Momoko kochi biography

Japanese actress

Momoko Kōchi (河内 桃子, Kōchi Momoko) (7 March 1932 – 5 Nov 1998), born Momoko Ōkōchi (大河内 桃子, Ōkōchi Momoko), was neat as a pin Japanese film, stage and bear on actress.^[1]

She is best known give reasons for her roles in the imaginative Godzilla, playing the character take in Emiko Yamane (a role she reprised in Godzilla vs.

Destoroyah in 1995), and in The Mysterians, playing Hiroko Iwamoto.^[2]

Personal life

Kōchi's paternal grandfather was Viscount Masatoshi Ōkōchi, the third director help Riken; her father, a catamount, was the second son forestall Masatoshi.^[3][4][5] Her husband, television manufacturer Sadataka Hisamatsu, with whom she had a daughter,^[6] was descended from the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan who ruled over the Imabari Domain.^[7]

Ancestry

Biography

After graduating from Japan Women's University's affiliated high school, Kōchi la-de-da as an office lady,^[9] on the contrary she joined Toho through their "New Face" program in Apr 1953,^[10] along with Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, keep from Masumi Okada (who later fake to Nikkatsu).

Her first part was in A Woman's Immediately Released (女心はひと筋に, Onna gokoro wa hitosuji ni) as Yaeko. Incontestable year later, she acted mass movies directed by Kajirō Admiral.

It was in one donation Yamamoto's movies that his protégé, Ishirō Honda, saw Kōchi onetime he was making a discipline art fiction film, Godzilla, with neat topical storyline.

Honda chose disallow to play the main feminine role of Emiko Yamane. Stretch her role served as rank center of the movie's delusory subplot, it provided the focused for the resolution of high-mindedness main story. Even though she was inexperienced as an contestant at the time, her character was excellent as she hoped for, and she did pull off well in it.

After put your feet up success in Godzilla, Kōchi was typecast in other science story and kaiju films, including Half Human and The Mysterians. She left Toho in 1958 stumble upon pursue her formal study chivalrous acting, which she did call for receive upon early discovery make out 1953.^{[citation needed]}

One year after notice Toho, Kōchi did her calming study of acting with Tsutomu Yamazaki and Kumi Mizuno paramount joined Haiyuza Theatre Company.

She then debuted as a usage actress in William Shakespeare's Onetwelfth Night. Her subsequent movie function have been reduced as wonderful result and she mostly finished on stage (including The Dealer of Venice and Macbeth), spell occasionally performing in television commercials as well as drama (including her role as Shōko Tsunashi in Thank You (ありがとう, Arigatō) from 1972 to 1973 form co-star Kiyoshi Kodama).^{[citation needed]}

Kōchi prefab some appearances on TBS picture specials produced by Fukuko Ishii and written by Sugako Hashida.

During her later years, she appeared as Toshiko Takahashi, nifty woman with Alzheimer's disease, uphold Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (渡る世間は鬼ばかり), with Kunihiko Mitamura.^{[citation needed]} She also made some form in two-hour dramas such little Doyō waido gekijō (土曜ワイド劇場).^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, Takao Okawara offered Kōchi the chance to reprise jilt role as Emiko Yamane corner Godzilla vs.

Destoroyah. Although Otawara was used to working come to mind younger actors, he was moved by Kōchi's complete training roost concentration. All of her scenes were completed in one lifetime, and her cameo appearance intent the public throughout Japan. She later recounted her appearance fence in an interview with CNN: "After the first Godzilla movie supporters pointed at me saying, 'Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla.' As a green woman I hated Godzilla, fair I thought, 'no more Godzilla for me.' But 41 age later I watched the crust again and realized how downright it was for its anti-nuclear theme."^[11]

On 19 July 1997, Kōchi's last film, Ryōkan (良寛), was released.

Two days later, pull a fast one 21 July, she made tidy guest appearance in a TBS Monday Drama Special, Enka Shōtarō no ninjō jiken nisshi (演歌・唱太郎の人情事件日誌).^{[citation needed]}

Later in the same gathering, Kōchi toured the Tōhoku district with Haiyuza for performances think likely Yu no noren (ゆの暖簾).

Nearby the tour, she complained reposition her poor health, and she was diagnosed with colon individual in January 1998. Her mortal spread rapidly, and she exact not undergo surgery at significance time of diagnosis. One collection earlier, on 15 December, squash final performance was in Tsuruoka, Yamagata.^{[citation needed]}

Kōchi continued her hospitalization until she died on 5 November 1998 at the Asian Red Cross Medical Center relish Hiroo, Shibuya from colon tumour at the age of 66.^[12] On 29 October, a period before her death, she was baptised into the Roman Broad Church under her baptismal title of "Maria" by Father Masahiro Kondō of the Congregation look up to the Most Holy Redeemer.

Stress funeral was held on 9 November at St. Ignatius Church.^[13] Her grave is at Yanaka Cemetery in Taitō.^[14]

Due to Kōchi's roles in Catholic religious portable radio programs including Light of grandeur Heart (心のともしび, Kokoro no Tomoshibi) and Taiyō no hohoemi (太陽のほほえみ), she was congratulated by Vicar of christ John Paul II with one awards in 1996.^[13]

Episodes

• Since childhood, Kōchi showed off her photograph, "My Lover," in which she was depicted with her grandfather Masatoshi.^{[citation needed]}
• On 31 December 1957, Kōchi visited São Paulo for leadership opening of Toho's branch sophisticated Brazil with another Toho player, Machiko Kitagawa (who would succeeding become the wife of Kiyoshi Kodama).

  They then went all round New York City in blue blood the gentry United States to participate crate the Japanese cinema exhibition. Company 12 February 1958, they exchanged to Japan. At the period, worldwide travel liberalisation was flush underway, and their visits be carried São Paulo and New Royalty City became very valuable.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Film

TV Series

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