Mayumi Ogawa

Mayumi Ogawa
Born	(1939-12-11) December 11, 1939 (age 84) Adachi, Tokyo City, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1961–present
Spouse	Toshiyuki Hosokawa (1967–1973)

Mayumi Ogawa (小川眞由美) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize^[1] and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters.^[2]

In 2008, Ogawa got ordained as a Shingon Buddhist nun. In an interview with J-Cast News, she mentioned that during her tonsure ceremony, only one strand of hair was pulled out. She remains involved in the entertainment industry.^[3]

Filmography

Film

• Mother (1963)
• Night Ladies (1964)
• Night Scandal (1964)
• Convicted Woman (1966)
• Nakano Spy School (1966)
• Shiroi Kyotō (1966)
• Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
• If You Were Young: Rage (1970)
• \300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins (1975)
• The Fossil (1975)
• The Demon (1978)
• Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
• Glowing Autumn (1979)
• The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)
• Shikake-nin Baian (1981)
• The Go Masters (1983)
• Farewell to the Ark (1984)
• The Political Game (1989)

Television

• Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) – Shiobu
• Three Outlaw Samurai (1966) – Oshima
• Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974–75) – Aiko Takasu / Narrator^[4]
• Akō Rōshi (1979) – Yūgiri Tayū
• Takeda Shingen (1988) – Yae^[5]
• Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000) – Yodo-dono

Dubbing roles

• Cleopatra (1975 NTV edition) – Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor)

References

1. 第 ３ 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
2. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
3. "女優の小川眞由美 テレビで「出家」語る". J-CASTニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-10.
4. "華麗なる一族". Family Gekijyo. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
5. "武田信玄". The Television. Retrieved July 15, 2022.