Shizue Natsukawa
| Shizue Natsukawa | |
|---|---|
 Shizue Natsukawa in 1932 | |
| Native name | 夏川静枝 |
| Born |
March 9, 1909 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died |
January 24, 1999 (aged 89) Tokyo |
| Occupation | Actor |
Shizue Natsukawa (夏川 静枝 / 夏川 静江 Natsukawa Shizue, 9 March 1909 – 24 January 1999) was a Japanese actress.
Career
Natsukawa was born in Tokyo and first appeared on stage at age seven.[1] She joined the Nikkatsu studio in 1927 and came to fame through such films as Kantsubaki and Kenji Mizoguchi's Tokyo March. She married the song composer Nobuo Iida and retired from acting for a while,[2][3] but returned to the screen with Shiro Toyoda's Kojima no haru. She played many secondary roles on film and television after the war.[1][2]
Both her brother Daijirō Natsukawa[4] and her daughter Kahoru Natsukawa took up acting.[5]
Selected filmography
Film
- Tokyo March (1929)
- Love Letter (1953)
- Be Happy, These Two Lovers (1953)
References
- 1 2 "Natsukawa Shizue". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- 1 2 夏川静枝さん死去. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 31 January 1999. p. 31.
- ↑ 飯田信夫氏死去「隣組」の作曲家. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 21 August 1991. p. 31.
- ↑ 夏川大二郎氏死去. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 17 July 1987. p. 27.
- ↑ 夏川かほるさん死去. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 31 January 1998. p. 35.
External links
- Shizue Natsukawa at the Internet Movie Database
- Shizue Natsukawa at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
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