is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably Gate of Flesh

Gate of Flesh

is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.-Synopsis:In an impoverished and burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-World War II Japan, a band of prostitutes defend their territory, squatting in a bombed-out building. Somehow they eke out a living together...

(1964), a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki

, born Seitaro Suzuki on May 24, 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility...

. Including Story of a Prostitute

Story of a Prostitute

is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is based on a story by Taijiro Tamura who, like Suzuki, had served as a soldier in the war.-Synopsis:...

(1965) and Carmen from Kawachi

Carmen from Kawachi

is a 1966 Japanese B movie directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu Corporation. It is Suzuki's third adaptation of a Toko Kon novel, following The Bastard and Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star.-Cast:*Yumiko Nogawa as Tsuyuko Takeda...

(1966), these films are known as Nogawa's "Flesh Trilogy". Nogawa has appeared in numerous films in Japan, including director Nagisa Oshima

Nagisa Oshima

is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature A Town of Love and Hope in 1959....

's The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) and Zatoichi & the Fugitives (1968), the eighteenth film in the Zatoichi

Zatoichi

is a fictional character featured in one of Japan's longest running series of films and a television series set in the Edo period. The character, a blind masseur and swordmaster, was created by novelist . This originally minor character was developed for the screen by Daiei Studios and actor...

series. She has also appeared in television series on Nippon Television

Nippon Television

is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

, TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

, Fuji TV, and NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

.

Filmography

• Gate of Flesh
  Gate of Flesh
  is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.-Synopsis:In an impoverished and burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-World War II Japan, a band of prostitutes defend their territory, squatting in a bombed-out building. Somehow they eke out a living together...
  
  (1964) - Maya
• Story of a Prostitute
  Story of a Prostitute
  is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is based on a story by Taijiro Tamura who, like Suzuki, had served as a soldier in the war.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1965) - Harumi
• The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) - Hitomi
• The Geisha House
  The Geisha House
  -Cast:*Maki Miyamoto as Tokiko aka Omocha*Junko Fuji as Satoe*Kaho Minami as Terucho*Mai Kitajima as Somemaru*Masahiko Tsugawa as Yoshikawa*Yumiko Nogawa as Michiko*Mariko Okada as Hanaman's owner*Takeshi Katô as Kitayama*Noboru Mitani as Mikami...
  
  (1999) - Michiko
• The Sea Watches (2002) - Omine

External links

• Yumiko Nogawa at IMDB