Sanae Nakahara

Sanae Nakahara (Japanese: 中原早苗; July 31, 1935 – May 15, 2012) was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood (1973), Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), and Day of Resurrection (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her son, Kenta Fukasaku, is another well-known Japanese film director.
Early life and education
She graduated from the Kunimoto Girls' High School. Her mother was a stage actress and raised her after divorcing her father.
Career
She first starred in the film Mura Hachibu while still in high school, a film about the Shizuoka Prefecture Ueno village ostracism incident. Two years later she signed an exclusive contract with Japanese movie studio Nikkatsu, appearing in films such as Season of the Sun. She appeared in around 80 works over the next 8 years before becoming independent and acting for other studios.
Her most recent work had mainly been appearances on stage.
Personal life
Nakahara married Kinji Fukasaku, who at the time was a young director at Toei. They had no meetings and he gave her no acting guidance, but after the film he took, as she described, a furious approach with letters and phone calls. They decided to get married after being together only 3 months. Whenever he directed his own starring actresses, the media was taken with stories of the crisis of their marriage. She continued to support her husband’s filmmaking.
Death
Nakahara died in her home on May 15, 2012. An apartment manager, at the request of her son, entered her home and found her collapsed in the bathroom. Doctors confirmed her death at the hospital with the cause of death being heart failure.
Filmography
Actress
Kani Kōsen (1953) .... Natsu
Mura hatibu (1953)
Moeru Shanghai (1954) .... Qing Lian
Wakai hitotachi (1954)
Aisureba koso (1955) .... Minako (segment 3)
Ôkami (1955)
Hi no tori (1956)
Niko-yon monogatari (1956) .... Kimiko
The Baby Carriage (1956) .... Sachiko Kaneda
Gyûnyû ya Furankî (1956) .... Hatsu
Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki (1957)
All We Want Is Happiness (1957) .... Kimiko
Frankie Bûchan no zoku aa gunkaki: Nyogo ga-shima funsenki (1957)
Temptation (1957) .... Mitsuko Sakuragi
Kokoro to nikutai no tabi (1958) .... Ruriko Tachibana
Chi to ai no shuppatsu (1958) .... Yôko Tsugawa
Red Quay (1958)
Endless Desire (1958) .... Ryuko
Kurenai no Tsubasa (1958)
Shiki no aiyoku (1958)
Arashi no naka o tsuppashire (1958)
Talented Woman (1959)
Kawaii onna (1959) .... Yûko Ejima
Nangoku Tosa o ato ni shite (1959) .... Asako Nakamura
The Wandering Guitarist (1959) .... Sumiko Shôji
Umi no wanâ (1959)
Hatoba no muho mono (1959)
Kizû darakê no ôkite (1960)
Ajisai no uta (1960) .... Noriko Shimamura
Wataridori itsu mata kaeru (1960)
Smashing the 0-line (1960)
Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960) .... Rirako
Kenka Tarô (1960) .... Hideko Iwashita
Umi no joji ni kakero (1960) .... Ranko Maki
Ashita hareru ka (1960) .... Setsuko Kajiwara
Ore wa dawâ sare naî (1960)
Pigs and Battleships (1961) .... Hiromi
Rokudenashi yarô (1961) .... Natsue Inoue
Umi no shôbushi (1961) .... Kyôko
Aitsu to watashi (1961) .... Asako Nomizo
Dôdôtaru jinsei (1961) .... Hiroko
Yajû no mon (1961) .... Yukari Saijô
Sûkettô kagyô (1961)
Aniki (1962)
The Lucky General (1962)
Omizu hara (1962)
Namarî o buchi komê (1962)
Mekishiko mushuku (1962) .... Teru Akazawa
Gân wa sâmushô otoko no utasâ (1962)
Kanto Wanderer (1963) .... Yamada Hanako
Warrior of the Wind (1964) .... Oyumi
Ankokugai Main Street (1964) .... Sanae Sanjo
Zoku zûzûshii yatsu (1964) .... Maria
Ôkami to buta to ningen (1964)
Kunoichi ninpō (1964) .... Oyui
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire (1965) .... Oryô
Himo (1965) .... Akiko Kubo
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man (1965) .... Michiko Onda
Tange Sazen (1965, TV Series) .... Ofuji
Kuroi yuwaku (1965)
Jigoku no hatobâ (1965)
Nihon Kyokaku-den: Ketto Kanda-matsuri (1966) .... Hatsue
Odoshi (1966) .... Mother of the baby
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
Judo Showdown (1966) .... Tone
Shojo jutai (1966) .... Keiko Miyaoka
Zoku Tokyo nagaremono- Umi wa makka na koi no iro (1966)
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri (1976) .... Yukie Soda
Haru ranman (TV Series) (1967)
Maboroshi kurozukin-yami ni tobu kage (1967)
Women's Prison (1968) .... Prostitute's sister
The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968)
Inochi karetemo (1968)
Women's Cell (1968) .... Okma
Kamisama no koibito (1968)
Yoru No Kayo: Inochi Karetomo (1968)
Shinjuku no hada (1968) .... Mineko
I, the Executioner (1968)
Secrets of a Woman's Temple (1969) .... Kyôen
Nemuri Kyoshiro engetsu sappo (1969)
Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) .... Ooba's wife
Dorifutazu desu yo! Tokkun tokkun mata tokkun (1969)
Play It Cool (1970) .... Madame
Kigeki: otoko ârimasû (1970)
If You Were Young: Rage (1970)
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) .... Mrs. Ochi
Horror Theater Unbalance (TV Series) (1973) .... Morgue no satsujinsha
Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song (1973) .... Akiko Inagaki
Lady Snowblood (1973) .... Kitahama, Okono
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974)
Police Tactics (1974) .... Kikue
Aka chochin (1974)
Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975)
Aoi sei (1975)
Oni no uta (1975)
Shinsha no naka no onna (TV Series) (1976)
Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen (1976) .... Chie
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976) .... Hisano
Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
Shogun's Samurai (1978) .... Lady Kusaga (Iemitsu's Aid)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) .... Todano tsubone
Nomugi Pass (1979)
virus (1980) .... Young Mother-Tokyo
Furueru shita (1980) .... Sadae
Asshii-tachi no machi (1981) .... Michiko
The Challenge (TV Series) (1982) .... Cashier (as Sanae Nakahara)
Ikiru (TV Series) (1983)
Fureai (TV Series) (1986)
Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) .... Woman at waiting
Poruno joyû sayako no bôken (TV Movie) (1987)
Nonchan no yume (TV Series) (1988)
Pachinko monogatari (1990)
Tanba Tetsuro no daireikai shindara odoroita!! (1990) .... Doctor of human community
Onna nezumi kozô: Nerawareta Karakurijô shijô saiaku no dai hâdo (TV Movie) (1995)
Kaze no rondo (TV Series) (1995)
Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 3 (TV Movie) (1999) .... Kuniko motohashi
Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 4 (TV Movie) (1999) .... Kuniko motohashi
Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 5 (TV Movie) (2000) .... Kuniko motohashi
Lily Festival (2001) .... Teruko Satoyama
References
1935 births
2012 deaths
Actresses from Tokyo
21st-century Japanese actresses
Japanese television actresses
Japanese film actresses
20th-century Japanese actresses