Tomi Taira

was a Japanese actress with a long history of performing in Okinawan theatre. She was mainly active as an actress, narrator, dialect coach and in other capacities in shows and films taking place in Okinawa and in projects otherwise representing the region,

Acting both on stage and in films for many years, her first notable role in films was that of the title role of Nabbie, the grandmother in the 1999 film Nabbie no koi.

Life and career Tomi Taira was born on 5 November 1928. At the age of thirteen, after graduating from Ishigaki Elementary School, she joined the "Ōchō Kojirō Ichiza" ("Old Man Kojirō's Troupe"), where she met her future husband, Susumu Taira. Years later, in 1956, she joined the troupe "Tokiwa-za" led by Chōshū Makishi . and receiving the Tokyo Sports Film Award, for which one of the chief judges was Japanese director/screenwriter/actor Takeshi Kitano.

Filmography Film Paradise View (1985) Umi sora sango no ii tsutae (1991) Nabbie no koi (1999) - Nabbie Hotel Hibiscus (2002) Nada Sōsō (2006) Koishikute (2007) Ginmaku ban Sushi Ōji!: Nyūyōku e iku ("Sushi Ōji the Movie: Sushi Ōji Goes to New York!", 2008) Manatsu no yo no yume (2009)

Television Churasan (2001) - Kohagura Hana (Grandmother, "Oba") Koi Seyo Otome (2002) Shinri bunseki sôsakan Sakiyama Tomoko (2002) Churasan 2 (2003) Motto Koi Seyo Otome (2004) Churasan 3 (2004) Churasan 4 (2007) Sushi Ōji (2007) - Martial arts master Purusu Riri