Etsuko Ichihara

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| native_name = 市原悦子

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|01|24}}

| birth_place = Chiba, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|01|12|1936|01|24}}

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1957–2019

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{{Nihongo|Etsuko Ichihara|市原悦子|Ichihara Etsuko|24 January 1936 – 12 January 2019}} was a Japanese actress. She appeared in over 100 films.

Biography

Ichihara was a member of the Haiyuza theater troupe from 1957 to 1971. She won an award at the Geijutsusai in 1959 and became the star of Haiyuza. She narrated the long-running anime series Manga Nihon mukashi banashi. She won the Japan Academy Prize for Black Rain.{{cite web|title=Ichihara Etsuko|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B8%82%E5%8E%9F%E6%82%A6%E5%AD%90-1054605|website=Kotobanku|publisher=Asahi Shinbun|access-date=7 March 2015|language=ja}} Ichihara died of heart failure, twelve days before her 83rd birthday.{{cite web|title=Dai-13 kai Nihon Akademī-shō|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=13#title07|publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association|access-date=7 March 2015|language=ja}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/13/national/veteran-japanese-actress-etsuko-ichihara-dies-heart-failure-82/ | title=Veteran actress Etsuko Ichihara dies of heart failure at 82 | date=14 January 2019 | access-date=14 January 2019 | archive-date=13 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113195546/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/13/national/veteran-japanese-actress-etsuko-ichihara-dies-heart-failure-82/ | url-status=dead }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1957 \| Snow Country \| \|
1962 \| Burari Bura-bura Monogatari \| \|
1965 \| Kiri no Hata \| \|
1966 \| The Face of Another \| \|
1967 \| Samurai Rebellion \|Kiku \|
1968 \| The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun \| Hilda \| Voice
1970 \| Fuji sanchō \| \|
1977 \| Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears \| \|
rowspan=2\| 1981 \| Buriki no kunsho \| \|
Kofuku \| \|
1989 \| Black Rain \|Shigeko Shizuma \| Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress
1997 \| The Eel \| \|
2006 \| The Ode to Joy \| \|
2015 \| Sweet Bean \| Yoshiko \|
2016 \| Your Name \| Hitoha Miyamizu \| Voice
2017 \| Soap Bubble \| Suma \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1957

| Snow Country

1962

| Burari Bura-bura Monogatari

1965

| Kiri no Hata

1966

| The Face of Another

1967

| Samurai Rebellion

|Kiku

1968

| The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun

| Hilda

| Voice

1970

| Fuji sanchō

1977

| Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears

rowspan=2| 1981

| Buriki no kunsho

Kofuku

1989

| Black Rain

|Shigeko Shizuma

| Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress

1997

| The Eel

2006

| The Ode to Joy

2015

| Sweet Bean

| Yoshiko

2016

| Your Name

| Hitoha Miyamizu

| Voice

2017

| Soap Bubble

| Suma

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1978 \| Tokyo Megure Keishi \| \| TV Drama series
1978-79 \| Tobe Hissatsu Uragoroshi \| \| Hissatsu series
1975–94 \| Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi \| Narrator \| Animation series
1996 \| Hideyoshi \| Naka \| Taiga drama

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1978

| Tokyo Megure Keishi

| TV Drama series

1978-79

| Tobe Hissatsu Uragoroshi

| Hissatsu series

1975–94