Akemi Negishi
Known for Acting
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
1965
as Okuni
Sex and Fury
1973
as Ogin Shitateya
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
as Chikiro's Mother
Lady Snowblood
1973
as Tajire no Okiku
Lady Karuizawa
1982
as Yôko Ayukawa
Dodes'ka-den
1970
as Good-Looking Housewife
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972
as Otsuka
I Live in Fear
1955
as Asako Kuribayashi
The Makioka Sisters
1983
as Mrs. Shimozuma
The Strangling
1979
The Lower Depths
1957
as Osen the Prostitute
Farewell Rabaul
1954
as Kimu
Female Yakuza Tale
1973
as Osada
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Sumiko
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
A Man in the Storm
1957
as Okon
Sudden Rain
1956
as Hinako (Nenkichi's wife)
Snake Woman's Curse
1968
as Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
Distant Thunder
1981
as Mother of Hirotsugu
Anatahan
1953
as Keiko Kusakabe