was a Japanese actress, whose real name was . She was notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai. She also starred in Japanese television series such as Sakura and Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki.
Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, she married Ichio Mori, then director of Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), in 1957. She died of stomach cancer on 1 August 2012 at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo, aged 86.
Filmography
Film
A Ball at the Anjo House (1947) - Yôko Shinkawa
Idainaru X (1948) - Chiyo
Kanashiki Kuchibue (1949) Yume o meshimase (1950) - Midori Matsumura Kikyô (1950) - Tomoko Moriya The Bells of Nagasaki (1950) Onna no mizu-kagami (1951) - Kimiko Fujikura Tora no kiba (1951) Tenshi mo yume o miru (1951) Fireworks Over the Sea (1951) - Yukiko Nomura Tekirei san'nin musume (1951) - Motoko Matsukawa Nami (1952) Tonkatsu taishô (1952) - Mayumi Sada The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) - Setsuko Yamauchi Mazô (1952) Himeyuri no Tô (1953) - Teacher Miyagi Sincerity (1953) - Kiyoko Nonomiya Hiroba no kodoku (1953) - Fumie Seven Samurai (1954) - Shino Kunisada Chūji (1954) - Otoyo Ai to shi no tanima (1954) Kuroi ushio (1954) Josei ni kansuru jûni shô (1954) - Minako Tobishima Hanran: Ni-ni-roku jiken (1954) Banchô sara yashiki: Okiku to Harima (1954) Ashizuri misaki (1954) Ningen Gyorai Kaiten (1955) Hana no yukue (1955) - Kazue Hashimoto Tasogare sakaba (1955) - Emy Rosa Ukikusa nikki (1955) Kyatsu o nigasuna (1956) - Kimiko Fujisaki Tengoku wa doko da (1956) Onibi (1956) Kojinbutu no fufu (1956) Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae (1956) Oshaberi shacho (1957) Yama to kawa no aru machi (1957) Kono futari ni sachi are (1957) Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae dainibu (1957) Yoshida to Sanpei monogatari: Ohanake no sekai (1957) Kuchi kara demakase (1958) Kigeki ekimae ryokan (1958) Tsuzurikata kyodai (1958) - Natsu Suzukake no sanpomichi (1959) - Nobuko Takahata Sôtome ke no musume tachi (1962) - Hatsuko Yoshimura Nippon dabi katsukyu (1970) Futari dake no asa (1971) Jinsei gekijô (1973) Shiosai (1975) - Wife of a light house keeper Kigeki Daiyûkai (1976) - Hiroko Nakatani Suri Ranka no ai to wakare (1976) Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984) - Shizuko Haru kuru oni (1989) Ashita (1995) - Sumiko Kanazawa Nagoriyuki (2002) - Kenichiro's mother (final film role)