Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto (born March 27, 1945) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Jūzō Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in A Taxing Woman.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 12.386 |
Birthday | 1945-03-27 |
Place of Birth | Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan |
Also Known As | Миямото Нобуко, 미야모토 노부코, Miyamoto Nobuko, |
1985
Tampopo
7.817/333
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tam...
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Tampopo
1987
A Taxing Woman
6.781/32
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a t...
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A Taxing Woman
1984
The Funeral
7.188/40
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three d...
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The Funeral
1996
Supermarket Woman
6.3/22
A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.
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Supermarket Woman
1995
A Quiet Life
7.4/7
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Austr...
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A Quiet Life
1989
Sweet Home
6.904/26
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attac...
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Sweet Home
1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha
6.417/12
The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her...
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Tales of a Golden Geisha
1993
The Last Dance
6.7/10
A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor...
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The Last Dance
1967
Sing a Song of Sex
5.6/18
Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking song...
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Sing a Song of Sex
2011
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
6.4/7
"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka i...
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Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
1992
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
6.7/21
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they c...
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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1989
Buddies
6.8/10
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.
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Buddies
1997
Woman in Witness Protection
6.4/8
Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very public life of the woman makes their sole witness vulnera...
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Woman in Witness Protection
1982
Kidnapping Blues
0/0
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not...
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Kidnapping Blues
1988
A Taxing Woman's Return
6.3/16
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by...
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A Taxing Woman's Return
2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
8.077/1697
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious yo...
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
6.471/34
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to o...
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Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2007
Bizan
6/1
Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushi...
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Bizan
1982
Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
0/0
1982 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.
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Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
1989
Fancy Dance
6.8/13
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline,...
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Fancy Dance
2016
Botchan
8/2
Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from hi...
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Botchan
1984
Deaths in Tokimeki
6.3/3
Deaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting to carry out a job: the assassination of the leader of...
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Deaths in Tokimeki
1968
Scrap Collectors
0/0
Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.
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Scrap Collectors
1980
Four Seasons: Natsuko
6.2/4
A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.
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Four Seasons: Natsuko
2015
Happiness Is Here
0/0
Hiroyuki Tachikawa is 28-years-old. He quits his job due to severe quotas and difficult relations. His girlfriend, Chieko Takanashi (Eriko Nakamura),...
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Happiness Is Here
2016
The Ice Ruts
7/1
Mayu Daimon is a woman who does not remember her mother's face, and her father is the only person she has blood relationship in this world, but he is...
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The Ice Ruts
1966
Lost Sex
0/0
A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring, the...
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Lost Sex
1997
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
7.446/37
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various...
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1983
Dream City
0/0
Ulysses Jenkins composed "Dream City" from documentation of a twenty-four-hour performance he organized in collaboration with David Hammons, Maren Has...
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Dream City
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
7/3
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his s...
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
2021
It's a Flickering Life
7/7
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous act...
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It's a Flickering Life
1973
After School
0/0
The world of adults seen by a high school girl in the valley between school and home after school, and the sparkling poison that only a daughter of th...
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After School
2010
Thief of Blues Skies
0/0
A documentary about a man who continues to document the "Yokkaichi Asthma", caused by the pollution in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, which became a...
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Thief of Blues Skies
2019
Four Women Living in That House
7/1
A mother, daughter and two of their friends live in an old Western-style house in Suginami. As secrets are revealed, they face challenges together.
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Four Women Living in That House
2020
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
7.659/198
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.
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Stand by Me Doraemon 2
2011
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
0/0
A documentary with stars from the original cast.
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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
2022
BL Metamorphosis
6.313/8
Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she...
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BL Metamorphosis
1987
The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
0/0
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman".
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman"
1986
The Making of "Tampopo"
0/0
Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985).
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The Making of "Tampopo"
1988
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
4.2/3
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman's Return".
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The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
1989
Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
4.2/2
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Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
1993
Making of Daibyonin
0/0
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The Last Dance".
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Making of Daibyonin
2022
Haw
7/3
Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, having been left by his fiancée. One da...
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Haw
2014
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
7/4
For his first film in fourteen years animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"...
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Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2007
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
0/0
A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.
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Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2023
The Chocolate Man
0/0
In Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, “QUON CHOCOLATE” is gaining popularity for its carefully selected flavors and colorful designs. This brand, which...
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The Chocolate Man
1972
The Long Darkness
6.8/9
A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and the...
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The Long Darkness
1990
The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
0/0
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "A-Ge-Man" a.k.a. "Tales of a Golden Geisha".
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The Making of "Tales of a Golden Geisha"
1992
The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
0/0
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Minbo no Onna" a.k.a. "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion".
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The Making of "Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
2003
北の国から 記憶 前編
0/0
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北の国から 記憶 前編
2013
Amachan
0/0
Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then retu...
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