Akemi Negishi

Akemi Negishi
Akemi Negishi
根岸明美
	Negishi in 1952
Born	26 March 1934; Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Died	11 March 2008 (aged 73)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1948–1993
Known for	Anatahan; Half Human; King Kong vs. Godzilla
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Akemi Negishi (根岸明美, Negishi Akemi, 26 March 1934 – 11 March 2008) was a Japanese actress.

Film career

Tokyo-born Akemi Negishi came to the attention of international audiences when she starred in the US/Japanese co-production Anatahan, her debut film. Josef von Sternberg directed the tale of shipwrecked Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that World War II had ended six years after the bombing of Hiroshima.

Negishi made several films with the acclaimed Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, including Donzoko (The Lower Depths), Dodesukaden, and Ikimono no kiroku (I Live in Fear). Negishi also had a supporting role in Shurayukihime (Lady Snowblood), which was reportedly one of the main inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill. Other credits included Tokyo no kyujitsu (Tokyo Holiday), Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (aka Half Human, with John Carradine), King Kong vs. Godzilla and Kaidan hebi-onna (Snake Woman's Curse). Her last film role was in Barameraba in 2005.

Death

She died from ovarian cancer, aged 73, in Kawasaki, Japan in 2008.

Partial filmography

Anatahan (1953) – Keiko Kusakabe, the 'Queen Bee'
Akasen kichi (1953) – Yukiko
Saraba Rabauru (1954) – Kimu
Mako osorubeshi (1954)
Jû jin yuki otoko (1955) – Chika, villager
Asunaro monogatari (1955) – Yukie
I Live in Fear (1955) – Asako Kuribayashi
Shūu (1956) – Hinako
Ankokugai (1956) – Natsue
Kon'yaku sanbagarasu (1956)
Tsuma no kokoro (1956) – Sumiko
Arashi no naka no otoko (1957) – Okon
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart (1957) – Atsuko Shimada
The Lower Depths (1957) – Osen the Prostitute
Song for a Bride (1958)
A Holiday in Tokyo (1958) – Ballet Dancer
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1959) – The Mountain Girl
Happiness of Us Alone (1961)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) – Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl)
Arashi wo yobu jûhachinin (1963) – Hisako Murata
Bôsu o tosê (1963)
Zûzûshii yatsu (1964) – Kiriko
Zoku zûzûshii yatsu (1964) – Kiriko
Zoku kôkô san'nensei (1964) – Yasuko Hanai
Nemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken (1964) – Seiga the Medium / Kunoichi
Red Beard (1965) – Okuni, the mistress
Ore ni tsuite koi! (1965)
Buraikan jingi (1965) – Tokuko Kumagai
Kigeki: Kyûkô ressha (1967)
Ârappoi no ha gômen dazê (1967)
Kaidan hebi-onna (1968) – Masae Ônuma, Landlord's Wife
Kemeko no uta (1968) – Fumi
Maruhi joshidaisei: Ninshin chûzetsu (1969)
Denki kurage (1970) – Tomi, Yumi's mother
Onna-tarashi no teiô (1970) – Cecile Hanada
Shibire Kurage (1970) – Keiko
Dodes'ka-den (1970) – Good-Looking Housewife
Asobi (1971) – Boy's mother
Joshû 701-gô: Sasori (1972) – Otsuka
Onna ikitemasu: Sakariba wataridori (1972) – Harue
Sex & Fury (1973) – Ogin Shitateya
Yasagure anego den: Sôkatsu rinchi (1973) – Osada
Lady Snowblood (1973) – Tajire no Okiku
Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song (1973) – Prison guard Minamimura
Jyûgun ianfu (1974) – Kura
Hatsukoi (1975) – Michiko Matsumiya
Kamome-yo, kirameku umi o mitaka/meguri ai (1975)
Ai to makoto: Kanketsu-hen (1976)
The Life of Chikuzan (1977) – Tami
Kiken na kankei (1978) – Masae Miyakawa
Orion no satsui yori – Joji no houteishiki (1978) – The mother
Motto shinayaka ni, motto shitataka ni (1979)
Kôsatsu (1979) – Hatsuko
Mo hozue wa tsukanai (1979) – Mariko,s mother
Hadaka no taisho horo-ki: Yamashita Kiyoshi monogatari (1981)
Enrai (1981) – Mother of Hirotsugu
Karuizawa fujin (1982) – Yôko / Keiko's niece
Chichi to ko (1983) – Yoshie Kudo
Sasameyuki (1983) – Mrs. Shimozuma
Location (1984) – Umeko
Shikibu monogatari (1990) – Fuji
Rakuyô (1992) – Yamashita's wife

External links

Akemi Negishi at IMDb