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name: "Shinobu Ōtake"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shinobu-otake"
fi1m_id: "shinobu-otake"
imdb_id: "nm0652718"
tmdb_id: 545825
wikidata_id: "Q1054660"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 July 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-14T04:03:28.712722+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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# Shinobu Ōtake

## Identity

Shinobu Ōtake

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shinobu-otake
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shinobu-otake
- **IMDb ID:** nm0652718
- **TMDB ID:** 545825
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1054660
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobu_Otake, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1054660, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545825

Actor. Born 17 July 1957 in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 July 1957, Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Shinobu Otake, Shinobu Ohtake, Shinobu Ootake, 오타케 시노부, 大竹 しのぶ, Shinobu Ôtake
- **Frequently works with:** [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md), [Toshio Suzuki](https://film.one/person/toshio-suzuki.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobu_Otake, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1054660, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545825

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Boy and the Heron*](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md) (81), [*The Wind Rises*](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md) (77)

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## Biography

Shinobu Ōtake (also credited as Shinobu Otake) is a Japanese actress. Born on 17 July 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, she has worked in film, television and on stage since the 1970s.

She won three Japan Academy Film Prizes: Best Actress in 1979 for *The Incident*, Best Supporting Actress in 1979 for *Seishoku no ishibumi*, and Best Actress in 2000 for *Railroad Man*. Ōtake has collaborated extensively with director Kaneto Shindō and has voiced characters in several Studio Ghibli films, including Mrs Kurokawa in *The Wind Rises* (2013), Homily in *The Secret World of Arrietty* (2010), Great-Aunt Charlotte in *Mary and the Witch's Flower* (2017) and Aiko in *The Boy and the Heron* (2023).

Other notable screen roles include Miyako Sasaki in *Our Little Sister* (2015) and Noriko Kinugasa in *Hell Dogs* (2022). She performed at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Boy and the Heron* (2023), Fi1m 81, as Aiko (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md)
- *The Wind Rises* (2013), Fi1m 77, as Mrs. Kurokawa (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md)

