Yumi Shirakawa
Yumi Shirakawa | |
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Born | Akiko Yamazaki 21 November 1936 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
Died | 14 June 2016 Meguro, Tokyo, Japan | (aged 79)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1956–2016 |
Spouse(s) | Hideaki Nitani (1964–2012; his death); 1 child |
Yumi Shirakawa (白川 由美, Shirakawa Yumi, 21 November 1936 – 14 June 2016) was a Japanese film and television actress. She was called the Japanese Grace Kelly when she debuted.[1] She was scoted and joined Toho film company.[2] In the same year, she made her film debut with Narazumono.[1] Her notable films are Rodan (1956), The H-Man(1958), and Yasujirō Ozus film The End of Summer (1961).[3] She was married to actor Hideaki Nitani until his death in 2012.[4][1]
She died of heart failure on June 14, 2016 at the age of 79.[3]
Filmography[]
- Rodan (1956)
- Be Happy, These Two Lovers (1957)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- The H-Man (1958)
- The Badger Palace (大当り狸御殿, Ōatari tanuki goten) aka The Princess of Badger Palace (1958)
- (1958)
- Man Against Man aka Otoko tai otoko (1960)
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
- The Last War (1961)
- Chûshingura aka 47 Samurai (1962)
- Gorath (1962)
- Yearning (1964)
- Early Autumn
- Niini no Koto o Wasurenaide
- Majo no Jouken (Forbidden Love) (1999)(TV series)
- Ohisama (2011)(TV series)
- I am Mita, Your Housekeeper (2011)(TV series)
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2013)(TV series)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "白川由美さん死去 79歳、家族と団らん中に倒れる". NIKKANSPORTS. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "白川由美さん急死 自宅の風呂場で倒れ…二谷英明さんとおしどり夫婦". Sponichi. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "白川由美さん死去 二谷友里恵さんの母". daily. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Haiyū Nitani Hideaki-san shikyo". 47News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2016 deaths
- Japanese film actresses
- 20th-century Japanese actresses
- 21st-century Japanese actresses
- Actresses from Tokyo
- Japanese screen actor stubs
- Japanese film biography stubs