Shizue Natsukawa
夏川静枝
Shizue Natsukawa in 1932
Born(1909-03-09)9 March 1909
Tokyo, Japan
Died24 January 1999(1999-01-24) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesShizue Iida
OccupationActress
Years active1916–1999
SpouseNobuo Iida

Shizue Natsukawa (夏川静枝, Natsukawa Shizue, 9 March 1909 – 24 January 1999) was a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in works of directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Shirō Toyoda and Keisuke Kinoshita.

Biography

Natsukawa was born in Tokyo and first appeared on stage at the age of seven.[1][2] She gave her film debut in The Glow of Life in 1918 (released 1919), in which she appeared together with her brother Daijirō.[2][3] In 1927, joined the Nikkatsu studio, where she gained popularity through films such as Tsubakihime and Kekkon nijuso: zenpen.[1][3] She married composer Nobuo Iida and retired from acting for a while,[4][5] but returned to the screen with Shirō Toyoda's Spring on Leper's Island.[3] She played many secondary roles in films and on television after the war.[1][4]

Natsukawa's daughter Kahoru Natsukawa (1943–1998) also acted on stage and in film.[6]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. 1 2 3 "夏川静枝". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 "夏川静枝". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "夏川静枝". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 夏川静枝さん死去. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 31 January 1999. p. 31.
  5. ↑ 飯田信夫氏死去「隣組」の作曲家. Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). 21 August 1991. p. 31.
  6. ↑ "夏川 かほる". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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