Akemi Negishi
Actor
- Born
- March 26, 1934 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- March 11, 2008 (age 73)
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.
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She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11, 2008. She was 73 years old.
Known for
Lady Snowblood
December 1, 1973
Red Beard
March 4, 1965
King Kong vs. Godzilla
August 11, 1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
June 26, 1963
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
August 25, 1972
Dodes'ka-den
October 31, 1970
The Lower Depths
October 1, 1957
I Live in Fear
November 22, 1955
Sex and Fury
February 17, 1973
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
December 29, 1973
Anatahan
June 28, 1953
The Makioka Sisters
May 21, 1983
Acting68
- 1993Aoi bara satsujin jiken as Mitsuko Tsuruta
- 1992The Setting Sun as Yamashita's wife
- 1990Shikibu monogatari as Fuji
- 1984Location as Umeko
- 1983The Makioka Sisters as Mrs. Shimozuma
- 1982Lady Karuizawa as Yôko Ayukawa
- 1981Distant Thunder as Mother of Hirotsugu
- 1981The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
- 1979No More Easy Life as Mariko's Mother
- 1979The Strangling