Career
She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She gave up a career as a star to appear in Story of a Beloved Wife and became the mistress of the director Kaneto Shindo. Half of her ashes are scattered on the island of Sukune in Mihara, Hiroshima where The Naked Island was filmed.
Japan Academy Prize Blue Ribbon Kinema Junpo Mainichi Film 36th Venice International Film Festival.