Shizue Natsukawa
Shizue Natsukawa | |
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夏川静枝 | |
![]() Shizue Natsukawa in 1932 | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 9 March 1909
Died | 24 January 1999 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 89)
Other names | Shizue Iida |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1916–1999 |
Spouse | Nobuo Iida |
Shizue Natsukawa (夏川静枝, Natsukawa Shizue, 9 March 1909 – 24 January 1999) was a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in works of directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Shirō Toyoda and Keisuke Kinoshita.
Biography
[edit]Natsukawa was born in Tokyo and first appeared on stage at the age of seven.[1][2] She gave her film debut in The Glow of Life in 1918 (released 1919), in which she appeared together with her brother Daijirō.[2][3] In 1927, joined the Nikkatsu studio, where she gained popularity through films such as Tsubakihime and Kekkon nijuso: zenpen.[1][3] She married composer Nobuo Iida and retired from acting for a while,[4][5] but returned to the screen with Shirō Toyoda's Spring on Leper's Island.[3] She played many secondary roles in films and on television after the war.[1][4]
Natsukawa's daughter Kahoru Natsukawa (1943–1998) also acted on stage and in film.[6]
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- The Glow of Life (1919)
- Tsubakihime (1927)
- Kekkon nijuso: zenpen (1928)
- Tokyo March (1929)
- Young People (1937)
- Spring on Leper's Island (1940)
- Love Letter (1953)
- Be Happy, These Two Lovers (1953)
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
- Night Drum (1957)
- Anzukko (1958)
Television
[edit]- Akō Rōshi (1964)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "夏川静枝". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ a b "夏川静枝". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "夏川静枝". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b 夏川静枝さん死去. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 31 January 1999. p. 31.
- ^ 飯田信夫氏死去「隣組」の作曲家. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 21 August 1991. p. 31.
- ^ "夏川 かほる". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2023.