Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama (小山 明子, Koyama Akiko, born 25 January 1935) is a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in over 80 films,[1] many directed by her husband Nagisa Ōshima.[2][3][4]

Akiko Koyama
Born
Akiko Usui

(1935-01-25) 25 January 1935
Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1955–present
Spouse
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(m. 1960; died 2013)​
Awards

Biography

Koyama was born Akiko Usui in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture as the youngest of six children.[2] She graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumi High School in 1953 and entered a dressmaking school to study fashion design.[2] After appearing on the cover of Katei Yomiuri magazine, she received an offer by the Shochiku film studios, where she gave her screen debut in 1955.[2] In 1960, she married film director Nagisa Ōshima and left Shochiku with him, becoming a co-founder of the independent film company Sozosha which produced Ōshima's subsequent films and in which she regularly starred.[2] In the 1980s, she switched from film to television work, while still appearing on stage.[2] Koyama temporarily retired from acting after Ōshima's collapse from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1996 to nurse her husband.[2] She and Ōshima, who died in 2013, had two sons.[3] In recent years, she has been active as a lecturer and essayist on the subject of nursing care.[2]

Selected filmography

Awards

References
  1. "小山 明子". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. "小山 明子". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. "In the realms of true love and devotion, few could fault Akiko Koyama". The Japan Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. Rosenbaum, Jonathan (15 October 2010). Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition. ISBN 9780226726656. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  5. "毎日映画コンクール 第24回（1969年）". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  6. "第44回日本アカデミー賞". Japan Academy Film Prize (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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