She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships.
[2][3] She went on to appear in films like Imamura's The Insect Woman, Kaneto Shindō's Onibaba, for which she received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress,[3] and Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den.
She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.
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