
Shinobu Otake
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Shinobu Otake (大竹 しのぶ, Ōtake Shinobu, born July 17, 1957) is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Known for
Credits

The Boy and the Heron (2023)
as Aiko (voice)

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
as Homily (voice)

The Wind Rises (2013)
as Mrs. Kurokawa (voice)

Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017)
as Great-Aunt Charlotte (voice)

A Night In Nude: Salvation (2010)
as Ayumi Kato

Our Little Sister (2015)
as Miyako Sasaki

The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)
Actor

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021)
as Nikuko-chan (voice)

Hell Dogs (2022)
as Noriko Kinugasa

Ritual (2000)
as Mother

GO (2001)
as Michiko

Railroad Man (1999)
as Shizue Sato

Black Widow Business (2016)
as Sayoko Takeuchi

Mahjong Horoki (1984)
as Mayumi

Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
as Nishino

The Black House (1999)
as Sachiko Komoda

Gonin 2 (1996)
as Sayuri

Before the Vigil (2013)
as Sachiko Yamada

Pieta in the Toilet (2015)
as Hiroshi's Mother

Owl (2003)
as Yumi

Round About Midnight (1999)
as Couple

The House of the Lost on the Cape (2021)
as Kiwa-san (voice)

Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special (2009)
Actor

Otakus in Love (2004)
as Yasuko Akashi

The Demon (1978)
as Policewoman

Surely Someday (2010)
Actor

Nomitori Samurai (2018)
as Orin

Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special (2020)
as Masako Tatemoto

Twelve Months (1980)
as Anja (voice)

Castle Under Fiery Skies (2009)
Actor

Returning the Favor (2006)
as Mikiko Kitahara

The Incident (1978)
as Yoshiko Sakai

Oh, My Son! (1979)
as Tagiri

Sanada 10 Braves (2016)
as Yodo-dono

Original Sin (1992)
as Nami Tsuchiya

My Darling Is a Foreigner (2010)
as Saori's mom

Into the Faraway Sky (2007)
as Michi

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
as Naomi Ito

Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
as Hana

Shadowfall (2019)
Actor

Like Asura (2003)
as Tsunako Mitamura - First Daughter

The Gate of Youth (1975)
Actor

Then Summer Came (2008)
as Yukie Miyaji

Eien no 1/2 (1987)
Actor

The Empty Table (1985)
as Miyoko Asano

Nomugi Pass (1979)
Actor

Kitokito! (2007)
as Tomoko Saito

A Tale of Young Elopement (1987)
as Setsuko

Tracing Jake (2004)
Actor

Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! (2010)
as Yoko Morii

Will to Live (1999)
as Tokuko

Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)
as Akemi Nakazato

Stay or go? (1988)
Actor

Postcard (2010)
as Tomoko Morikawa

Forget Me Not (2010)
Actor

Lover, Come Back to Me (1983)
Actor

Who Were We? (2024)
as Kii

Seasonal Wind (1977)
Actor

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)
as Sawako Kojima

Tora-san Plays Cupid (1977)
as Sachiko

Monument to Holy Service (1978)
Actor

Beyond the Shining Sea (1986)
as Hiroko
Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town (2012)
Actor

Kinpira (1990)
Actor

Harikomi (1991)
Actor

Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu (1995)
Actor

Children of Nagasaki (1983)
Actor

Dangerous Women (1985)
as Noriko Tanase

The love song of farewell later (1991)
Actor

Child of the Sun (1980)
Actor

Keijitachi no Natsu (1999)
Actor

The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh (1976)
Actor

Megumi no Sekai (1990)
Actor

Human Revolution II (1976)
Actor
恋のおしまい (2024)
Actor

Arigato, Okan (2008)
as Hanako

Teacher and Three Children (2008)
as Midori Fujikawa
Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers (1980)
Actor

北の国から ’95秘密 後編 (1995)
Actor

Mourning Becomes Electra (2004)
Actor

Nurses and Doctors (1992)
as Rei Kiyohara

fukusuke (2012)
Actor

Night Escape Agency (1992)
as Fumiko Akikawa

Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41 (2018)
as Sakiko

Cymbeline (2012)
Actor

7 Up Japan (1992)
as Narrator

リア王 (2025)
Actor

蜷川幸雄演出「パンドラの鐘」 (1999)
Actor

14 Up Japan (1999)
as Narrator

「昭和の歌よ、ありがとう」One Night Premiere LIVE (2014)
Actor

The August Screams (1995)
Actor

In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa (2025)
as Narrator





