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Shizue Natsukawa

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Shizue Natsukawa
夏川静枝
Shizue Natsukawa in 1932
Born(1909-03-09)9 March 1909
Tokyo, Japan
Died24 January 1999(1999-01-24) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesShizue Iida
OccupationActress
Years active1916–1999
SpouseNobuo Iida

Shizue Natsukawa (夏川静枝, Natsukawa Shizue, 9 March 1909 – 24 January 1999) was a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in works of directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Shirō Toyoda and Keisuke Kinoshita.

Biography

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Natsukawa was born in Tokyo and first appeared on stage at the age of seven.[1][2] She gave her film debut in The Glow of Life in 1918 (released 1919), in which she appeared together with her brother Daijirō.[2][3] In 1927, joined the Nikkatsu studio, where she gained popularity through films such as Tsubakihime and Kekkon nijuso: zenpen.[1][3] She married composer Nobuo Iida and retired from acting for a while,[4][5] but returned to the screen with Shirō Toyoda's Spring on Leper's Island.[3] She played many secondary roles in films and on television after the war.[1][4]

Natsukawa's daughter Kahoru Natsukawa (1943–1998) also acted on stage and in film.[6]

Selected filmography

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Film

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "夏川静枝". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "夏川静枝". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "夏川静枝". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b 夏川静枝さん死去. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 31 January 1999. p. 31.
  5. ^ 飯田信夫氏死去「隣組」の作曲家. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 21 August 1991. p. 31.
  6. ^ "夏川 かほる". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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