Toshie Negishi
☼ Born on 3 December 1954, in Tokyo, Japan
BiographyToshie Negishi, who has been in dozens of supporting roles in Japanese films since 1977, was in fact revealed by the theater when she was 21 (in 'Kohei Tsuka''s hit play "Stripper Monogatari"). Faithful to the playwright she was also in several of his other plays. Her most notable appearances in films were for Shôhei Imamura ("Vengeance is Mine", 1979; "Akai no shita no nurui mizu", 2001) and Akira Kurosawa ("Dreams", 1990; "Rhapsody in August", 1991).
In the role of actor
When Marnie Was There (20/06/2015)
A shy and introverted girl makes a mysterious new friend in When Marnie Was There. Anna Sasaki is a 12-year-old asthmatic girl, who is sent by her foster parents to live with friends for the summer. Despite not being very good a socializing, Anna meets and befriends a mysterious blonde girl named Marnie, who lives […]
Over Your Dead Body (12/09/2014)
From Japanese auteur Takashi Miike (13 Assassins) comes this multi-reality ghost story. A theatre troupe are in rehearsals for a production of the 200 year old play Yotsuya Kaidan. The play is a story of betrayal and revenge, centring on a samurai named Tamiya Iemon and his spurred lover Oiwa. As rehearsals of the play […]