## Complete filmography (114)

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

- *リア王* (2025), Actor
- *In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa* (2025), as Narrator
- *喫茶しのぶ* (2025), series, Actor
- *恋のおしまい* (2024), Actor
- *Where Does the Sea Begin* (2024), series, as Nagumo Akane
- *Who Were We?* (2024), as Kii
- *The Boy and the Heron* (2023), as Aiko (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boy-and-the-heron.md)
- *The Inugami Family* (2023), series, as Matsuko Inugami
- *PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit* (2022), series, as Minami Shikota
- *Hell Dogs* (2022), as Noriko Kinugasa
- *The House of the Lost on the Cape* (2021), as Kiwa-san (voice)
- *Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko* (2021), as Nikuko-chan (voice)
- *Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special* (2020), as Masako Tatemoto
- *劇場の灯を消すな！Ｂｕｎｋａｍｕｒａシアターコクーン編* (2020), series, Actor
- *Shadowfall* (2019), Actor
- *Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story* (2019), series, as 池部几江
- *Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41* (2018), as Sakiko
- *Nomitori Samurai* (2018), as Orin
- *I'm Sorry, I Love You* (2017), series, as Hyuga Reiko
- *Mary and The Witch's Flower* (2017), as Great-Aunt Charlotte (voice)
- *Sanada 10 Braves* (2016), as Yodo-dono
- *Black Widow Business* (2016), as Sayoko Takeuchi
- *Galaxy Turnpike* (2015), as Hana
- *Our Little Sister* (2015), as Miyako Sasaki
- *Pieta in the Toilet* (2015), as Hiroshi's Mother
- *Iron Grandma* (2015), series, Actor
- *「昭和の歌よ、ありがとう」One Night Premiere LIVE* (2014), Actor
- *The Wind Rises* (2013), as Mrs. Kurokawa (voice) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wind-rises.md)
- *Leaving on the 15th Spring* (2013), as Akemi Nakazato
- *Before the Vigil* (2013), as Sachiko Yamada
- *Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town* (2012), Actor
- *fukusuke* (2012), Actor
- *Cymbeline* (2012), Actor
- *Still, Life Goes On* (2011), series, as Kyoko Nomoto
- *Princess Go* (2011), series, as Kōdai-in / O-ne
- *Forget Me Not* (2010), Actor
- *Postcard* (2010), as Tomoko Morikawa
- *A Night in Nude: Salvation* (2010), as Ayumi Kato
- *Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!* (2010), as Yoko Morii
- *Surely Someday* (2010), Actor
- *Arrietty* (2010), as Homily (voice)
- *My Darling Is a Foreigner* (2010), as Saori's mom
- *Castle Under Fiery Skies* (2009), Actor
- *Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special* (2009), Actor
- *Arigato, Okan* (2008), as Hanako
- *Teacher and Three Children* (2008), as Midori Fujikawa
- *Then Summer Came* (2008), as Yukie Miyaji
- *Welcome to the Quiet Room* (2007), as Nishino
- *Into the Faraway Sky* (2007), as Michi
- *You Gotta Be Kidding Me!* (2007), series, as Rie Hirose
- *Kitokito!* (2007), as Tomoko Saito
- *Returning the Favor* (2006), as Mikiko Kitahara
- *Affectionate Time* (2005), series, as Wakui Megumi
- *Mourning Becomes Electra* (2004), Actor
- *Otakus in Love* (2004), as Yasuko Akashi
- *Tracing Jake* (2004), Actor
- *Like Asura* (2003), as Tsunako Mitamura - First Daughter
- *Owl* (2003), as Yumi
- *GO* (2001), as Michiko
- *Ritual* (2000), as Mother
- *Audrey* (2000), series, as 吉岡（麻生）滝乃
- *蜷川幸雄演出「パンドラの鐘」* (1999), Actor
- *The Black House* (1999), as Sachiko Komoda
- *Round About Midnight* (1999), as Couple
- *14 Up Japan* (1999), as Narrator
- *Railroad Man* (1999), as Shizue Sato
- *Semi-double* (1999), series, as Mako Tsuzuki
- *Keijitachi no Natsu* (1999), Actor
- *Will to Live* (1999), as Tokuko
- *A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage* (1998), as Sawako Kojima
- *Dear Woman* (1996), series, as Tsuno Kyouko
- *Gonin 2* (1996), as Sayuri
- *The August Screams* (1995), Actor
- *北の国から ’95秘密 後編* (1995), Actor
- *Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu* (1995), Actor
- *The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey* (1994), series, Actor
- *Rex: A Dinosaur's Story* (1993), as Naomi Ito
- *Nurses and Doctors* (1992), as Rei Kiyohara
- *Original Sin* (1992), as Nami Tsuchiya
- *7 Up Japan* (1992), as Narrator
- *Night Escape Agency* (1992), as Fumiko Akikawa
- *Harikomi* (1991), Actor
- *The love song of farewell later* (1991), Actor
- *Kinpira* (1990), Actor
- *Megumi no Sekai* (1990), Actor
- *Stay or go?* (1988), Actor
- *Eien no 1/2* (1987), Actor
- *Danjoshchinin Akimonogatari* (1987), series, as 神崎桃子
- *A Tale of Young Elopement* (1987), as Setsuko
- *Danjoshichi Natsu Monogatari* (1986), series, Actor
- *Beyond the Shining Sea* (1986), as Hiroko
- *The Empty Table* (1985), as Miyoko Asano
- *Dangerous Women* (1985), as Noriko Tanase
- *Mahjong Horoki* (1984), as Mayumi
- *Lover, Come Back to Me* (1983), Actor
- *Children of Nagasaki* (1983), Actor
- *Tuesday Suspense Theater* (1981), series, Actor
- *Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers* (1980), Actor
- *Zoku zoku jiken* (1980), series, Actor
- *Child of the Sun* (1980), Actor
- *Twelve Months* (1980), as Anja (voice)
- *Oh, My Son!* (1979), as Tagiri
- *Nomugi Pass* (1979), Actor
- *The Demon* (1978), as Policewoman
- *Monument to Holy Service* (1978), Actor
- *The Incident* (1978), as Yoshiko Sakai
- *Tora-san Plays Cupid* (1977), as Sachiko
- *Seasonal Wind* (1977), Actor
- *The Gate of Youth Part 2* (1977), Actor
- *The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh* (1976), Actor
- *Human Revolution II* (1976), Actor
- *Mizuiro no toki* (1975), series, as 松宮知子
- *The Gate of Youth* (1975), Actor
- *オレの愛妻物語*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Shinobu Ōtake](https://film.one/media/person/14892/gallery-a8462fed5d60.jpg) Shinobu Ōtake — Image via TMDB
- ![Shinobu Ōtake](https://film.one/media/person/14892/gallery-fb0f00d76483.jpg) Shinobu Ōtake — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 8 won, 3 nominated

- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress 2017: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress (won)
- Medal with Purple Ribbon 2011: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won)
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 2000: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Poppoya*
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1999: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (nominated)
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1993: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (nominated), for *Original Sin*
- Kinuyo Tanaka Award 1993: Kinuyo Tanaka Award (won)
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1987: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress (won)
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1980: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (nominated), for *Nomugi Pass*
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1979: Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *The Incident*
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer 1976: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer (won)
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1976: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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