Shinobu Otake
| Shinobu Otake | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 大竹 しのぶ |
| Born |
July 17, 1957 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Agent | Avex Management, Inc. |
| Spouse(s) |
Seiji Hattori (1982-1987) Sanma Akashiya (1988-1992) |
| Children | Imalu |
Shinobu Otake (大竹 しのぶ Ōtake Shinobu, born 17 July 1957) is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress (Jiken) and Best Supporting Actress (Seishoku no ishibumi). She also won the award for best actress at the 12th Hochi Film Award for Eien no 1/2.[1] At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Owl.[2] She has received a total of 12 nominations.
She was the favoured lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after his previous lead actress, Nobuko Otowa, died in 1994, and featured in several of his films from A Last Note in 1995 to Postcard in 2011.[3]
Otake has also acted on the stage.
Personal life
Otake was born and grew up mostly in Tokyo. In 1982 she married Seiji Hattori, a Tokyo Broadcasting director who died in 1987. One year later, Otake married Akashiya Sanma, but got divorced in 1992. In the early 1990s Otake lived with playwright Hideki Noda.
Otake has two children, Nichika, a son by Hattori and Imaru, a daughter by Sanma. After her divorce she kept custody.
Filmography
Film
- 1977 Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen aka The Gate of Youth Part 2
- 1978 Jiken aka The Incident
- 1979 Ah! Nomugi Toge aka Nomugi Pass
- 1986 Hakō kirameku hate aka Beyond the Shining Sea
- 1987 Eien no 1/2
- 1992 Original Sin
- 1996 Gonin 2 aka Five Women
- 1998 Gakko III aka Gakko III: The New Voyage
- 1999 Poppoya aka Railroad Man
- 1999 Kuroi ie aka The Black House
- 1999 Will to Live
- 2000 Shiki-Jitsu
- 2001 Go
- 2003 Ashura no gotoku aka Like Asura
- 2003 Owl
- 2010 My Darling is a Foreigner
- 2011 Postcard
- 2015 The Mourner
- 2015 Our Little Sister
- 2015 Galaxy Turnpike
- 2016 Black Widow Business – Sayoko Takeuchi
- 2016 Sanada 10 Braves – Yodo-dono
Animated film
- 1980 Twelve Months – Anja
- 2010 Arrietty – Homily
- 2013 The Wind Rises – Mrs. Kurokawa
Television
- 1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu – Odai no kata
- 2011 Gō – One
Commercials
In 2012, she became a representative for NTT DoCoMo's "Raku-Raku Smartphone", a smartphone aimed at the over-55s.[4]
Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (2011)
References
- ↑ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ↑ "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ↑ Shindo, Kaneto (2012). Nagase, Hiroko, ed. 100 sai no ryugi [The Centenarian's Way] (in Japanese). PHP. ISBN 978-4-569-80434-7.
- ↑ "「らくらくスマートフォン」20日予約開始、大竹しのぶがミニスカ登場". 2012-07-17. Retrieved 17 August 2013.