Hideko Okiyama
December 21, 1945 · 80 years old
Hideko Okiyama (沖山秀子) was born on December 21, 1945 in Kagoshima, Japan as Hideko Chikano. She was an actress and director, known for Kagero-za (1981), Dodes'ka-den (1970) and Grapefruit no yôna onna: Sei ran no hibi (1981). She died on March 21, 2011.
Known For
4 titles
Dodes'ka-den
Various tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.
Profound Desires of the Gods
An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs.
Kagero-za
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
Jukyusai no chizu
Yanagimachi's first feature film is about a young man who makes a map of a neighborhood in which he delivers newspapers. He keeps a dossier on each family, recording their habits and rating how much he dislikes them.