Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima (有馬稲子, Arima Ineko; born 3 April 1932) is a Japanese stage and film actress.^[1][2][3] She has appeared in films of directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kon Ichikawa.^[1][4]

Ineko Arima
Ineko Arima in 1955
Born	Moriko Nakanishi (1932-04-03) 3 April 1932 (age 93) Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949-present
Spouses	Nakamura Kinnosuke ​ ​ (m. 1961⁠–⁠1965)​ Saburō Kawamura ​ ​ (m. 1969⁠–⁠1983)​

Selected filmography

Ineko Arima (1950s)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Ref
1954	Late Chrysanthemums	Sachiko	Mikio Naruse	[5]
1957	Black River	Shizuko	Masaki Kobayashi	[6]
	Tokyo Twilight	Akiko Sugiyama	Yasujirō Ozu	[7]
1958	Night Drum	Otane Ogura	Tadashi Imai	[8]
	Equinox Flower	Setsuko Hirayama	Yasujirō Ozu	[9]
1959	Farewell to Spring		Keisuke Kinoshita	[10]
	The Human Condition	Yang Chunlan	Masaki Kobayashi	[7]
1961	Zero Focus	Hisako Tanuma	Yoshitarō Nomura	[11]
1962	Love Under the Crucifix	Ogin	Kinuyo Tanaka	[12]
	Mitasareta seikatsu	Junko Asakura	Susumu Hani	[13]
1963	Bushido, Samurai Saga	Maki	Tadashi Imai	[14]
1965	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Odai no Kata	Daisuke Itō	[15]
2001	Closed Ward	Dr. Takase	Susumu Fukuhara	[16]
2008	Dreaming Awake	Emiko	Takeo Kimura	[17]
2019	The Master of Funerals		Naofumi Higuchi	[18]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
1969	Ten to Chi to	Matsue	NHK	Taiga drama	[7]
1998	Tokugawa Yoshinobu		NHK	Taiga drama	[7]
1999	Asuka		NHK	Asadora	[7]
2017	Yasuragi no Sato	Shinobu Oikawa	TV Asahi		[7]

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1995)^[19]
• Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class, Wisteria (2003)^[19]