Yumiko Nogawa

Japanese actress

Yumiko Nogawa
Born	(1944-08-30) August 30, 1944 (age 79)
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress

Yumiko Nogawa (野川由美子, Nogawa Yumiko, born August 30, 1944) is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan.^[1] She has starred in several movies, notably Gate of Flesh (1964), part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including Story of a Prostitute (1965) and Carmen from Kawachi (1966), these films are known as Nogawa's "Flesh Trilogy".^[2] Nogawa has appeared in numerous films in Japan, including director Nagisa Oshima's The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) and Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968), the eighteenth film in the Zatoichi series.^[3] She has also appeared in television series on Nippon Television, TV Tokyo, Fuji TV, and NHK.^[4]

Filmography

Gate of Flesh (1964) - Maya
Kunoichi ninpō (1964) - Sen hime
Story of a Prostitute (1965) - Harumi
The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) - Hitomi
Carmen from Kawachi (1966) - Carmen
A Certain Killer (1967) - Keiko
Daimon Otokode Shinitai (1969)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) - Kaoru Sugita
Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
Okinawan Boys (1983)
Ruten no umi (1990) - Fusae Matsuzaka
The Geisha House (1999) - Michiko
The Sea Is Watching (2002) - Omine
The Book Peddler (2016) - Sachi Toda

Television

Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) - Okin
Tasukenin Hashiru (1974)
Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1983-91)
Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) - Asahi no kata
Last Cinderella (2013) - Setsuko Takenouchi

References

^ 野川由美子のがわ・ゆみこ (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 179. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
^ "Zatoichi & the Fugitives: cast". All Movie Guide. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
^ Criterion Collection movies starring Yumiko Nogawa http://www.criterion.com/search/results?cx=015536958783835185649%3Am0a2kgqd__m&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=Yumiko+Nogawa&x=46&y=8#534