Career
She made her debut as an actress in 1978 as she was chosen out of 3000 candidates to play the heroine in Kohei Tsuka’s Rock Opera “Salome” while she was still in high school. She established her screen actress career by playing leading roles in “Himeyuri Monument” (1982), “Modori Gawa” (1983), “Hitodenashi Number Koi” (1992)as well as appearing on television program “Kiryuin Hanako Number Shogai”. Ninagawa challenged theatre works, appearing Yukio Ninagawa’s modern adaptation of famous Kabuki masterpiece“Kanadehon Chushingura”, “Nigori -East”et cetera and her steady performance was highly acclaimed by many theatre critics.
In 2004, she wrote, directed and played her first film “BARAMERABA”, based on a short story by Seijun Suzuki.
And her novelization was published as well as Digital Video Disc of the film. Mississippi Ninagawa continued to explore her artistic talent.
In 2008 her graphic art exhibition, titled “BARAMEKUTOKI ”was held at Tokyu Bunkamura gallery, which brought her Art of The Year Award from JICS(Japan Information Culturology Society). And in 2010, her passionate pursuit of the theme “Strange & Enchanting” resulted as a selected event “Yuki Ninagawa Drawing Exhibition:BARAMANDARA” commemorating 100thanniversary of Matsuzakaya Department Store at Ueno and Daimaru Shinsaibashi.
Her attractive drawings, using natural mineral pigments “International Water Association ENOGU” have become popular among many women in Japan, when her work used as title visual for television-TOKYO 45th Anniversary Special Drama “Nene―Onna Taikouki” and appeared front page cover of Wacoal Puerto Rico magazine.
Her recent works will be seen at Shibuya Tokyu Bunkamura art gallery in June 2012.