Terajima_Shinobu

Shinobu Terajima

Shinobu Terajima

Japanese actress


Shinobu Terajima (寺島 しのぶ, Terajima Shinobu, born December 28, 1972) is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) and Vibrator (2003). For her role in Caterpillar (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performance in Oh Lucy! (2017) earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.[2]

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Early life

Her father is the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII (Japanese: 五代目 尾上菊五郎, Hepburn: Nanadaime Onoe Kikugorō), her mother the actress Sumiko Fuji, and her brother the kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V.[3]

She is also the granddaughter of Onoe Baikō VII, a renowned Kabuki actor considered one of the leading onnagata (i.e., a Kabuki actor who plays exclusively female roles) of the Showa era and father of Kikugorō VII (Terajima's father).

Career

Terajima appeared in Shinobu Yaguchi's Happy Flight.[4]

Personal life

In 2007, she married Laurent Ghnassia, a French art director based in Japan. The couple have one son, born in 2012.[5] In an interview with The Japan Times, Terajima stated that she is raising her son to be a kabuki actor.[6]

Filmography

Films

Television

Honours

  • Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2023)[18]

Notes

  1. Real Name: Hideyuki Terajima (Japanese: 寺島秀幸, Hepburn: Terajima Hideyuki).
  2. Real Name: Seizō Terajima (Japanese: 寺島誠三, Hepburn: Terajima Seizō).
  3. Real Name: Kazuyasu Terashima (Japanese: 寺嶋和康, Hepburn: Terajima Kazuyasu).
  4. Real Name: Kazufumi Terashima (Japanese: 寺嶋和史, Hepburn: Terajima Kazufumi).

References

  1. "10-year-old Maholo Terajima is the new face of kabuki theatre". Timeout. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  2. "Her Strength Is No Act: An Interview with Actress Terajima Shinobu". Nippon.com. Nippon Communications Foundation. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. Schilling, Mark (November 14, 2008). "Airplane flick tells only half the story". The Japan Times. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  4. "Her Strength Is No Act: An Interview with Actress Terajima Shinobu". Nippon.com. September 26, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  5. Shoji, Kaori. "Terajima brings legacy to TIFF". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  6. "キネマの神様". eiga.com. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  7. "空白". eiga.com. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  8. "あちらにいる鬼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  9. "天間荘の三姉妹". eiga.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  10. "パレード". eiga.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  11. "八犬伝". eiga.com. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

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