Mayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa (小川眞由美) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters. In 2008, Ogawa got ordained as a Shingon Buddhist nun.
Mayumi Ogawa
- Name
- Mayumi Ogawa
- Born
- 11 December 1939
- Birthplace
- Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 26 March 2026
- Occupation
- Actress
- Spouse
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa (1967–1973)
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Wayo Women's University
- Honours
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
- Languages
- Japanese
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In an interview with J-Cast News, she mentioned that during her tonsure ceremony, only one strand of hair was pulled out. Ogawa remained involved in the entertainment industry in later life. Ogawa died from coronary artery disease on March 26, 2026, at the age of 86.
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Key facts
• Name — Mayumi Ogawa • Born — 11 December 1939 • Birthplace — Adachi, Tokyo, Japan • Died — 26 March 2026 • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1961–2026 • Spouse — Toshiyuki Hosokawa (1967–1973)
Television
Television
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) – Shiobu • Three Outlaw Samurai (1966) – Oshima • Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974–75) – Aiko Takasu / Narrator • Akō Rōshi (1979) – Yūgiri Tayū • Takeda Shingen (1988) – Yae • Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000) – Yodo-dono
Dubbing roles
Dubbing roles
• Cleopatra (1975 NTV edition) – Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor)
Film
• Mother (1963) • Night Ladies (1964) • Night Scandal (1964) • Convicted Woman (1966) • Nakano Spy School (1966) • Shiroi Kyotō (1966) • Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966) • Flame and Women (1967) • If You Were Young: Rage (1970) • 300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations (1975) • The Fossil (1975) • The Demon (1978) • Vengeance Is Mine (1979) • Glowing Autumn (1979) • The Three Undelivered Letters (1979) • Shikake-nin Baian (1981) • The Go Masters (1983) • Farewell to the Ark (1984) • The Empty Table (1985) • The Political Game (1989) • Woman of Water (2002)
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