10.0
10.0
Strawberry Road
1991
as Akiko
Mari Natsuki
Also known as: Natsuki Mari, Junko Nakajima, Nakajima Junko
Nationality:Japan
Education:Toshimagaoka Joshi Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Junko Saito (斉藤 淳子, Saitō Jun'ko) (née Nakajima (中島 淳子, Nakajima Jun'ko; born 2 May 1952), more commonly known by her stage name Mari Natsuki (夏木 マリ, Natsuki Mari), is a Japanese singer, dancer, actress and philanthropist, who describes herself as a "person who plays." Born in Tokyo, she started work as a singer from a young age. In 2007, Natsuki announced her engagement to percussionist Nobu Saitō (斉藤ノヴ), with their marriage taking place in Spring 2008. Natsuki has participated in musical theatre, including Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables, Golde in Fiddler on the Roof and that of Yukio Ninagawa. She provided the voice of Yubaba in Spirited Away, played the young witch's mother in the Japanese TV remake of Bewitched and has twice been nominated for a Japanese Academy Award. Natsuki played the character Big Mama in the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and has also acted in television dramas, such as the 2005 series Nobuta o Produce, playing the Vice Principal, Katharine. In 2024, Natsuki reprised her famous roles of Yubaba/Zeniba for the stage production of Spirited Away, performing in Japan and London.
Filmography (54 movies)
8.5
8.5
Spirited Away
2001
as Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)
8.1
8.1
SEE HEAR LOVE
2023
as Tae Izumoto
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
as Reiko
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
as Reiko
8.0
8.0
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
as Reiko (Izumi's mother)
8.0
8.0
Tora-san Confesses
1991
as Reiko
7.8
7.8
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
2023
as 汤婆婆/钱婆婆
7.1
7.1
Ping Pong
2002
as Obaba
7.0
7.0
Detective Story
2018
as Kimie Hasenuma
7.0
7.0
Living City
2018
7.0
7.0
The Boy Who Saw the Wind
2000
as Monica (voice)
7.0
7.0
Ski Jumping Pairs: Road to Torino 2006
2006
Producer
6.9
6.9
From the End of the World
2023
6.8
6.8
Girl in the Sunny Place
2013
as Ohsita
6.8
6.8
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
2023
as Asako
6.8
6.8
Over the Sky
2020
as Mori Obaa-chan (voice)
6.7
6.7
Samurai Fiction
1998
as Okatsu
6.3
6.3
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
as Otoshi
6.3
6.3
Permanent Nobara
2010
as Masako
6.1
6.1
Death Shadows
1986
as Oren
6.0
6.0
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
as Akio, Opponent's Mistress
6.0
6.0
An Adolescent
2001
as Yukie
6.0
6.0
Out of the Wind
2007
as Sunnjya Imu
6.0
6.0
The Capricious Robot
2007
as Mother
5.8
5.8
Another Battle
2000
5.7
5.7
The Hunted
1995
as Junko
5.7
5.7
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
as Tamazusa
5.4
5.4
Death Powder
1986
as Guernica
5.1
5.1
Sugar & Spice
2006
as Fujiko
5.0
5.0
Bewitched in Tokyo SP
2004
5.0
5.0
Closing Time
1996
4.9
4.9
Vision
2018
as Aki
3.3
3.3
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
as Akiko's mother
3.0
3.0
Variations
2015
as Kimiko Magaki
2.7
2.7
Angry Rice Wives
2021
as Taki
2.0
2.0
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
Shi no dangai
1982
Hair Brush
2008
as Female barber
Sensen fukoku
2002
The Detective Is Born
1998
Gerende ga tokeru hodo koishitai
1995
Kunoichi Financial Road
1999
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
a-nation’07 BEST HIT LIVE
2007
as Self
The Beginning Notes
2019
as Namiko Kondo
The Extravagant Cops
1977
as Yoko Matsumoto
Anmitsu Hime
2008
as Kasutera Fujin
Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell
1983
Anmitsu Hime 2
2009
as Mrs. Kasutera
Toki no kagayaki
1995
as Kazue Moritani
The Tragedy of W
2019
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
The First Star of Happiness
1974
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