Ryōko Tateishi
Ryōko Tateishi, real name 立石凉子 was a Japanese stage, movie, television, and voice-over actress from Nagasaki, the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture. She appeared in many theatrical works directed by Yukio Ninagawa. She appeared in the Japanese television dramas Third Year Class B Mr. Kinpachi, From the North Country, and Downtown Rocket.
She joined the Engeki Shūdan En troupe in 1976, staying with them until 2015, when she moved to Sis Company. She won an individual award at the 39th Kinokuniya Awards in 2004. Her final stage appearance was in a 2019 adaptation of Crime and Punishment.
After being diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2019, Tateishi's health became worse in June 2020, and she died of lung cancer on 2 August 2020 in Tokyo at age 68.
Biography
Ryōko Tateishi grew up in Nagasaki, graduating from. After graduation, she worked as a flight attendant on international flights for an airline before switching to acting because there were no age restrictions and she could make it a lifelong career. She studied acting at a school operated by Bungakuza, graduating in 1974 and joining Kumo Theatre Company. The following year, that company split, and she moved to. She studied abroad in London in 1996 for a year, including at École Philippe Gaulier, as part of an Agency for Cultural Affairs program.Throughout her career, she appeared in many theatrical works directed by Yukio Ninagawa. She appeared in numerous Japanese television dramas, including,, and. She moved to in 2015. At the 39th Kinokuniya Awards in 2004, she won an individual award. Sankei Sports noted that she was a "famous supporting actor".
Her final stage appearance was in a 2019 adaptation of Crime and Punishment. In September 2019, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Pornography, a 2020 performance she planned to be in, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Her health became worse in June 2020, and she died of lung cancer on 2 August 2020 in Tokyo at age 68.
Roles
Roles are listed chronologically, and starring/main roles are bolded.Films
Hata from Class 4-3 – Kimura-senseiTeacher – Fumiko YamaguchiTokei – Adieu l'hiver – KonekoLove Bites Back – HostRing, Ring, Ring: The Champion Belt of Tears – Ryōko KimuraSpiderman. – Manabu's motherCherry Boys – Kazuyo KunimoriYour Wife Requires Special Handling – herselfStage
Much Ado About Nothing The Savior Cat Lolita Is Now... Crossing the River in Summer Richard III Kyōko A Streetcar Named Desire Ring Ring Ring Three Sisters The Elephant Vanishes Far From Shibuya Valkyrie of the Midnight Sun 'Tis Pity She's a Whore – HippolitaNice Age Shunkin The Original Two-Faced Frog Battle Glass Mask – Haru KitajimaBedroom Fantasy –Glass Mask: The Two Helens – Haru KitajimaThe Glass Menagerie – Amanda WingfieldThe Tale of Princess Hinoura Total Eclipse, Theater Brava! ) – Eugenie KrantzDrifting Chronicles – KishiAnna Christie – Marthy OwenCrime and Punishment – Pulkheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova and Alyona IvanovnaTelevision
;1970sSuddenly a Man Ōedo Sōsamō – guest starIroha no "I" – Kyōko OdaPola TV Stories Part 17: "Little Fish" – NorikoThe Twenty-Faced Monster – guest starThe Three Towers – guest starTomorrow's Detective and 40 – guest starThe Great UFO War: Fight, Red Tiger! – guest starGossip Detectives Tommy and Matsu series 1 – guest star;1980sSpecial Investigation Front Line – guest starPolice Superintendant K – Yoshiko UeyamaThe Cruel License series 3 – guest starMetropolitan Police Department Homicide Department – guest starFrom the North Country – Yuriko NakahataDai Sentai Goggle-V – Mrs. HamadaThe Vanished School Bus: Kindergarten Group Disappearance: "It Started Happening Since the Summer Festival" Seichō Matsumoto Special 9: Restraint – Drug Store OwnerGinga TV Stories: Ganbattannen – Ryōhei's older sisterRiyako Asabuki, Attorney – Taeko Kudō The New Woman Investigator – guest starThe Elevator of Terror Revenge of the Children: The Case of the High School Student Murder House of Uncertainties – MizueGenshū Hanayagi Prison Diary Yōkirō I'm Feeling Like a Great Detective – Noriko MorimuraA Woman's Lifetime Seichō Matsumoto's Black Art Book: Himo Seven Years' Reward The Red Secret – Sanae Tamura's motherComeback Couple: The Husband's Sudden Homemaker Declaration! The Hangman V – Ritsuko TozakiThe Case of the Murder on the "Ginga" Sleeper Express – Haruko IzakiHowl at the Sun! Part 2 – neighborhood housewife1am in the Big City June Bride 4: The Nightmare Bride – Head NurseThe Bride in the Wheelchair The Devil in the Woman The Red Bash – Hiroko TatsukiThe Muta Detective Agency Case Files 8 – Setsuko MizunoChōshichirō Edo Diary – Nao AoyamaStraying Detective Innocence Faction 1st series – Tadokoro's wifeRun Away! Run Away! Third Year Class B Mr. Kinpachi Youthful Aurora Spin: Tears of the Swan – Kanako's motherJune Bride 2: The Case of the Engagement Cancellation Murder Straying Detective Innocence Faction 2nd series – Takako EnjōjiMy Beloved Husband
;1990sSomeday with Someone The Murder of the Beautiful Private Secretary – Harumi KitamuraSummer-Colored Album – Tōko WakabayashiBaian Fujieda, Instigator I Can't Go Home 2nd series – Taeko SawadaSuper-Talent-Power! 2nd series I See Only You – Shizu YamaneThe Red Hearse – Masako OgasawaraI've Always Loved You – FukuiLightly – MachikoOur Town, 2, and 10 – Mutsuko Narumi / Sarah MeyerNight Head – Yumiko FutamiWandering Detective Traveling Mood Compilation V – Masae YamaguchiProsecutor Yūko Kasumi 10: Dark Production – Misao SonoFull Moon Travel Mood Mystery 9: Stairway to Heaven – Mitsue FujikawaWataru Seken wa Oni Bakari 2nd series – MichikoKyōto Ōmi Murder Highway – Midori SayamaFamily of One – Ikuyo MasudaHeaven's Coin – Kazuko AraiThe New Riyako Asabuki, Attorney – Sayomi YamashitaThe Ugly Duckling – Sumiko MatsunagaCase 4: The Woman Who Turned Off the Life Support Machine! The Tragic Slaying of Her Mother-in-Law... – Hatsuyo MaedaCoach A Nurse's Job – Junko OnoderaLady Detective: Otome Sakura's Casebook – Yōko HatanoNarita Divorce – Miwa HoshinoGTO – Yoshiko UchiyamadaChiharu Saotome's Tour Guide Report – Yoshiko TanakaRural Reporter Yōsuke Tachibana 12: Hidatakayama Communications Bureau – Akiko NagaoAfrican Nights – Owner of the snack Bar "Rei"Straying Detective Innocence Faction 12th series – Harue KanekoAdding to the Wanted List 2: Nagasaki, Population 427,000: Is the Old Timer Burned Alive in the Middle of an Undercover Investigation Still Alive? Finding Out Off the Record! – Nobue KuwaharaThe Muta Detective Agency Case Files 27 –
;2000sThe Housekeeper Saw! 18 – Yoshie SugitaniEmergency Room 24 Hours 2nd series – Fumiko YamaguchiThe Muta Detective Agency vs. Detective Ushio of the Terminus Station – Horiuchi-senseiSeichō Matsumoto Special: Waiting a Year and a Half – Naomi KamimuraPsycho Doctor – Takako Matsumoto's motherAssistant Inspector Jirō Tsukuda 16: Woman's Wager – Head Nurse MuraiKyōto Labyrinth Guide 6th series – Ayano MorimotoRyōma ga Yuku – OtakeRuriko Amemiya, Financial Crimes Investigator – Masako YamazakiSocrates in Love – Junpei Mashima's motherFuruhata Ninzaburō Final – Tamayo HoribeHospital Power: Starry Sky Hospital – Head Nurse ArayaGenius Detective Bonroku Noro 1 – Kikue TanakaTaichi Yamada Drama Special: Truth, Lies, and Tequila The Auditor – Yoshiko KuwaharaBrand Detective 3: The Case of the Counterfeit Wagyū Murder – Sumie SetoShinano's Columbo Detective, File 17: The Case of the Tōno Murder – Michiko MiyagiThe Quiz Show – Misako KatsuragiWoman Police Chief – Keiko HayamiFlower Festival – Hisako Shirayama
;2010sAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo – Sanae ShigetaControl: Criminal Mind Investigations – Nobuko AokiSection Chief: Jinnan Station Azumi Section – Taeko FukumuraFishing Detective 2 – Kazuko IsogaiNew Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Investigation Division 9 Duty Clerk – Tokiko KudōLaw Professor Yoshiko Hodaka – Satoko Toyooka Our Starry Dance – Hidamari Preschool PrincipalThe Secret from My Old Man: The Five Shimoarai Siblings Homecoming – Kinu YamazakiSection Chief: Jinnan Station Azumi Section – Misako KiyoseKyōto Murder Lessons – Tokiko AkamaProof: Divorce Attorney Yoshimi Katsuki Retired Female Prosecutor 4 – Harumi YamadaPeople of Fuji: The Wife of Mount Fuji – Kesa SatouBattle of the Coin – Yoshiko IgusaThe Love Lives of Doctors – Fusae NogamiOmote Sandō High School Chorus Club! – Tomoyo HaradaI'm an Agent! Contract Incident Detective – Kimiko TokunagaA Certain Duck Bus Day – Momoko TawaraWe're Playboys: A Middle-Aged Detective Agency – Akiko SakataOnna Michi – Fumiko YamaguchiSumika Sumire – Yoshie YoshidaAnthropologist Kumiko Misaki's Expert Homicide Analysis 6 – Haruyo MiymuraThe Detectives Seven – Kazuko NagasawaDoctor Y: Hideki Kaji, Surgeon – Yōko TanamiDetective Seiichi Yoshinaga: The Tearful Case Files 14 – Fumiko TsumuraMiddle-Aged Superman Mr. Saenai – Haruko SaenaiCrime Syndrome – Hatsue IsomuraAssistant Inspector Kōichi Usui – Sae KiriyamaMetropolitan Police Department, First Criminal Section Chief – Kyōko SakuragawaIzakaya Fuji – Mitsuko TakahashiForgotten Investigations – Kayoko TakeharaCode Blue – Kazumi KurataHeadhunter – Mizue MatsuharaImmorality Police Special Spring Edition – Rie FujimuraDowntown Rocket – Kyōko TonomuraUnder the Flowers – Tokie MatsuuraThat's Why People Mistake It for Love – Haruko ItōThe White-Robed Warrior! – Sawako TanakaThe Woman of the Science Research Institute – KomineProsecutor Sagata: Hope of a Verdict – Mai Gōko