Shizue Natsukawa

was a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in works of directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Shirō Toyoda and Keisuke Kinoshita.

Biography Natsukawa was born in Tokyo and first appeared on stage at the age of seven. She gave her film debut in The Glow of Life in 1918 (released 1919), in which she appeared together with her brother Daijirō. In 1927, joined the Nikkatsu studio, where she gained popularity through films such as Tsubakihime and Kekkon nijuso: zenpen. but returned to the screen with Shirō Toyoda's Spring on Leper's Island.

Selected filmography Film The Glow of Life (1919) Tsubakihime (1927) Kekkon nijuso: zenpen (1928) Tokyo March (1929) Young People (1937) Spring on Leper's Island (1940) Love Letter (1953) Be Happy, These Two Lovers (1953) Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) Night Drum (1957) Anzukko (1958) Kwaidan (1964)

Television Akō Rōshi (1964)