Nobuko Miyamoto Filmography

Born:: March 27, 1945 in Aichi, Japan
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Actress Nobuku Miyamoto first appeared on Japanese television in the early 1980s. The majority of her acting roles in film have been in the works of the late director Juzo Itami, who was Miyamoto's husband. Itami's satire and social commentary have usually revolved around the comic, intelligent...Read More

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Bizan

Actors: Nanako Matsushima, Takao Osawa, Nobuko Miyamoto, Aya Enjojiu, Tatsuo Yamada

Synopsis: Isshin Inudou's drama Bizan concerns a woman named Sakiko (Nanako Matsushima) who returns home when her mother (Nobuko Miyamoto) goes into the hospital. The daughter discovers in quick succession that not only is her mother dying, but the father she never met, and thought had been deceased, is Read More

2007
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Actors: Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Keiko Toda, Takehiko Ono

Synopsis: Noted television screenwriter and founder of the acclaimed theatrical group Tokyo Sunshine Boys, Koki Mitani makes his directorial debut with this wickedly funny look at a live radio broadcast gone horribly wrong. As a part of a PR stunt, a Tokyo radio station holds an amateur screenwriting Read More

1998
Marutai no onna

Synopsis: Following the release of his Minbo No Onna -- less a film than a textbook on how to extricate oneself from yakuza harassment -- veteran director Juzo Itami was attacked and almost killed by the mob for his effort. In this crime-comedy, he voices his outrage at the attack, which he viewed as an Read More

1997
Super no Onna

Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Shiro Ito, Yuji Miyake, Akiko Matsumoto

Synopsis: Following up on the critical and box-office failure of his 1995 Shizukana Seikatsu, veteran director Juzo Itami made this satirical comedy about a down and out grocery store. The film opens with down home neighborhood grocery store Shojikiya (The Honest Store) getting squeezed out by a newer Read More

1996
Shizukana seikatsu

Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto

Synopsis: Veteran director Juzo Itami who -- shot to fame with his sharply satirical Ososhiki and Tampopo -- turns to decidedly sweeter fare in this melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on Read More

1995
The Last Dance

Synopsis: Juzo Itami's Minbo no Onna -- a virtual textbook on how to beat yakuza harassment -- was a big hit and almost got its director killed in the wake of a gangland knife-attack. Itami's follow-up is a light-hearted meditation on death and dying, strongly recalling Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece Ikiru. Read More

1995
Minbo No Onna

Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Akira Takarada, Yasuo Daichi, Takehiro Murata, Hideji Otaki

Synopsis: Veteran filmmaker Juzo Itami spins this biting satire cum do-it-yourself video about the do's and don'ts of dealing with yakuza extortion techniques. The film centers on the posh Europa Hotel that lost a big conference bid to its rival; the reason was because gangsters were openly conducting Read More

1992
Ageman

Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Shogo Shimada, Hideji Otaki

Synopsis: In Japanese society, geisha still have a role to play as exemplars of gracefulness and cultivation, despite the near disappearance of this livelihood and art form. One of the customs of being a geisha is that wealthy or prominent men will "buy" their contract, which means that they have a primary Read More

1990
A Taxing Woman's Return

Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentaro Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tetsuro Tamba, Toru Masuoka

Synopsis: This comedy satire is the sequel to the third biggest box office draw in Japan during the 1987 season. Ryoko (Nobuko Miyamoto) is the diligent female tax collector who exposes a fake religious cult using their status to avoid paying their share of taxes. She sets out to collect the evidence that Read More

6/28/89
A Un

Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto

Synopsis: Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love. The title of the film, A Un, is a Japanese expression meaning an utter understanding between friends and lovers, and old army pals Kadokura (played by Japanese film icon Read More

1989
Fancy Dance

Actors: Masahiro Motoki, Honami Suzuki, Ken Osawa, Hiromasa Taguchi, Miyako Koda

1989
The Funeral

Actors: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Ichiro Zaitsu, Chishu Ryu

Synopsis: The directorial debut of Juzo Itami, this irreverent black comedy satirizes death and burial customs in a surprising manner for a Japanese film. Trendy film actress Chizuko (Nobuko Miyamoto) and her actor husband Wabisuke (Tsutomu Yamazaki) must rush from a movie set to mourn Chizuko's honored Read More

10/23/87
Tampopo

Actors: Ken Watanabe, Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka

Synopsis: The sophomore directorial effort from ill-fated Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami, Tampopo is an off-beat comedy featuring several intersecting stories all related to food. Tsutomu Yamazaki plays Goro, a truck driver who helps a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) improve her noodle Read More

5/22/87
A Taxing Woman

Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hideo Murata, Shuji Otake

Synopsis: The taxing woman of the title is Nobuko Miyamoto (the wife of director Juzo Itami), who works for the Japanese version of the IRS. She is also "taxing" in her insistence upon upholding the letter of the law and doggedly tracking down tax cheats. Her current quarry is millionaire Tsutomu Yamazaki Read More

1987