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name: "Kotoe Hatsui"
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born: "8 January 1929"
died: "21 September 1990"
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updated: "2026-09-17T06:23:26.383108+00:00"
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# Kotoe Hatsui

Actor. Born 8 January 1929 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Died 21 September 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 January 1929, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 21 September 1990
- **Also known as:** 初井言栄, קוטו הטסוי
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11396422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65512

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Castle in the Sky*](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md) (82)

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## Biography

Kotoe Hatsui was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was born on 8 January 1929 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and died on 21 September 1990. She appeared in numerous live-action films from the 1960s onwards and provided voices for animation.

Hatsui graduated from Aoba Jissen Girls' High School and the Academy of Performing Arts. She was formerly a member of the Seinenza theatre company. She is known for her voice role as Dola in *Castle in the Sky* (1986), as well as live-action parts including Tsune in *Pigs and Battleships* (1961) and Tsuyuko in *Story of a Prostitute* (1965).

She was married to actor Fubito Yamano from 1970 until her death.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Castle in the Sky* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Dola (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md)

## Also known for

- *Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song* (1973), Tome Kudô
- *Pigs and Battleships* (1961), Tsune
- *Cleopatra: Queen of Sex* (1970), Apollodoria (voice)
- *Story of a Prostitute* (1965), Tsuyuko
- *Edo Porn* (1981)

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