Akemi Negishi
Date of birth: 1934-03-26
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962-08-11
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponso
Lady Snowblood
1973-12-01
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals.
Red Beard
1965-03-04
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w
Sex and Fury
1973-02-17
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by u
Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
1966-08-03
TULIP (The Undercover Line of International Police) is a New York-based international police force i
Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
1967-01-14
Toru Sagara, a lone wolf assassin, is imprisoned for betraying his employer, Hanawa. After completin
I Live in Fear
1955-11-22
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to
Toshigoro
1973-04-14
Teenage film
The Lower Depths
1957-10-01
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972-08-25
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she
Mako Osorubeshi
1954-06-15
Girl in College
1969-03-30
Anatahan
1953-06-28
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten is
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957-05-17
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the
Sudden Rain
1956-01-14
A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
Beast Man Snow Man
1955-08-14
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Sn
Distant Thunder
1981-10-23
A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is
The Hot Little Girl
1970-10-03
A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.
Code of Ruffians
1965-12-04
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it w
Dangerous Liaisons
1978-03-18
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' is adapted to a
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970-09-09
A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money
18 Roughs
1963-09-11
Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company
A Man in the Storm
1957-02-05
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a k
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955-10-05
Holiday in Tokyo
1958-04-15
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, s
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972-12-09
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habi
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
1973-12-29
Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip clu
The Setting Sun
1992-09-15
A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader o
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975-07-12
Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in
Dodes'ka-den
1970-10-31
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “dri
Play It Cool
1970-05-01
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is th
Female Yakuza Tale
1973-06-06
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs in
A Wife's Heart
1956-05-03
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close
Lady Karuizawa
1982-08-06
A university student travels to a popular resort in the mountains for a summer job as a waiter and b
The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
1981-07-21
Sent to an institution for mentally handicapped children by his parents, he began creating artworks
Snake Woman's Curse
1968-07-12
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haun
Location
1984-09-22
The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adapt
The Underworld
1956-02-26
Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantica
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
1971-05-08
Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.
Farewell Rabaul
1954-02-10
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they und
King of the Widow-Killers
1971-02-25
The third installment of the Emperor series, starring Tatsuo Umemiya as the man who rules the night
The Strangling
1979-06-02
The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that
High School Juniors (Part II)
1964-08-22
A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, re
Hooligans on Buggies
1970-10-29
Rivalry between a hoodlum group and a gangster organization.
An Unforgettable Affair
1978-06-03
Toshihiko, a high school boy, hates Kozo, his father, enough to kill him. His mother had lived in te
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964-10-17
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have thei
The Life of Chikuzan
1977-03-17
After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shami
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
1979-04-28
Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal
Express Train
1967-06-03
Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who
No More Easy Life
1979-12-25
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of he
The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion
1976-09-23
Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in
Military Comfort Woman
1974-07-17
Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army du
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957-07-09
An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the fi
Song for a Bride
1958-02-11
An Ishiro Honda film.
Aoi bara satsujin jiken
1993-06-29
A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a
Shikibu monogatari
1990-10-06
Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial acciden
Happiness of Us Alone
1961-01-15
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a scho
The Makioka Sisters
1983-05-21
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every y
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957-07-09
An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the sec
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963-06-26
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for a
Red-Light Bases
1953-12-08
Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.
続・図々しい奴
1964-06-03
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956-04-25
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend
Defeat the Boss
1963-06-22
Film directed by Ishii Teruo