Akemi Negishi
Acting
Born: 1934-03-26 in Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
Sex and Fury
Ogin Shitateya
Red Beard
Okuni
Lady Karuizawa
Yôko Ayukawa
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Otsuka
Female Yakuza Tale
Osada
Lady Snowblood
Tajire no Okiku
Military Comfort Woman
Kura
Hooligans on Buggies
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Chikiro's Mother
Girl in College
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Prison Guard Minamimura
Dodes'ka-den
Good-Looking Housewife
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
Happiness of Us Alone
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Harue
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
Mineko Taguchi
The Makioka Sisters
Mrs. Shimozuma
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
Katsuko Ogawa
Play It Cool
Tomi
King of the Widow-Killers
The Setting Sun
Yamashita's wife
The Lower Depths
Osen the Prostitute
The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
Snake Woman's Curse
Masae Ônuma , Landlord's Wife
This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
Distant Thunder
Mother of Hirotsugu
Anatahan
Keiko Kusakabe
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
The Mountain Girl
An Unforgettable Affair
I Live in Fear
Asako Kuribayashi
Toshigoro
The Life of Chikuzan
Tami
You Can If You Try
The Strangling
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Mako Osorubeshi
Shikibu monogatari
Fuji
Express Train
An Impudent Man 2
The Hot Little Girl
Keiko