Nobuko Miyamoto
Birthday: 1945-03-27
Place of Birth: Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Biography: Nobuko Miyamoto (born March 27, 1945) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Jūzō Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in A Taxing Woman.
Movies
Four Women Living in That House
A mother, daughter and two of their friends live in an old Western-style house in Suginami. As secre...
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Tampopo
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside ...
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The Funeral
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events a...
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Stand by Me Doraemon 2
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his ow...
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A Taxing Woman
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Go...
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A Quiet Life
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famou...
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Supermarket Woman
A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty...
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Tales of a Golden Geisha
Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundre...
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The Last Dance
A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his la...
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Sweet Home
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they st...
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The Chocolate Man
In Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, “QUON CHOCOLATE” is gaining popularity for its carefully select...
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The Long Darkness
The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino,...
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The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "A-Ge-Man" a.k.a. "Tales of a G...
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The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Minbo no Onna" a.k.a. "Minbo: ...
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Sing a Song of Sex
Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with...
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Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - con...
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Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help the...
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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
A documentary with stars from the original cast....
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Buddies
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close f...
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BL Metamorphosis
An introverted bookstore employee and a widow living in isolation develop a cross-generational frien...
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Woman in Witness Protection
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the b...
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxi...
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The Making of "Tampopo"
Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985)....
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a. "A Ta...
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Kidnapping Blues
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch ...
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Making of Daibyonin
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The Last Da...
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A Taxing Woman's Return
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a...
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Haw
Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of...
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapid...
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Bizan
Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is ho...
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Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to att...
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Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya
For his first film in fourteen years, animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptu...
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Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker....
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Fancy Dance
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initiall...
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Botchan
Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching j...
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Deaths in Tokimeki
Deaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting to ca...
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Four Seasons: Natsuko
A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of...
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Happiness Is Here
Hiroyuki Tachikawa is 28-years-old. He quits his job due to severe quotas and difficult relations. H...
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The Ice Ruts
Mayu Daimon is a woman who does not remember her mother's face, and her father is the only person sh...
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Lost Sex
A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has...
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost e...
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Dream City
Ulysses Jenkins composed "Dream City" from documentation of a twenty-four-hour performance he organi...
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown a...
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It's a Flickering Life
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dr...
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Thief of Blues Skies
A documentary about a man who continues to document the "Yokkaichi Asthma", caused by the pollution ...
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