Akemi Negishi
Known for ActingBorn 1934-03-26 — died 2008-03-11Tokyo, Japan
Akemi Negishi (根岸明美 Negishi Akemi, b. 26 March 1934, Tokyo, Japan - died 11 March 2008 (73), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was a Japanese actress.
In 1953, when Josef von Sternberg made a film adaptation of the Queen of Anatahan incident, she was discovered at an audition and made her debut in the lead role in Anatahan. Since then, she has been active mainly in film and television. She gained popularity as an actress with a bewitching charm who "could act as well." Ishirō Honda said that Negishi's unique aura suited his films.
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She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11, 2008. She was 73 years old.
Known for
Lady Karuizawa
1982 · as Yôko Ayukawa
Red Beard
1965 · as Okuni
Sex and Fury
1973 · as Ogin Shitateya
Female Yakuza Tale
1973 · as Osada
Dodes'ka-den
1970 · as Good-Looking Housewife
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · as Chikiro's Mother
Lady Snowblood
1973 · as Tajire no Okiku
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972 · as Otsuka
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
1973 · as Prison Guard Minamimura
The Setting Sun
1992 · as Yamashita's wife
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
1979
Distant Thunder
1981 · as Mother of Hirotsugu
I Live in Fear
1955 · as Asako Kuribayashi
Hooligans on Buggies
1970
The Lower Depths
1957 · as Osen the Prostitute
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · as The Mountain Girl
The Makioka Sisters
1983 · as Mrs. Shimozuma