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Portrait of Shizue Natsukawa

Acting

Shizue Natsukawa

Career

Active from 1919 to 1981, with a break from 1938 to 1950, busiest in 1954 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Love Letter
Love Letter
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shizue Natsukawa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Crime
    0.9, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    2.3, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Melodrama 2
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Yumechiyo Nikki
Yumechiyo Nikki (1981)

TV show

1970s

3 titles · average score 67
Nutcracker Fantasy
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
GoodWatch score 67

as Aunt Gerda (voice)

Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta
Hanzaki Daimyojin, Gorosuke no uta (1972)

as Narrator (voice)

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler (1971)

as Otami

1960s

6 titles · average score 76
Warm Current
Warm Current (1966)

as Takiko Shima

Ohanahan
Ohanahan (1966)

TV show · as 溝呂木の妻・しげ

Kwaidan
Kwaidan (1965)
GoodWatch score 76

as Tokiko (segment "Hoichi the Earless") (uncredited)

Yakuza of Seki
Yakuza of Seki (1963)

as Okane Sawaiya

In Search of Mother
In Search of Mother (1962)

as Omura

Beyond the Hills
Beyond the Hills (1960)

as Fumiko Inoue

1950s

21 titles · average score 68
Thus Another Day
Thus Another Day (1959)

as Yasuko's mother

Little Peach
Little Peach (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

as Rieko Hirayama, the mother

The Boy Who Came Back
The Boy Who Came Back (1958)

as Masue, Keiko's mother

Times of Joy and Sorrow
Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)

as Mrs. Natori

Fountainhead
Fountainhead (1956)
GoodWatch score 63

as Motoko's mother

No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears (1955)

as Kinue

The Golden Demon
The Golden Demon (1954)

as Mrs. Minowa

Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ôishi Sensei no Haha

A Certain Woman
A Certain Woman (1954)

as Yoko and Aiko's mother

Love Letter
Love Letter (1953)
GoodWatch score 70

as Reikichi's mother

Violence
Violence (1952)

as Female Writer

Portrait of Madame Yuki
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
GoodWatch score 69

as Osumi

1930s

4 titles
Young People
Young People (1937)

as Teacher Hashimoto

Chorus of a Million People
Chorus of a Million People (1935)

as Yoshiko Aoki

Drifting
Drifting (1935)

as Fusako Kobayashi

Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)

as Ayako

1920s

6 titles · average score 63
Tokyo March
Tokyo March (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

as 道代(後に折枝)

Metropolitan Symphony
Metropolitan Symphony (1929)

as Osome

Town of Love
Town of Love (1928)

as Teruko, granddaughter of Kikuchi

Jihishincho
Jihishincho (1927)

as Michiko Mori

Child of the Streets
Child of the Streets (1924)

as お京

Skull Dance
Skull Dance (1923)

as その妹お糸

1910s

1 title
The Glow of Life
The Glow of Life (1919)

as 照子の妹