Yumiko Nogawa

Yumiko Nogawa (野川由美子 Nogawa Yumiko) (born August 30, 1944) is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan.^[1] She has starred in several movies, notably Gate of Flesh (1964), a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including Story of a Prostitute (1965) and Carmen from Kawachi (1966), these films are known as Nogawa's "Flesh Trilogy".^[2] Nogawa has appeared in numerous films in Japan, including director Nagisa Oshima's The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) and Zatoichi & the Fugitives (1968), the eighteenth film in the Zatoichi series.^[3] She has also appeared in television series on Nippon Television, TV Tokyo, Fuji TV, and NHK.^[4]

Filmography

• Gate of Flesh (1964) - Maya
• Story of a Prostitute (1965) - Harumi
• The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) - Hitomi
• Carmen from Kawachi (1966) - Carmen
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) - Kaoru Sugita
• The Geisha House (1999) - Michiko
• The Sea Watches (2002) - Omine

Television

• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) - Asahi no kata
• Last Cinderella (2013) - Setsuko Takenouchi

References

1. 野川由美子 のがわ・ゆみこ (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 179. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
3. "Zatoichi & the Fugitives: cast". All Movie Guide. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
4. Criterion Collection movies starring Yumiko Nogawa http://www.criterion.com/search/results?cx=015536958783835185649%3Am0a2kgqd__m&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=Yumiko+Nogawa&x=46&y=8#534

External links

• "Yumiko Nogawa". All Movie Guide. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
• 野川由美子 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
• Yumiko Nogawa at IMDB
• "YUMIKO NOGAWA". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)