Etsuko Shihomi

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Etsuko Shihomi ( Japanese 志 穂 美 悦子 Shihomi Etsuko , real name: Etsuko Nagabuchi ( 長 渕 悦子 ); born on October 29, 1955 in Okayama Prefecture as Etsuko Shiomi ( 塩 見 悦子 )) is a Japanese actress and singer .

Life

Etsuko Shihomi was born in Okayama. She began her acting career in 1973 in several films with Sonny Chiba and Hiroyuki Sanada . In total, Etsuko Shihomi starred in more than forty films and TV series. In 1975 she was seen in a supporting role as a telephone operator in the disaster film Panic on the Tokyo Express . Larger roles followed, including in 1983 as Keno in The Legend of the Eight Samurai .

From 1975 to 1984 Etsuko Shihomi worked as a singer in addition to acting and released three albums, the last of which ( Three Dimension ) came out on CD two years after its release and after Shihomi's career as a singer had ended in 1985.

In 1986 Shihomi met the actor and singer Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi during the filming of Otoko wa Tsurai yo : Shiawase no Aoi Tori , whom she married the following year. In the same year she ended her career after fourteen years. Their daughter Ayana Nagabuchi (* 1988) is also active as an actress, their sons Wataru and Ren (* 1994) as a racing driver and rapper. Etsuko Shihomi is involved in charity projects and has published several books for charity.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1973: Bodyguard Kiba 2
  • 1974: Gekitotsu! Satsujin
  • 1974: Onna Hissatsuken
  • 1974: Gyakushu! Satsujin
  • 1975: Panic on the Tokyo Express ( Shinkansen Daibakuha )
  • 1976: Hissatsu Onna Kenshi
  • 1976: Kozure Satsujinken
  • 1977: Golgo 13 : Kūron no Kubi
  • 1978: Yagyū Ichizoku no Inbō
  • 1978: Uchū kara no message
  • 1982: Tenkōsei
  • 1982: Kamata Koshinkyoku
  • 1983: The Legend of the Eight Samurai ( Satomi Hakkenden )
  • 1984: Shanghai Vance King
  • 1986: Otoko wa Tsurai yo : Shiawase no Aoi Tori

Discography

  • 1975: Kagebōshi ( 影 法師 ), single
  • 1976: Onna Hissatsuken Shihomi Etsuko Sanjō !! ( 女 必殺 拳 志 穂 美 悦子 参 上 !! ), album
  • 1977: Koi no Saturday Night ( 恋 の サ タ デ ィ ー ナ イ ト ), single and album
  • 1977: Futari dake no Kekkonshiki ( ふ た り だ け の 結婚 式 ), single
  • 1982: Ashita yo Kaze ni Mae / Omoide So Long ( 明日 よ 風 に 舞 え / 思 い 出 So Long ), single
  • 1983: Three Dimension (re-released on CD 1985), album
  • 1984: Minami no Suna no Airmail / Single Rouge ( 南 の 砂 の エ ア メ ー ル / シ ン グ ル ル ー ジ ュ ), single

Fonts

  • 1976: Kagirinaki Action e no Michi ( 限 り な き ア ク シ ョ ン へ の 道 ), photo book
  • 1981: Joyū Shihomi Etsuko ( 女優 志 穂 美 悦子 ), photo book
  • 2011: Flower Arrangement INSPIRE Ichika Bachika
  • 2012: Flower Fighting INSPIRE Ichika Bachika
  • 2013: Flower Arrangement Works INSPIRE 3 In New York

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Shihomi is the family name, Etsuko the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Shihomi, etsuko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 志 穂 美 悦子 (Japanese); Shiomi, Etsuko (maiden name); 塩 見 悦子 (Japanese, maiden name); Nagabuchi, Etsuko (real name); 長 渕 悦子 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Okayama Prefecture , Japan