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Yumiko Nogawa

Acting Born Aug 30, 1944 Kyoto, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Yumiko Nogawa, born August 30, 1944, is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. 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". 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. She has also appeared in television series on Nippon Television, TV Tokyo, Fuji TV, and NHK.

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Known for

Professional Killers

as Gin

Masamune Shogun

1987
Film

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

as Kaoru

Full filmography

  • Professional Killers (1972) as Gin
  • Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)
  • Kogarashi Monjiro (1972) as Otsuma
  • Masamune Shogun (1987)
  • Nemuri Kyoshiro (1972)
  • Masked Blade (1983)
  • Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro (1984) as 赤津のぶ（文平の母）
  • Hadaka no Taishō (2007)
  • The Last Cinderella (2013) as Setsuko Takenouchi
  • 臨床心理士 (2000) as Kikue Shimazaki
  • Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho (1982)
  • Gate of Flesh (1964) as Maya
  • Story of a Prostitute (1965) as Harumi
  • The Sea Is Watching (2002) as Omine
  • Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
  • Tasukenin Hashiru (1973)
  • Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) as Nakai Kiku
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) as Kaoru
  • Ranzan: The Wild Physician (1995)
  • Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) as Hitomi
  • Female Ninja Magic (1964) as Princess Sen
  • Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) as Oaki
  • The Geisha House (1999) as Michiko
  • The Start of Life (1965) as Yuriko