Akemi Negishi
Acting1934Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting History
1993
Aoi bara satsujin jiken
as Mitsuko Tsuruta
1992
The Setting Sun
as Yamashita's wife
1990
Shikibu monogatari
as Fuji
1984
Location
as Umeko
1983
The Makioka Sisters
as Mrs. Shimozuma
1982
Lady Karuizawa
as Yôko Ayukawa
1981
Distant Thunder
as Mother of Hirotsugu
1979
1978
Dangerous Liaisons
as Masae Miyakawa
1977
The Life of Chikuzan
as Tami
1974
Military Comfort Woman
as Kura
1973
Sex and Fury
as Ogin Shitateya
Lady Snowblood
as Tajire no Okiku
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
as Prison Guard Minamimura
Female Yakuza Tale
as Osada
1972
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
as Otsuka
1971
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
as Katsuko Ogawa
1970
Play It Cool
as Tomi
The Hot Little Girl
as Keiko
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as Cecile Hanada
Dodes'ka-den
as Good-Looking Housewife
1969
1968
Snake Woman's Curse
as Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
1965
Red Beard
as Okuni
1963
18 Roughs
as Hisako Murata
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as The Mountain Girl
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Atsuko Shimada
The Lower Depths
as Osen the Prostitute
A Man in the Storm
as Okon
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Osen (Country Girl, Miki’s Fiancée)
Sudden Rain
as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
A Wife's Heart
as Sumiko
1955
1954
1953
Red-Light Bases
as Yukiko
Anatahan
as Keiko Kusakabe