---
name: "Akemi Yamaguchi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/akemi-yamaguchi"
fi1m_id: "akemi-yamaguchi"
imdb_id: "nm0945312"
tmdb_id: 72416
wikidata_id: "Q11466899"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 November 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:10:42.421212+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Akemi Yamaguchi

## Identity

Akemi Yamaguchi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akemi-yamaguchi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** akemi-yamaguchi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0945312
- **TMDB ID:** 72416
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11466899
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11466899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945312/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72416

Actor. Born 23 November 1946 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 November 1946, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11466899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945312/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72416

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Grave of the Fireflies*](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md) (94)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Akemi Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was born on 23 November 1946 in Osaka Prefecture.

She is best known for voicing Auntie in the Studio Ghibli animated film *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988). Her earlier film credits include a role in *Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees* (1975). She has also appeared in live-action films and television series from the 1970s onwards.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, ghibli.fandom.com, anime-planet.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988), Fi1m 94, as Auntie (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988), as Auntie (voice) — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md)
- *The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo* (1982), Actor
- *Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees* (1975), Actor
- *Farewell to Rock'n Roll* (1973), Actor
- *Overly-Ripe Breasts: Married Women* (1973), as Tamami
- *Afternoon Affair: Rear Window* (1972), as Young Woman
- *Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market* (1972), as Osechi
- *The Last Laugh* (1972), as Ginko
- *Woman on the Night Train* (1972), as Mika
- *Night of the Felines* (1972), as Masako's friend
- *Dead Blossoms* (1972), Actor
- *Shinjuku Midnight Story: Man and Woman* (1972), as Yama-chan
- *Nagasaki Butterfly* (1972), as Prostitute(女郎)
- *Silent Tears* (1972), as Mari(マリ)
- *Love Hunter* (1972), as Jōji
- *Office Lady Diary: Scent of a She-Cat* (1972), as Handsome young man(美少年)
- *Affair at Twilight* (1972), as Model(モデル)

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