Akemi Negishi
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Red Beard
as Okuni 1965
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother 1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited) 1963
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
as Otsuka 1972
Dodes'ka-den
as Good-Looking Housewife 1970
The Lower Depths
as Osen the Prostitute 1957
I Live in Fear
as Asako Kuribayashi 1955
Sex and Fury
as Ogin Shitateya 1973
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
as Prison Guard Minamimura 1973
The Makioka Sisters
as Mrs. Shimozuma 1983
Anatahan
as Keiko Kusakabe 1953
Female Yakuza Tale
as Osada 1973
Beast Man Snow Man
as Chika 1955
Sudden Rain
as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife) 1956
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
as The Mountain Girl 1957
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964