Sachiko Murase

was a Japanese stage and film actress. She appeared in about 90 films between 1927 and 1991, often under the direction of Hiroshi Shimizu and Keisuke Kinoshita, and received numerous awards for her stage and film performances. Since the mid-1950s, she also regularly appeared on television. She was the oldest active actress of Shingeki (Japanese modern realist) theatre in her lifetime.

Selected filmography

(1930) (1930) (1931) (1931) – Ayako Kirihara (1932) – Mitsuko, reporter (1932) (1932) – Ayako Kirihara (1933) (1933) A Woman Crying in Spring (1933) – Oaki (1933) (1933) (1934) The Boss’s Son at College (1934) – Fumiko (1935) – Yoshiko (1935) (1936) – Namie – stepdaughter (1938) – Mrs. Hayakawa Sincerity (1939) – Mrs. Asada (1942) – Sakai's wife (1942) – Sakai's Wife (1942) Port of Flowers (1943) – O-yuki Marriage – Fujie Sugawara Spring Awakens (1947) – Masa Hirobe Apostasy (1948) – Inoko's wife Here's to the Young Lady (1949) – Proprietress of the bar (1949) – Yasuko A Broken Drum (1949) – Kuniko The Angry Street (1950) – Sudō's mother (1950) (1950) (1951) – Mihiko (1951) (1951) – Sakiko Kodama (1952) Carmen's Pure Love (1952) (1952) – Doctor (1953) – Itsuko, Natsuko's aunt (1953) – Setsuko's mother (1953) – Madame (1953) – Masako (1953) (1954) – Shizuko Matsuo (1955) – Aoshima's mother A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955) – Junko Matsushima Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955) – Chengfei (uncredited) (1955) – Motoko (1955) – Landlady (1955) – Sei Komatsu (1955) – Satoko Kitahara (1955) Ryūri no Kishi (1956) – Uta, Chiho's grand mother (1956) – Mineko Iizuka (1956) – Teruko Hisamoto (1956) – Atsuko (1956) (1957) (1957) Kisses (1957) – Kikyoko Shirakawa (1958) – Takako Sakō (1958) – Toshiko (1959) (1959) – Naoko, Shinobu's mother (1959) (1959) – Shizuko, Nogi's wife A False Student (1960) – Hikoichi's mother (1961) (1962) – Tsuya (1962) (1962) – Hatsu Shiozaki (1962) – Atsuko Yamagata Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) – Maki (1963) – Setsu Noro (1964) – Fujiko Arima (1964) – Matsuyo Hidaka Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965) – Shimazo's wife The School of Spies (1966) – Kikuno Miyoshi The Kii River (1966) – Yasu (1966) Lost Spring (1967) – Taza Murakoshi Love for an Idiot (1967) – Sumie The Snow Woman (1968) – Soyo (1970) (1978) (1980) – Fusae Kawazu (Yūko's mother) Station (1981) – Ryosuke's mother (1983) A Promise (1986) – Tatsu, Ryōsaku's wife Rhapsody in August (1991) – Kane

Awards and honours (selected) 1965: Ministry of Education's Outstanding Performance prize 1986: Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for A Promise 1989: Kinokuniya Theatre Award for Arifuku shijin 1990: Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th Class 1991: Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actress for Rhapsody in August