Akemi Negishi
ActingBiography
Akemi Negishi (根岸明美 Negishi Akemi, b. 26 March 1934, Tokyo, Japan - died 11 March 2008 (73), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was a Japanese actress. In 1953, when Josef von Sternberg made a film adaptation of the Queen of Anatahan incident, she was discovered at an audition and made her debut in the lead role in Anatahan. Since then, she has been active mainly in film and television. She gained popularity as an actress with a bewitching charm who "could act as well." Ishirō Honda said that Negishi's unique aura suited his films. She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11, 2008. She was 73 years old.
Movies
(64 total)
Lady Snowblood
as Tajire no Okiku
Red Beard
as Okuni
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
Dodes'ka-den
as Good-Looking Housewife
The Lower Depths
as Osen the Prostitute
I Live in Fear
as Asako Kuribayashi
Sex and Fury
as Ogin Shitateya
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
as Prison Guard Minamimura
The Makioka Sisters
as Mrs. Shimozuma
Anatahan
as Keiko Kusakabe
Female Yakuza Tale
as Osada
Beast Man Snow Man
as Chika
Sudden Rain
as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as The Mountain Girl
Distant Thunder
as Mother of Hirotsugu
A Wife's Heart
as Sumiko
Snake Woman's Curse
as Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife