Sanae Nakahara
Sanae Nakahara was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood, Shogun's Samurai, and Virus. Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her son, Kenta Fukasaku, is another well-known Japanese film director.
She graduated from the Kunimoto Girls' High School. Her mother was a stage actress and raised her after divorcing her father.
Career
She first starred in the film Mura Hachibu while still in high school, a film about the Shizuoka Prefecture Ueno village ostracism incident. Two years later she signed an exclusive contract with Japanese movie studio Nikkatsu, appearing in films such as Season of the Sun. She appeared in around 80 works over the next 8 years before becoming independent and acting for other studios.
Her most recent work had mainly been appearances on stage.
Personal life
Nakahara married Kinji Fukasaku, who at the time was a young director at Toei, after they worked together on the film Wolves, Pigs and Men. According to her, there were no meetings with Fukasaku, and although he gave her some acting instruction on the set, they hardly spoke to each other otherwise, but after the film he took, as she described, a furious approach with letters and phone calls. They decided to get married after being together only 3 months. Whenever he directed his own starring actresses, the media was taken with stories of the crisis of their marriage. She continued to support her husband’s filmmaking.
Death
Nakahara died in her home on May 15, 2012. An apartment manager, at the request of her son, entered her home and found her collapsed in the bathroom. Doctors confirmed her death at the hospital with the cause of death being heart failure.
Filmography
Actress
Kani Kōsen .... NatsuMura hatibu Moeru Shanghai .... Qing LianWakai hitotachi Aisureba koso .... Minako Ôkami Hi no tori Niko-yon monogatari .... KimikoThe Baby Carriage .... Sachiko KanedaGyûnyû ya Furankî .... HatsuFrankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki All We Want Is Happiness .... KimikoFrankie Bûchan no zoku aa gunkaki: Nyogo ga-shima funsenki Temptation .... Mitsuko SakuragiKokoro to nikutai no tabi .... Ruriko TachibanaChi to ai no shuppatsu .... Yôko TsugawaRed Quay Endless Desire .... RyukoKurenai no Tsubasa Shiki no aiyoku Arashi no naka o tsuppashire Talented Woman Kawaii onna .... Yûko EjimaNangoku Tosa o ato ni shite .... Asako NakamuraThe Wandering Guitarist .... Sumiko ShôjiUmi no wanâ Hatoba no muho mono Kizû darakê no ôkite Ajisai no uta .... Noriko ShimamuraWataridori itsu mata kaeru Smashing the 0-line Tokyo Mighty Guy .... RirakoKenka Tarô .... Hideko IwashitaUmi no joji ni kakero .... Ranko MakiAshita hareru ka .... Setsuko KajiwaraOre wa dawâ sare naî Pigs and Battleships .... HiromiRokudenashi yarô .... Natsue InoueUmi no shôbushi .... KyôkoAitsu to watashi .... Asako NomizoDôdôtaru jinsei .... HirokoYajû no mon .... Yukari SaijôSûkettô kagyô Aniki The Lucky General Omizu hara Namarî o buchi komê Mekishiko mushuku .... Teru AkazawaGân wa sâmushô otoko no utasâ Kanto Wanderer .... Yamada HanakoWarrior of the Wind .... OyumiAnkokugai Main Street .... Sanae SanjoZoku zûzûshii yatsu .... MariaÔkami to buta to ningen Kunoichi ninpō .... OyuiSleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire .... OryôHimo .... Akiko KuboThe Ghost of the One Eyed Man .... Michiko OndaTange Sazen .... OfujiKuroi yuwaku Jigoku no hatobâ Nihon Kyokaku-den: Ketto Kanda-matsuri .... HatsueThe Threat .... Mother of the babyBy a Man's Face Shall You Know Him .... MakiJudo Showdown .... ToneShojo jutai .... Keiko MiyaokaZoku Tokyo nagaremono- Umi wa makka na koi no iro Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri .... Yukie SodaHaru ranman Maboroshi kurozukin-yami ni tobu kage Women's Prison .... Prostitute's sisterThe House of the Sleeping Virgins Inochi karetemo Women's Cell .... OkmaKamisama no koibito Yoru No Kayo: Inochi Karetomo Shinjuku no hada .... MinekoI, the Executioner .... KeikoSecrets of a Woman's Temple .... KyôenNemuri Kyoshiro engetsu sappo Japan Organized Crime Boss .... Ooba's wifeDorifutazu desu yo! Tokkun tokkun mata tokkun Play It Cool .... MadameKigeki: otoko ârimasû If You Were Young: Rage Under the Flag of the Rising Sun .... Mrs. OchiHorror Theater Unbalance .... Morgue no satsujinshaFemale Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song .... Akiko InagakiLady Snowblood .... Kitahama, OkonoBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Police Tactics .... KikueAka chochin Cops vs. Thugs New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head Aoi sei Oni no uta Shinsha no naka no onna Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen .... ChieNew Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss .... HisanoHokuriku Proxy War Shogun's Samurai .... Lady Kusaga The Fall of Ako Castle .... Todano tsuboneNomugi Pass Virus .... Young Mother-TokyoFurueru shita .... SadaeAsshii-tachi no machi .... MichikoThe Challenge .... Cashier Ikiru Fureai Shinran: Path to Purity .... Woman at waitingPoruno joyû sayako no bôken Nonchan no yume Pachinko monogatari Tanba Tetsuro no daireikai shindara odoroita!! .... Doctor of human community Onna nezumi kozô: Nerawareta Karakurijô shijô saiaku no dai hâdo Kaze no rondo Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 3 .... Kuniko motohashiManbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 4 .... Kuniko motohashiManbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 5 .... Kuniko motohashiLily Festival .... Teruko Satoyama