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Acting

Shinobu Otake

Career: Active from 1975 to 2025, busiest in 1999 and 2010 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 38
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Arrietty
83/100

Characters

8

The characters Shinobu Otake played, best-known titles first.

Shinobu Otake as Charlotte (voice)

Shinobu Otake as Miyako Sasaki

Shinobu Otake as 衣笠典子

Shinobu Otake as Kiwa

Shinobu Otake as 園田智恵 / SONODA Tomoe

Shinobu Otake as 南雲朱音

Shinobu Otake as 歩き巫女

Shinobu Otake as 志子田南

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Shinobu Otake Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Historical
1.4, average 2.5
Politics
1.7, average 2.6
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Japanese Cinema 8
Character-Driven 5
Family Dynamics 4
Character Study 4
Social Commentary 3
Psychological Drama 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Japanese Drama 3
Slice-of-Life 3
Slow-Paced 2
Melancholic Tone 2
Japanese Animation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

TV show

2020s

12 titles · average score 74

In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa

as Narrator

TV show

Where Does the Sea Begin

80

TV show · as Nagumo Akane

Who Were We?

as Kii

The Boy and the Heron

83

as Aiko (voice)

The Inugami Family

TV show · as Matsuko Inugami

Hell Dogs

70

as Noriko Kinugasa

PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

TV show · as Minami Shikota

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

69

as Nikuko-chan (voice)

The House of the Lost on the Cape

67

as Kiwa-san (voice)

Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special

as Masako Tatemoto

劇場の灯を消すな！Ｂｕｎｋａｍｕｒａシアターコクーン編

TV show

2010s

21 titles · average score 68

Nomitori Samurai

58

as Orin

I'm Sorry, I Love You

TV show · as Hyuga Reiko

Black Widow Business

as Sayoko Takeuchi

Our Little Sister

81

as Miyako Sasaki

Leaving on the 15th Spring

64

as Akemi Nakazato

The Wind Rises

83

as Mrs. Kurokawa (voice)

Still, Life Goes On

78

TV show · as Kyoko Nomoto

Arrietty

83

as Homily (voice)

Postcard

60

as Tomoko Morikawa

Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!

as Yoko Morii

A Night in Nude: Salvation

58

as Ayumi Kato

My Darling Is a Foreigner

58

as Saori's mom

2000s

15 titles · average score 70

Then Summer Came

as Yukie Miyaji

Teacher and Three Children

as Midori Fujikawa

Welcome to the Quiet Room

69

as Nishino

Kitokito!

as Tomoko Saito

Into the Faraway Sky

as Michi

Returning the Favor

as Mikiko Kitahara

Affectionate Time

TV show · as Wakui Megumi

Otakus in Love

63

as Yasuko Akashi

Like Asura

68

as Tsunako Mitamura - First Daughter

Owl

64

as Yumi

77

as Michiko

Ritual

79

as Mother

1990s

15 titles · average score 69

The Black House

62

as Sachiko Komoda

Will to Live

as Tokuko

Railroad Man

72

as Shizue Sato

Round About Midnight

73

as Couple

Semi-double

TV show · as Mako Tsuzuki

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

as Sawako Kojima

Gonin 2

72

as Sayuri

The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey

TV show

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

as Naomi Ito

Original Sin

as Nami Tsuchiya

Night Escape Agency

as Fumiko Akikawa

7 Up Japan

as Narrator

1980s

10 titles · average score 67

A Tale of Young Elopement

as Setsuko

Danjoshchinin Akimonogatari

TV show · as 神崎桃子

Beyond the Shining Sea

as Hiroko

Danjoshichi Natsu Monogatari

TV show

The Empty Table

70

as Miyoko Asano

Dangerous Women

as Noriko Tanase

Mahjong Horoki

as Mayumi

Tuesday Suspense Theater

TV show

Twelve Months

65

as Anja (voice)

Zoku zoku jiken

TV show

1970s

5 titles · average score 73

Oh, My Son!

as Tagiri

The Incident

69

as Yoshiko Sakai

The Demon

77

as Policewoman

Tora-san Plays Cupid

as 福村幸子

Mizuiro no toki

TV show · as 松宮知子