Nobuko Miyamoto

Actor Mar 27 (age 81) Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan 1966–2024 (58 year career)

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Biography

Nobuko Miyamoto (born March 27, 1945) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Jūzō Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in A Taxing Woman.

Known For

Film

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Ōna / Narrator (voice)

Film

Tampopo

Film

Stand by Me Doraemon 2

Nobita's Grandmother (voice)

Film

House of Ninjas

Taki Tawara

Film

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Rumiko Yamazaki

Film

The Funeral

Chizuko Amamiya

Film

A Taxing Woman's Return

Ryoko Itakura

Film

A Taxing Woman

Ryoko Itakura

Filmography

Acting (67)

Movies (51)

The Chocolate Man

2023

as Narration

Haw

BL Metamorphosis

as Yuki Ichinoi

It's a Flickering Life

2021

as Yoshiko

6.2

Stand by Me Doraemon 2

2020

as Nobita's Grandmother (voice)

7.8

Four Women Living in That House

as 牧田鶴代

The Ice Ruts

as 효도 치에코

Botchan

as Kiyo

Happiness Is Here

as Fukuko Hanada

Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya

2014

as Self

6.7

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

2013

as Ōna / Narrator (voice)

8.1

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

2011

as Yamamoto's mother

6.4

Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle

2011

as Tokie Hagiwara

6.4

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

2011

as Self

Thief of Blues Skies

2010

Bizan

2007

as Ryuko Kouno

6.0

Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

as Self

北の国から記憶前編

北の国から記憶

Woman in Witness Protection

1997

as Isono Biwako

5.9

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

as Rumiko Yamazaki

Supermarket Woman

as Hanako Inoue

A Quiet Life

as Danto's Wife

Making of Daibyonin

as Self

The Last Dance

1993

as Mariko

6.6

Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

1992

as Mahiru Inoue

6.7

The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"

1992

as Self

Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990

as Nayoko

6.1

The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"

1990

as Self

Fancy Dance

as Shizuko Shiono

Sweet Home

as Akiko Hayakawa

Buddies

as Kimiko

Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

1989

as Self

4.2

A Taxing Woman's Return

1988

as Ryoko Itakura

6.3

The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

as Self

A Taxing Woman

as Ryoko Itakura

The Making of "A Taxing Woman"

1987

as Self

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986

as Self

Tampopo

as Tampopo

The Funeral

as Chizuko Amamiya

Deaths in Tokimeki

as Owner at the inn

Dream City

Kidnapping Blues

as The Inn's Daughter

9.0

Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni

1982

Four Seasons: Natsuko

as Mariko

After School

The Long Darkness

as Tetsuro's other sister

6.4

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

as Kinuyo

Scrap Collectors

Sing a Song of Sex

as Sanae Satomi

Lost Sex

as Young girl

Television (16)

House of Ninjas

2024

as Taki Tawara

7.2

The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea

as Izumi

Haha no Matsu Sato

About Sunday Night...

2023

as Higuchi Fujiko

8.0

In This Corner of the World

as Ito Morita

Hiyokko

as Suzuko Makino

Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion

All About My Destiny

Amachan

as 天野夏

Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna

2012

as Self

3.5

Dondo Hare

2007

as Kagami Tamaki

Manten

2002

Mouri Motonari

1997

おばさん事件弁護士梅木桃子の六法全書

1997

Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari

1981

as 母・桂木トシ江

旅役者葵長五郎殺意のめぐり逢い