Personal Info
Akemi Negishi
Acting
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 1…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Aoi bara satsujin jiken
as Mitsuko Tsuruta
The Setting Sun
as Yamashita's wife
Shikibu monogatari
as Fuji
Location
as Umeko
The Makioka Sisters
as Mrs. Shimozuma
Lady Karuizawa
as Yôko Ayukawa
Distant Thunder
as Mother of Hirotsugu
The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
The Strangling
