Misa Shimizu (清水美砂 Shimizu Misa?, born 25 September 1970 in Tanashi, Tokyo, Japan) is an actress. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. As of March 1, 2007, the city has an estimated Population of 191927 and the density officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works She made her screen debut by winning the heroine audition for 1987 film Shōnan Bōsōzoku. She starred in NHK's morning drama series Seishun Kazoku in 1989. or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan 's Public broadcaster. An is a serialized television series broadcasted by NHK in the mornings in Japan. She portrayed Keiko, the female protagonist, in Palme d'Or winning The Eel directed by Shohei Imamura. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Eel ( Japanese: うなぎ Unagi) is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura starring Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu was a Japanese Film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards and is regarded as one of the most important and idiosyncratic filmmakers She also makes regular appearances in Masayuki Suo's films. is a Japanese Film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize -winning films 1992's Sumo Do Sumo Don't and 1996's
In 1998, she married an enlisted US Army soldier stationed in Japan and moved to the USA. She gave birth to a daughter in April 2003, and a son two years later. She lived in Maryland with her husband and two children, until they returned to Japan in 2005.
Filmography
(partial list)
- Shōnan Bakusōzoku (湘南爆走族) (1987)
- Inamura Jane (稲村ジェーン Inamura Jeen) (1990)
- Baka Yarō! 3: Henna Yatsura (バカヤロー!3 へんな奴ら) (1990)
- Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (シコふんじゃった。 Shiko Funjata. ) (1991)
- Mirai no Omoide (未来の想い出) (1992)
- Okoge (おこげ) (1992)
- Home Work (1992)
- Chūshingura Shijūshichi-nin no Shikaku (忠臣蔵 四十七人の刺客) (1994)
- Gerende ga Tokeru Hodo Koi Shitai (ゲレンデがとけるほど恋したい。) (1995)
- Shall We Dance (Shall We ダンス Shall We Dansu) (1996) as Natsuko
- Ningen Isu (人間椅子) (1997)
- The Eel (うなぎ) (1997): Shimizu shot to worldwide fame at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival where this film won the Palme d'Or. is a Gay -themed Japanese film written and directed by Takehiro Nakajima, released in 1992. Shall We Dance? is a 1996 award - winning Japanese film Its original Japanese title is which refers to the earlier 1934 movie "Shall We Dance" The Eel ( Japanese: うなぎ Unagi) is a 1997 film directed by Shohei Imamura starring Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. She later won the Fumiko Yamaji Prize and the Japan Academy's Leading Actress award.
- Zakurokan (柘榴館) (1997)
- Gimu to Engi (義務と演技) (1997)
- Dr. Akagi (カンゾー先生 Kanzō-sensei) (1998)
- Atsumono (あつもの) (1999)
- Kyū no Ichi Kinyūdō (九ノ一金融道) (1999)
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (赤い橋の下のぬるい水 Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu) (2001): Shimizu plays a woman with a rather bountiful problem—she fills up with water and the only way to get rid of it, is to make love. Dr Akagi, known in Japan as, is a 1998 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. is a 2001 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film . .
- The Sea is Watching (海は見ていた Umi wa Miteita) (2002): A charming story about samurai-era working girls in a small seaside town brothel. Shimizu plays the slightly older, diffident prostitute, Kikuno, a big sister to the younger girls in the house. Kimuno has two regular customers—an abusive middle-aged yakuza type and a tender elderly widower who asks her to move in with him—but she weaves her own mysterious and forlorn story. A funny, bittersweet, but warm film about the power of the heart, written by the late Akira Kurosawa.
- Paper Moon Affair (プライベート・ムーン Puraibeeto Mūn) (2005): Shimizu stars as Keiko, an enigmatic Japanese beauty, married to a domineering Chinese husband, forced to find herself while lost in a small town in the remote Pacific Northwest.
- Ubume no Natsu (姑獲鳥の夏) (2005)
- Nijūni-sai no Wakare: Lycoris Hamizu Hanamizu Monogatari (22才の別れ Lycoris 葉見ず花見ず物語) (2005)
- Rain Fall (2009)
TV series
(partial list)
- 29-sai no Yūutsu (29歲の憂うつ) (2000): played 29-year old Kudo, an owner of a lesbian bar.
- Fūrin Kazan (風林火山) (2007): played Sanada Yukitaka's wife Shinome. was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7 2007. It was aired throughout 2007 (1512?-d 1574 was a daimyō (feudal lord of Shinano Province who became one of Takeda Shingen 's ' Twenty-four Generals ' (his most
External links
- Shimizu Misa at the Internet Movie Database
- Shimizu Misa (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
- Misa Shimizu - Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile
- Misa Shimizu DVDs - Netflix
- Misa Shimizu @ Filmbug
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