Akemi Negishi

Akemi Negishi

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.

Acting

1984

1983

1982

Lady Karuizawa
Movie

Yôko Ayukawa

1981

Distant Thunder
Movie

Mother of Hirotsugu

1979

No More Easy Life
Movie

Mariko's Mother

1978

1973

Lady Snowblood
Movie

Tajire no Okiku

1973

Sex and Fury
Movie

Ogin Shitateya

1970

Dodes'ka-den
Movie

Good-Looking Housewife

1968

Snake Woman's Curse
Movie

Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife

1963

18 Roughs
Movie

Hisako Murata

1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie

Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)

1962

1957

The Lower Depths
Movie

Osen the Prostitute

1956

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Movie

Osen (Country Girl, Miki’s Fiancée)

1956

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Movie

Osen (Country Girl, Miki’s Fiancée)

1956

Sudden Rain
Movie

Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)

1955

I Live in Fear
Movie

Asako Kuribayashi

1953

Anatahan
Movie

Keiko Kusakabe

Infos

Full Name
Akemi Negishi
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
3/26/1934
Date of Death
3/11/2008