. 1967Sing a Song of SexSanae Satomi
  38. 1966Lost SexYoung girl