Etsuko Ichihara
24 January 1936 – 12 January 2019 was a Japanese actress. She appeared in over one hundred films.
Etsuko Ichihara
朝日新聞社 撮影者不明 · 朝日新聞社『文芸朝日』第3巻第4号（1964）より · Public domain
- Name
- Etsuko Ichihara
- Born
- 24 January 1936
- Birthplace
- Chiba, Japan
- Died
- 12 January 2019
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Fields
- acting · film
- Honours
- Golden Arrow Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Etsuko Ichihara • Native Name — 市原 悦子 • Born — 24 January 1936 • Birthplace — Chiba, Japan • Died — 12 January 2019 • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1957–2019
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Etsuko Ichihara (24 January 1936 – 12 January 2019) was an actress. The birth of Etsuko Ichihara is recorded on 24 January 1936 in Chiba, Japan, and the death on 12 January 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
Biography
Biography
Ichihara was a member of the Haiyuza theater troupe from 1957 to 1971. She won an award at the Geijutsusai in 1959 and became the star of Haiyuza. She narrated the long-running anime series Manga Nihon mukashi banashi. She won the Japan Academy Prize for Black Rain. Ichihara starred in Makoto Shinkai's anime film Your Name. She died of heart failure, aged 82.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1978 — Tokyo Megure Keishi — TV Drama series • 1978–79 — Tobe Hissatsu Uragoroshi — Hissatsu series • 1975–94 — Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi — Narrator — Animation series • 1996 — Hideyoshi — Naka — Taiga drama
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1957 — Snow Country — Kanpei • 1962 — Burari Bura-bura Monogatari • 1965 — Kiri no Hata • 1966 — The Face of Another • 1967 — Samurai Rebellion — Kiku • 1968 — The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun — Hilda — Voice • 1970 — Fuji sanchō • 1977 — Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears • 1976 — The Youth Killer — Jun's Mother • 1981 — Buriki no kunsho • Kofuku • 1989 — Black Rain — Shigeko Shizuma — Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress • 1997 — The Eel • 2006 — The Ode to Joy • 2015 — Sweet Bean — Yoshiko • 2016 — Your Name — Hitoha Miyamizu — Voice • 2017 — Soap Bubble — Suma
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