
Actor
Akemi Negishi
Born 1934 · Tokyo, Japan
Akemi Negishi (根岸明美 Negishi Akemi, b. 26 March 1934, Tokyo, Japan - died 11 March 2008 (73), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was a Japanese actress. In 1953, when Josef von Sternberg made a film adaptation of the Queen of Anatahan incident, she was discovered at an audition and made her debut in the lead role in Anatahan. Since then, she has been active mainly in film and television. She gained popularity as an actress with a bewitching charm who "could act as well." Ishirō Honda said that Negishi's unique aura suited his films. She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11, 2008. She was 73 years old.
Acting

Red Beard
Okuni · 1965

Lady Snowblood
Tajire no Okiku · 1973

King Kong vs. Godzilla
Chikiro's Mother · 1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla
Chikiro's Mother (Dancing Girl) (uncredited) · 1963

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Otsuka · 1972

Dodes'ka-den
Good-Looking Housewife · 1970

I Live in Fear
Asako Kuribayashi · 1955

The Lower Depths
Osen the Prostitute · 1957

The Makioka Sisters
Mrs. Shimozuma · 1983

Sex and Fury
Ogin Shitateya · 1973

Anatahan
Keiko Kusakabe · 1953

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Prison Guard Minamimura · 1973

Female Yakuza Tale
Osada · 1973

Farewell Rabaul
Kimu · 1954

The Life of Chikuzan
Tami · 1977

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Atsuko Shimada · 1957

Red-Light Bases
Yukiko · 1953

Sudden Rain
Hinako (Nenkichi's wife) · 1956

A Wife's Heart
Sumiko · 1956

Location
Umeko · 1984

Distant Thunder
Mother of Hirotsugu · 1981

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Yukie · 1955

No More Easy Life
Mariko's Mother · 1979

Military Comfort Woman
Kura · 1974