Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa 乙羽 信子
Nobuko Otowa in Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Born	(1924-10-01)1 October 1924 Yonago, Tottori, Japan
Died	22 December 1994(1994-12-22) (aged 70)
Cause of death	Liver cancer
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–1994
Spouse(s)	Kaneto Shindo (1977–94; her death)

Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子, Otowa Nobuko^?, 1 October 1924 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She gave up a career as a star to appear in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. She later married him in 1977 after his previous wife divorced him and then died. She posthumously won the award for best supporting actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for A Last Note, having been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer during its production. Half of her ashes are scattered on the island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima where The Naked Island was filmed.