Akemi Negishi
Akemi Negishi 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, Dodesukaden, and Ikimono no kiroku. Negishi also had a supporting role in Shurayukihime, which was reportedly one of the main inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill. Other credits included Tokyo no kyujitsu, Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman, King Kong vs. Godzilla and Kaidan hebi-onna. 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 – Keiko Kusakabe, the 'Queen Bee'Akasen kichi – YukikoSaraba Rabauru – KimuMako osorubeshi Jû jin yuki otoko – Chika, villagerAsunaro monogatari – YukieI Live in Fear – Asako KuribayashiShūu – HinakoAnkokugai – NatsueKon'yaku sanbagarasu Tsuma no kokoro – SumikoArashi no naka no otoko – OkonA Rainbow Plays in My Heart – Atsuko ShimadaThe Lower Depths – Osen the ProstituteSong for a Bride A Holiday in Tokyo – Ballet DancerHalf Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman – The Mountain GirlHappiness of Us Alone King Kong vs. Godzilla – Chikiro's Mother Arashi wo yobu jûhachinin – Hisako MurataBôsu o tosê Zûzûshii yatsu – KirikoZoku zûzûshii yatsu – KirikoZoku kôkô san'nensei – Yasuko HanaiNemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken – Seiga the Medium / KunoichiRed Beard – Okuni, the mistressOre ni tsuite koi! Buraikan jingi – Tokuko KumagaiKigeki: Kyûkô ressha Ârappoi no ha gômen dazê Kaidan hebi-onna – Masae Ônuma, Landlord's WifeKemeko no uta – FumiMaruhi joshidaisei: Ninshin chûzetsu Denki kurage – Tomi, Yumi's motherOnna-tarashi no teiô – Cecile HanadaShibire Kurage – KeikoDodes'ka-den – Good-Looking HousewifeAsobi – Boy's motherJoshû 701-gô: Sasori – OtsukaOnna ikitemasu: Sakariba wataridori – HarueSex & Fury – Ogin ShitateyaYasagure anego den: Sôkatsu rinchi – OsadaLady Snowblood – Tajire no OkikuFemale Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song – Prison guard MinamimuraJyûgun ianfu – KuraHatsukoi – Michiko MatsumiyaKamome-yo, kirameku umi o mitaka/meguri ai Ai to makoto: Kanketsu-hen The Life of Chikuzan – TamiKiken na kankei – Masae MiyakawaOrion no satsui yori – Joji no houteishiki – The motherMotto shinayaka ni, motto shitataka ni Kôsatsu – HatsukoMo hozue wa tsukanai – Mariko's motherHadaka no taisho horo-ki: Yamashita Kiyoshi monogatari Enrai – Mother of HirotsuguKaruizawa fujin – Yôko / Keiko's nieceChichi to ko – Yoshie KudoSasameyuki – Mrs. ShimozumaLocation – UmekoShikibu monogatari – FujiRakuyô – Yamashita's wife