[2] She became famous playing an unfortunate half-Japanese, half African-American volleyball player called Jun Sanders in a 1969 volleyball drama called Sain wa V.[2] She went on to appear in films such as Alleycat Rock: Female Boss and the Playgirl TV detective series.
In her later career, she provided the Japanese voice-over for the lead character in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and appeared as the mother of Itsuki Fujii in Love Letter.
She was also active in stage acting in the later part of her career, and was due to appear in a new production at the time of her unexpected death.
[4] On the grave, her name is spelt in roman letters "Fuan Bunjaku".
Ironically her most famous acting role, Jun Sanders, was of a girl who died prematurely due to cancer.