Yumi Shirakawa

Japanese actress

Yumi Shirakawa
Shirakawa on set of Rodan.
Born	Akiko Yamazaki (1936-11-21)21 November 1936 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Died	14 June 2016(2016-06-14) (aged 79) Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1956–2016
Spouse(s)	Hideaki Nitani (1964–2012; his death); 1 child

Yumi Shirakawa (白川由美, Shirakawa Yumi, 21 November 1936 – 14 June 2016) was a Japanese film and television actress. She was called the Japanese Grace Kelly when she debuted.^[1] She was scouted and joined Toho film company.^[2] In the same year, she made her film debut with Narazumono.^[1] Her notable films are Rodan (1956), The H-Man (1958), and Yasujirō Ozu’s film The End of Summer (1961).^[3] She was married to actor Hideaki Nitani until his death in 2012.^[4]^[1]

She died of heart failure on June 14, 2016, at the age of 79.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Rodan (1956)
Be Happy, These Two Lovers (1957)
The Mysterians (1957)
The H-Man (1958)
The Badger Palace (大当り狸御殿, Ōatari tanuki goten) aka The Princess of Badger Palace (1958)
A Holiday in Tokyo (1958)
Man Against Man aka Otoko tai otoko (1960)
The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
Challenge to Live (1961)
The Last War (1961)
The End of Summer (1961)
Different Sons (1961)
Chûshingura aka 47 Samurai (1962)
Gorath (1962)
Wall-Eyed Nippon (1963)
Yearning (1964)
Kiganjo no Boken (aka The Adventure of Kigan Castle) (1966)

Niini no Koto o Wasurenaide (2009)

TV series

Hanekonma (1986)^[5]
Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)
Forbidden Love (1999)
Ohisama (2011)
I am Mita, Your Housekeeper (2011)
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2013)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "白川由美さん死去 79歳、家族と団らん中に倒れる". NIKKANSPORTS. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "白川由美さん急死自宅の風呂場で倒れ…二谷英明さんとおしどり夫婦". Sponichi. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "白川由美さん死去二谷友里恵さんの母". daily. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "Haiyū Nitani Hideaki-san shikyo". 47News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ "はね駒". TV drama database. Retrieved 5 November 2021.