Akemi Negishi

Akemi Negishi 根岸明美 Negishi Akemi b 26 March 1934 Tokyo Japan died 11 March 2008 73 Kawasaki Kanagawa Japan was a Japanese actress In 1953 when Josef von Sternberg made a film adaptation of the Queen of Anatahan incident she was discovered at an audition and made her debut in the lead role in Anatahan Since then she has been active mainly in film and television She gained popularity as an actress with a bewitching charm who could act as well Ishirō Honda said that Negishis unique aura suited his films She died of ovarian cancer at a hospital in Kawasaki City on March 11 2008 She was 73 years old