agent years_active birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
avex management , inc. . 1973 -- present shinagawa , tokyo , japan 17 july 1957 seiji -rrb- hattori -lrb- 1982-1987 -rrb- sanma akashiya -lrb- 1988-1992 shinobu otake
 shinobu otake actress
shinobu otake

she was the favoured lead actress of director kaneto shindo after his previous lead actress , nobuko otowa , died in 1994 , and featured in several of his films from `` a last note '' in 1995 to `` postcard '' in 2011 .
otake has also acted on the stage .
