Akemi Negishi


Akemi Negishi was a Japanese actress.

Film career

-born Akemi Negishi came to the attention of international audiences when she starred in the US/Japanese co-production Anatahan, her debut film. Josef von Sternberg directed the tale of shipwrecked Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that World War II had ended six years after the bombing of Hiroshima.
Negishi made several films with the acclaimed Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, including Donzoko, Dodesukaden, and Ikimono no kiroku. Negishi also had a supporting role in Shurayukihime, which was reportedly one of the main inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill. Other credits included Tokyo no kyujitsu, Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman, Kingu Kongu tai Gojira and Kaidan hebi-onna. Her last film role was in Barameraba in 2005.

Death

She died from ovarian cancer, aged 74, in Kawasaki, Japan in 2008.

Partial filmography