| Akiko Koyama | |
|---|---|
| Born | Akiko Usui (1935-01-25) 25 January 1935 (age 89) Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse |
Nagisa Ōshima
(m. 1960; died 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | |
Akiko Koyama (小山 明子, Koyama Akiko, born 25 January 1935) is a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in over 80 films, many directed by her husband Nagisa Ōshima.
Biography
Koyama was born Akiko Usui in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture as the youngest of six children. She graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumi High School in 1953 and entered a dressmaking school to study fashion design. After appearing on the cover of Katei Yomiuri magazine, she received an offer by the Shochiku film studios, where she gave her screen debut in 1955. In 1960, she married film director Nagisa Ōshima and left Shochiku with him, becoming a co-founder of the independent film company Sozosha which produced Ōshima's subsequent films and in which she regularly starred. In the 1980s, she switched from film to television work, while still appearing on stage. Koyama temporarily retired from acting after Ōshima's collapse from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1996 to nurse her husband. She and Ōshima, who died in 2013, had two sons. In recent years, she has been active as a lecturer and essayist on the subject of nursing care.
Selected filmography
- Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
- The Catch (1961)
- Violence at Noon (1966)
- Death by Hanging (1968)
- Boy (1969)
- The Ceremony (1971)
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
- Karate Warriors (1976)
- In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
- Empire of Passion (1978)
Awards
- 1969 Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Boy
- Special Award from the Chairman at the 2001 44th Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony
References
- "小山 明子". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "小山 明子". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "In the realms of true love and devotion, few could fault Akiko Koyama". The Japan Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- Rosenbaum, Jonathan (15 October 2010). Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226726656. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "毎日映画コンクール 第24回（1969年）". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- "第44回日本アカデミー賞". Japan Academy Film Prize (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
External links
- Akiko Koyama at IMDb
