Shinobu Otake
Biography
Shinobu Otake (大竹 しのぶ, Ōtake Shinobu, born July 17, 1957) is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
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Movies (38)
In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa
as Narrator
2025
Who Were We?
as Kii
2024
The Boy and the Heron
as Aiko (voice)
2023
Hell Dogs
as Noriko Kinugasa
2022
The House of the Lost on the Cape
as Kiwa-san (voice)
2021
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
as Nikuko-chan (voice)
2021
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
as Masako Tatemoto
2020
Shadowfall
2019
Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41
as Sakiko
2018
Nomitori Samurai
as Orin
2018
Mary and The Witch's Flower
as Great-Aunt Charlotte (voice)
2017
Sanada 10 Braves
as Yodo-dono
2016
Black Widow Business
as Sayoko Takeuchi
2016
Galaxy Turnpike
as Hana
2015
Our Little Sister
as Miyako Sasaki
2015
Pieta in the Toilet
as Hiroshi's Mother
2015
The Wind Rises
as Mrs. Kurokawa (voice)
2013
Leaving on the 15th Spring
as Akemi Nakazato
2013
Before the Vigil
as Sachiko Yamada
2013
Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town
2012
fukusuke
2012
Cymbeline
2012
Forget Me Not
2010
Postcard
as Tomoko Morikawa
2010
A Night In Nude: Salvation
as Ayumi Kato
2010
Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!
as Yoko Morii
2010
Surely Someday
2010
The Secret World of Arrietty
as Homily (voice)
2010
My Darling Is a Foreigner
as Saori's mom
2010
Castle Under Fiery Skies
2009
Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
2009
Arigato, Okan
as Hanako
2008
Teacher and Three Children
as Midori Fujikawa
2008
Then Summer Came
as Yukie Miyaji
2008
Welcome to the Quiet Room
as Nishino
2007
Into the Faraway Sky
as Michi
2007
Kitokito!
as Tomoko Saito
2007
Returning the Favor
as Mikiko Kitahara
2006
TV Shows (12)
喫茶しのぶ
2025
The Beginning of the Sea
as Nagumo Akane
2024
The Inugami Family
as Matsuko Inugami
2023
PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
as Minami Shikota
2022
劇場の灯を消すな！Ｂｕｎｋａｍｕｒａシアターコクーン編
2020
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as 池部几江
2019
I'm Sorry, I Love You
as Hyuga Reiko
2017
Iron Grandma
2015
Still, Life Goes On
as Kyoko Nomoto
2011
Princess Go
2011
You Gotta Be Kidding Me!
as Rie Hirose
2007
Affectionate Time
as Wakui Megumi
2005