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Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

1945-03-27

Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

Age: 80

ACTING

Biography

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.

Best known for:

The Karate Kid Part II

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Tampopo

Stand by Me Doraemon 2

House of Ninjas

A Taxing Woman's Return

The Funeral

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

A Taxing Woman

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Sweet Home

Supermarket Woman

Sing a Song of Sex

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Fancy Dance

The Last Dance

BL Metamorphosis

The Long Darkness

Buddies

Amachan

Woman in Witness Protection

It's a Flickering Life

A Quiet Life

Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle

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Filmography:

Lost Sex (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Young girl
Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Sanae Satomi
Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Kinuyo
The Long Darkness (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Tetsuro's other sister
Four Seasons: Natsuko (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Mariko
Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
母・桂木トシ江
Kidnapping Blues (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
The Inn's Daughter
The Funeral (1984)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Chizuko Amamiya

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Deaths in Tokimeki (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Owner at the inn
Tampopo (1985)
6.7
APPEREAD AS:
Tampopo
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
5.2
WORK AS:
Choreographer
A Taxing Woman (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
Ryoko Itakura
A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
5
APPEREAD AS:
Ryoko Itakura
Sweet Home (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Akiko Hayakawa
Buddies (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Kimiko
Fancy Dance (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Shizuko Shiono

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Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Nayoko
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
APPEREAD AS:
Mahiru Inoue
The Last Dance (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Mariko
A Quiet Life (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Danto's Wife
Supermarket Woman (1996)
APPEREAD AS:
Hanako Inoue
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Rumiko Yamazaki
Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
APPEREAD AS:
Isono Biwako
Dondo Hare (2007)
APPEREAD AS:
Kagami Tamaki
Bizan (2007)
APPEREAD AS:
Ryuko Kouno
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle (2011)
APPEREAD AS:
Tokie Hagiwara
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
APPEREAD AS:
Yamamoto's mother
Amachan (2013)
APPEREAD AS:
天野夏
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
7.1
APPEREAD AS:
Ōna / Narrator (voice)
Happiness Is Here (2015)
APPEREAD AS:
Fukuko Hanada
Botchan (2016)
APPEREAD AS:
Kiyo
The Ice Ruts (2016)
APPEREAD AS:
효도 치에코
Hiyokko (2017)
APPEREAD AS:
Suzuko Makino
In This Corner of the World (2018)
APPEREAD AS:
Ito Morita
Four Women Living in That House (2019)
APPEREAD AS:
牧田鶴代
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)
6.6
APPEREAD AS:
Nobita's Grandmother (voice)
It's a Flickering Life (2021)
APPEREAD AS:
Yoshiko
BL Metamorphosis (2022)
APPEREAD AS:
Yuki Ichinoi
About Sunday Night... (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
Higuchi Fujiko
The Chocolate Man (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
Narration
House of Ninjas (2024)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Taki Tawara
The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea (2024)
APPEREAD AS:
Izumi