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27 March 1945(Otaru, Japan)
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Biography
Introduction
Nobuko Miyamoto (宮本 信子, Miyamoto Nobuko, born March 27, 1945) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo 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.
Selected filmography
Film
- Lost Sex (1966)
- The Funeral (1984)
- Tampopo (1985)
- A Taxing Woman (1987)
- A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
- Sweet Home (1989) as Akiko Hayakawa
- Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
- Minbo (1992)
- Daibyonin (1993)
- Supermarket Woman (1996)
- Marutai no Onna (1997)
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
- Hankyū Densha (2011) as Tokie Hagiwara
- Ichigo no Uta (2019)
- God of Kinema (2020)
Television
- Mōri Motonari (1997), Tae
- Tenchijin (2009), narrator
- Amachan (2013)
- Botchan (2016)
- Hiyokko (2017), Suzuko
- In This Corner of the World (2018), Ito Morita
- Hiyokko 2 (2019), Suzuko
Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (2014)