Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa (1925 -  1994)
==Film Deaths==
*The Ditch (Dobu) (1954) [Tsuru]: Is shot to death.
*Human (Ningen) (1962) [Gorosuke]: Accidentally falls to her death down the hold of a boat while dancing in celebration of seeing land for the first time in two months.
*Onibaba (1964) [Kichi's Mother]: Possibly falls to her death as she tries to jump over a pit she used to kill samurai. The film ends as she is jumping over, and it's not clear if she makes the jump.
*Kuroneko (Yabu no naka no kuroneko; Black Cat) (1968) [Yone]: Killed (off-screen) along with Kiwako Taichi  after being raped by a group of Samurai who then set fire to the house. Their bodies are shown afterwads, miraculously intact in the ashes of the house, as a cat approaches them.  They appear as "cat-woman" ghosts throughtout the rest of the movie.
==TV Deaths==
None Known
==Noteworthy Connections==
Mrs. Kaneto Shindo (director) 
Category:Actresses
Category:Listed on Original Cinemorgue
Category:Japanese actors and actresses
Category:1925 Births
Category:1994 Deaths
Category:Ghost scenes
Category:Off-screen deaths
Category:Japan Academy Film Prize Nominees
Category:Japan Academy Film Prize Winners