Akemi Negishi
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-03-26 in Tokyo, Japan
Died
2008-03-11
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.
Most Known For
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
as Katsuko Ogawa
Sex and Fury
as Ogin Shitateya
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited)
Lady Snowblood
as Tajire no Okiku
Red Beard
as Okuni
Lady Karuizawa
as Yôko Ayukawa
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
as Prison Guard Minamimura
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
as Otsuka
The Setting Sun
as Yamashita's wife
Dodes'ka-den
as Good-Looking Housewife
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
The Makioka Sisters
as Mrs. Shimozuma
I Live in Fear
as Asako Kuribayashi
The Lower Depths
as Osen the Prostitute
Female Yakuza Tale
as Osada
Anatahan
as Keiko Kusakabe
The Hot Little Girl
as Keiko
Distant Thunder
as Mother of Hirotsugu
