Shinobu Otake movies and TV shows: she made her acting debut in the television drama Boku wa Onna Gakusei (1973) and appeared as the heroine in the NHK morning drama Mizuiro no Toki (1975). Her film credits include The Gate of Youth (1975), The Incident (1978), Nomugi Pass (1979), Eien no 1/2 (Half of Eternity) (1987), Original Sin (1992), Railroad Man (1999), Like Asura (2003), Owl (2003), Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! (2010), Our Little Sister (2015), Galaxy Turnpike (2015), Hell Dogs (2022), and Who Were We? (2024). Her television appearances include the NHK morning drama Mizuiro no Toki (1975), the NHK Taiga dramas Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), Go (2011), and Idaten: Tokyo Olympic Banashi (2019), the NHK morning drama Audrey (2000), Soredemo, Ikite Yuku (2011), and Umi no Hajimari (2024). Shinobu Otake was born on July 17, 1957, in Tokyo.