Sanae Nakahara

was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood, Shogun's Samurai (1978), and Virus (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, Her mother was a stage actress and raised her after divorcing her father.

Career She first starred in the film Mura Hachibu while still in high school, a film about the Shizuoka Prefecture Ueno village ostracism incident. Two years later she signed an exclusive contract with Japanese movie studio Nikkatsu, Whenever he directed his own starring actresses, the media was taken with stories of the crisis of their marriage. She continued to support her husband’s filmmaking.

Death Nakahara died in her home on May 15, 2012. An apartment manager, at the request of her son, entered her home and found her collapsed in the bathroom. Doctors confirmed her death at the hospital with the cause of death being heart failure.

Filmography

Actress

Kani Kōsen (1953) .... Natsu Mura hatibu (1953) Moeru Shanghai (1954) .... Qing Lian Wakai hitotachi (1954) Aisureba koso (1955) .... Minako (segment 3) Ôkami (1955) Hi no tori (1956) Niko-yon monogatari (1956) .... Kimiko The Baby Carriage (1956) .... Sachiko Kaneda Gyûnyû ya Furankî (1956) .... Hatsu Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki (1957) All We Want Is Happiness (1957) .... Kimiko Frankie Bûchan no zoku aa gunkaki: Nyogo ga-shima funsenki (1957) Temptation (1957) .... Mitsuko Sakuragi Kokoro to nikutai no tabi (1958) .... Ruriko Tachibana Chi to ai no shuppatsu (1958) .... Yôko Tsugawa Red Quay (1958) Endless Desire (1958) .... Ryuko Kurenai no Tsubasa (1958) Shiki no aiyoku (1958) Arashi no naka o tsuppashire (1958) Talented Woman (1959) Kawaii onna (1959) .... Yûko Ejima Nangoku Tosa o ato ni shite (1959) .... Asako Nakamura The Wandering Guitarist (1959) .... Sumiko Shôji Umi no wanâ (1959) Hatoba no muho mono (1959) Kizû darakê no ôkite (1960) Ajisai no uta (1960) .... Noriko Shimamura Wataridori itsu mata kaeru (1960) Smashing the 0-line (1960) Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960) .... Rirako Kenka Tarô (1960) .... Hideko Iwashita Umi no joji ni kakero (1960) .... Ranko Maki Ashita hareru ka (1960) .... Setsuko Kajiwara Ore wa dawâ sare naî (1960) Pigs and Battleships (1961) .... Hiromi Rokudenashi yarô (1961) .... Natsue Inoue Umi no shôbushi (1961) .... Kyôko Aitsu to watashi (1961) .... Asako Nomizo Dôdôtaru jinsei (1961) .... Hiroko Yajû no mon (1961) .... Yukari Saijô Sûkettô kagyô (1961) Aniki (1962) The Lucky General (1962) Omizu hara (1962) Namarî o buchi komê (1962) Mekishiko mushuku (1962) .... Teru Akazawa Gân wa sâmushô otoko no utasâ (1962) Kanto Wanderer (1963) .... Yamada Hanako Warrior of the Wind (1964) .... Oyumi Ankokugai Main Street (1964) .... Sanae Sanjo Zoku zûzûshii yatsu (1964) .... Maria Ôkami to buta to ningen (1964) Kunoichi ninpō (1964) .... Oyui Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire (1965) .... Oryô Himo (1965) .... Akiko Kubo The Ghost of the One Eyed Man (1965) .... Michiko Onda Tange Sazen (1965, TV Series) .... Ofuji Kuroi yuwaku (1965) Jigoku no hatobâ (1965) Nihon Kyokaku-den: Ketto Kanda-matsuri (1966) .... Hatsue The Threat (1966) .... Mother of the baby By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966) .... Maki Judo Showdown (1966) .... Tone Shojo jutai (1966) .... Keiko Miyaoka Zoku Tokyo nagaremono- Umi wa makka na koi no iro (1966) Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri (1976) .... Yukie Soda Haru ranman (TV Series) (1967) Maboroshi kurozukin-yami ni tobu kage (1967) Women's Prison (1968) .... Prostitute's sister The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968) Inochi karetemo (1968) Women's Cell (1968) .... Okma Kamisama no koibito (1968) Yoru No Kayo: Inochi Karetomo (1968) Shinjuku no hada (1968) .... Mineko I, the Executioner (1968) .... Keiko Secrets of a Woman's Temple (1969) .... Kyôen Nemuri Kyoshiro engetsu sappo (1969) Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) .... Ooba's wife Dorifutazu desu yo! Tokkun tokkun mata tokkun (1969) Play It Cool (1970) .... Madame Kigeki: otoko ârimasû (1970) If You Were Young: Rage (1970) Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) .... Mrs. Ochi Horror Theater Unbalance (TV Series) (1973) .... Morgue no satsujinsha Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song (1973) .... Akiko Inagaki Lady Snowblood (1973) .... Kitahama, Okono Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974) Police Tactics (1974) .... Kikue Aka chochin (1974) Cops vs. Thugs (1975) New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975) Aoi sei (1975) Oni no uta (1975) Shinsha no naka no onna (TV Series) (1976) Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen (1976) .... Chie New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976) .... Hisano Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) Shogun's Samurai (1978) .... Lady Kusaga (Iemitsu's Aid) The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) .... Todano tsubone Nomugi Pass (1979) Virus (1980) .... Young Mother-Tokyo Furueru shita (1980) .... Sadae Asshii-tachi no machi (1981) .... Michiko The Challenge (TV Series) (1982) .... Cashier (as Sanae Nakahara) Ikiru (TV Series) (1983) Fureai (TV Series) (1986) Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) .... Woman at waiting Poruno joyû sayako no bôken (TV Movie) (1987) Nonchan no yume (TV Series) (1988) Pachinko monogatari (1990) Tanba Tetsuro no daireikai shindara odoroita!! (1990) .... Doctor of human community Onna nezumi kozô: Nerawareta Karakurijô shijô saiaku no dai hâdo (TV Movie) (1995) Kaze no rondo (TV Series) (1995) Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 3 (TV Movie) (1999) .... Kuniko motohashi Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 4 (TV Movie) (1999) .... Kuniko motohashi Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 5 (TV Movie) (2000) .... Kuniko motohashi Lily Festival (2001) .... Teruko Satoyama