Akemi Negishi
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.
She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11, 2008. She was 73 years old.
Acting
Movie
Lady Snowblood
as Tajire no Okiku
1973
Movie
Red Beard
as Okuni
1965
Movie
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother
1962
Movie
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
1963
Movie
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
as Otsuka
1972
Movie
Dodes'ka-den
as Good-Looking Housewife
1970
Movie
The Lower Depths
as Osen the Prostitute
1957
Movie
I Live in Fear
as Asako Kuribayashi
1955
Movie
Sex and Fury
as Ogin Shitateya
1973
Movie
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
as Prison Guard Minamimura
1973
Movie
The Makioka Sisters
as Mrs. Shimozuma
1983
Movie
Anatahan
as Keiko Kusakabe
1953
Movie
Female Yakuza Tale
as Osada
1973
Movie
Beast Man Snow Man
as Chika
1955
Movie
Sudden Rain
as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
1956
Movie
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
Movie
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as The Mountain Girl
1957
Movie
Distant Thunder
as Mother of Hirotsugu
1981
Movie
A Wife's Heart
as Sumiko
1956
Movie
The Strangling
1979
Movie
Lady Karuizawa
as Yôko Ayukawa
1982
Movie
Snake Woman's Curse
as Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
1968
Movie
Play It Cool
as Tomi
1970
Movie
The Hot Little Girl
as Keiko
1970