Mari Natsuki

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Mari Natsuki
Mari Natsuki (2018)
Born	Mari Natsuki 夏木 マリ (1952-05-02) 2 May 1952 (age 69) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Junko Nakajima
Occupation	Singer, dancer, actress

Junko Nakajima (中島 淳子, Nakajima Junko, born 2 May 1952), more commonly known by her stage name Mari Natsuki (夏木 マリ, Natsuki Mari), is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress.^[1] Born in Tokyo, she started work as a singer from a young age. In 2007, Natsuki announced her engagement to percussionist Nobu Saitō, with their marriage taking place in Spring 2008.

Natsuki has participated in musical theatre, including that of Yukio Ninagawa. She provided the voice of Yubaba in Spirited Away, played the young witch's mother in the Japanese TV remake of Bewitched and has twice been nominated for a Japanese Academy Award. Natsuki played the character Big Mama in the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots^[2] and has also acted in television dramas, such as the 2005 series Nobuta o Produce, playing the Vice Principal, Katharine.

Filmography[]

Film[]

• Otoko wa Tsurai yo series:
  • Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)
  • Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)
  • Tora-san Confesses (1991)
  • Tora-San Makes Excuses (1992)
  • Tora-san to the Rescue (1995)
  • Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)
• Onimasa (1982)
• Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
• Fireflies in the North (1984)
• (1986)
• Death Powder (1986)
• (1989)
• The Hunted (1995)
• Samurai Fiction (1998)
• Spirited Away (2001), Yubaba (voice)
• Shōjo (2001)
• Ping Pong (2002)
• (2004)
• Sugar and Spice (2006)
• Sakuran (2007)
• Girl in the Sunny Place (2013)
• Isle of Dogs (2018), Auntie (voice)
• Ikiru Machi (2018)
• Vision (2018)
• Kimi wa Kanata (2020), Mori Obaa-chan (voice)
• Angry Rice Wives (2021), Taki

Television[]

• G-Men '75 (1979-80)
• Yoshitsune (2005)
• Carnation (2011)
• Montage (2016)
• Meet Me After School (2018)
• Okaeri Mone (2021)

Video Games[]

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Big Mama) (2008)
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Katherine Marlowe) (2011)

Japanese dub[]

Live-action[]

• Feud (Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange))
• The West Wing (C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney))

Animation[]

• Ballerina (Régine Le Haut)^[3]
• Moana (Tala)

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mari Natsuki.

• Natsuki Mari Official homepage (in Japanese)
• List of roles on allcinema.net (in Japanese)
• Mari Natsuki at IMDb