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Shinobu Otake
Career
Active 1973 – present
Biography
About Shinobu Otake
Shinobu Otake is a Japanese actress with a career spanning over five decades. She began performing around the age of 15 and has remained active since 1973. Her body type is slim, and she has brown hair and brown eyes.
Otake has received 12 award nominations and won three Japanese Academy Awards: Best Actress for Railroad Man (2000) and both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in 1979 for The Incident and Seishoku no ishibumi. She also won Best Actress at the 12th Hochi Film Award for Eien no 1/2 and at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival for Owl. She was the favored lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after Nobuko Otowa's death, appearing in his films from A Last Note (1995) to Postcard (2011). She has also performed on stage.
Record
Profile details
Personal
- Years Active
- 1973-present (started around 15 years old; 53 years active)
- Birthplace
- Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Ethnicity
- Asian
Body
- Hair Color
- Brown
- Eye Color
- Brown
- Boobs
- Real/Natural
Extra
- Instagram Followers
- 326k (as of April 2026)
Frequently asked
Which awards has Shinobu Otake won?
Otake has won three Japanese Academy Awards, plus Best Actress at the Hochi Film Award and Moscow International Film Festival, from 12 total nominations.
What is notable about her career longevity?
She began acting around age 15, making her career the longest in her field, with over five decades of active work.
Did you know
- Otake was the preferred lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo following Nobuko Otowa's death in 1994.
- She won awards in both 1979 and 2000, spanning two decades.
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