Nobuko Otowa (乙羽信子) Japanese Actress Born in 1924

#shorts Subscribe to see more videos like this. Go watch a Japanese film and have a great rest of your day! Follow Me Here: Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/IntakeCinema/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntakeCinema Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/intakecinema Support Me Here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IntakeCinema Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intakecinema Script: The Japanese actress Nobuko Otowa was born 100 years ago today on October 1st, 1924 in Tottori Prefecture. In 1939, at 15, she made her stage debut and after that she began a career as a theater actor, with many starring roles. In 1950, she left stage acting and joined Daiei where she was marketed as "The Million Dollar Dimple", making her debut in the film "Virgin Peak". In 1951, she starred in Kaneto Shindō's "Story of a Beloved Wife", which would catapult her into more serious and older roles moving forward. She married Shindō the following year, and would go on to appear in many of his films. Otowa passed away on December 22nd, 1994, from liver cancer at 70 years old. From 1950 to 1994 she appeared in over 150 films, you can see her in "Onibaba", "The Naked Island", and "Children of Hiroshima", to name a few.