Ineko Arima
Ineko Arima (有馬稲子, Arima Ineko, born 3 April 1932) is a Japanese stage and film actress. She has appeared in films of directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kon Ichikawa. In 1954, Arima co-founded Ninjin Club with Keiko Kishi and Yoshiko Kuga.
Also recorded as Arima Ineko
Ineko Arima
- Name
- Ineko Arima
- Birth Name
- Moriko Nakanishi
- Born
- 3 April 1932
- Birthplace
- Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Japan
- Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon · Golden Arrow Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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Key facts
• Name — Ineko Arima • Birth Name — Moriko Nakanishi • Born — 3 April 1932 • Birthplace — Ikeda, Osaka, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1949-present
Personal life
Personal life
Born as Moriko Nakanishi, she is the youngest of six siblings. Her parents were labor activists who went into hiding, which led to her aunt and her husband adopting her. After the war ended, she returned to her family in Osaka, where her father turned out to be abusive and eventually left. Influenced by her adoptive mother, who was once a Takarazuka Revue actress, she joined the troupe and became known as Ineko Anima the Second, performing male roles, before joining the film industry. She had extramarital affair with Kon Ichikawa.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Illustration — Ineko Arima (1950s)
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Network — Notes — Ref • 1969 — Ten to Chi to — Matsue — NHK — Taiga drama • 1998 — Tokugawa Yoshinobu — NHK — Taiga drama • 1999 — Asuka — NHK — Asadora • 2017 — Yasuragi no Sato — Shinobu Oikawa — TV Asahi
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Ref • 1954 — Late Chrysanthemums — Sachiko — Mikio Naruse • 1957 — Black River — Shizuko — Masaki Kobayashi • Tokyo Twilight — Akiko Sugiyama — Yasujirō Ozu • 1958 — Night Drum — Otane Ogura — Tadashi Imai • Equinox Flower — Setsuko Hirayama — Yasujirō Ozu • 1959 — Farewell to Spring — Keisuke Kinoshita • The Human Condition — Yang Chunlan — Masaki Kobayashi • 1961 — Zero Focus — Hisako Tanuma — Yoshitarō Nomura • 1962 — Love Under the Crucifix — Ogin — Kinuyo Tanaka • Mitasareta seikatsu — Junko Asakura — Susumu Hani • 1963 — Bushido, Samurai Saga — Maki — Tadashi Imai • 1965 — Tokugawa Ieyasu — Odai no Kata — Daisuke Itō • 2001 — Closed Ward — Dr. Takase — Susumu Fukuhara • 2008 — Dreaming Awake — Emiko — Takeo Kimura • 2019 — The Master of Funerals — Naofumi Higuchi
Honours
• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1995) • Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class, Wisteria (2003)
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