Shinobu Ōtake

At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Owl. She has received a total of twelve nominations. She was the favoured lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after his previous lead actress, Nobuko Otowa, died in 1994, and featured in four of his films from Will to Live (1999) and Postcard (2011). Otake has also acted on the stage. She performed during the last segment of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony along Tokyo’s Suginami Children Chorus, singing the song "Hoshimeguri no Uta" (Star Tour Song) composed by Kenji Miyazawa, as the Olympic flame was extinguished. Otake had a leading role of Dr. Ruth Wolff in a Japanese stage adaptation of The Doctor (2021).

Shinobu Ōtake studied at Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. The recorded working language is Japanese. Distinctions recorded are Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year and Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer.

• Name — Shinobu Otake • Native Name — 大竹 汀信 • Born — 17 July 1957 • Birthplace — Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1973–present • Children — 2, including Imalu • Agent — Avex Management, Inc.

Otake was born and grew up mostly in Tokyo. In 1982 she married Seiji Hattori, a Tokyo Broadcasting director who died in 1987. One year later, Otake married Akashiya Sanma, but got divorced in 1992. In the early 1990s Otake lived with playwright Hideki Noda. Otake has two children, Nichika, a son by Hattori and Imaru, a daughter by Sanma. After her divorce she kept custody.

• Year — Title — Role — Network — Ref. References • 1975 — Mizuiro no Toki — Tomoko Matsumiya — Lead role; Asadora • 1977 — Kashin — Osato — Taiga drama • Taiyō ni Hoero! — Yōko Hamada — Episode 276 • 1980 — Shishi no Jidai — Chiyo — Taiga drama • 1983 — Tokugawa Ieyasu — Odai no Kata — Taiga drama • 1986 — Seven Men and Women, Summer Story — Momoko Kanzaki • 1987 — Seven Men and Women, Autumn Story — Momoko Kanzaki • 1994 — The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey — Mayuko Kurebayashi — Lead role • 1999 — Genroku Ryōran — Riku — Taiga drama • 2011 — Gō — Kōdai-in — Taiga drama • 2017 — I'm Sorry, I Love You — Reiko Hyūga • 2019 — Idaten — Ikue Ikebe — Taiga drama • 2022 — The 13 Lords of the Shogun — Miko — Taiga drama • 2023 — What Will You Do, Ieyasu? — Ōkurakyō no Tsubone — Taiga drama; cameo

• Cats, Old Deuteronomy (Judi Dench) • West Side Story (1979 TBS edition), Maria (Natalie Wood)

• Inside Out, Sadness • Inside Out 2, Sadness

In 2012, she became a representative for NTT DoCoMo's "Raku-Raku Smartphone", a smartphone aimed at the over-55s.

Shinobu Ōtake is recorded as having received Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Medal with Purple Ribbon and Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Shinobu Otake. Her recorded language was Japanese. She married Sanma Akashiya. One child is recorded: Imalu.