Mari Natsuki
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Natsuki has participated in musical theatre, including Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables, Golde in Fiddler on the Roof and that of Yukio Ninagawa. She provided the voice of Yubaba in Spirited Away, played the young witch's mother in the Japanese TV remake of Bewitched and has twice been nominated for a Japanese Academy Award. Natsuki played the character Big Mama in the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots[3] and has also acted in television dramas, such as the 2005 series Nobuta o Produce, playing the Vice Principal, Katharine.
In 2024, Natsuki reprised her famous roles of Yubaba/Zeniba for the stage production of Spirited Away, performing in Japan and London.
Filmography
Film
- Otoko wa Tsurai yo series:
- Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)
- Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)
- Tora-san Confesses (1991)
- Tora-San Makes Excuses (1992)
- Tora-san to the Rescue (1995)
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)
- Onimasa (1982)
- Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
- Fireflies in the North (1984)
- Jittemai (1986)
- Death Powder (1986)
- Strawberry Road (1991)
- The Hunted (1995)
- Samurai Fiction (1998)
- Spirited Away (2001), Yubaba (voice)
- Shōjo (2001)
- Ping Pong (2002)
- Okusama wa Majo (2004)
- Sugar and Spice (2006)
- Sakuran (2007)
- Girl in the Sunny Place (2013)
- Isle of Dogs (2018), Auntie (voice)
- Ikiru Machi (2018)
- Vision (2018)
- Over the Sky (2020), Mori Obaa-chan (voice)
- Angry Rice Wives (2021), Taki
- Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)[4]
- From the End of the World (2023)[5]
- See Hear Love (2023), Tae Izumimoto[6]
Television
- G-Men '75 (1979–80)
- Yoshitsune (2005) – Tango no Tsubone[7]
- Carnation (2011) – old Itoko Ohara[8]
- Montage (2016)
- Meet Me After School (2018)
- Welcome Home, Monet (2021)
- I Will Be Your Bloom (2022) – Yuki Hanamaki[9]
Video games
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Big Mama) (2008)
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Katherine Marlowe) (2011)
Japanese dub
Live-action
- The Devil Wears Prada (2010 NTV edition) (Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep))[10]
- Feud (Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange))
- The West Wing (seasons 1–4) (C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney))[11]
Animation
Theatre
- Spirited Away (Yubaba/Zeniba) - Tokyo Imperial Theatre/London Coliseum - 2024.[13][14] Double starring with Romi Park.
References
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External links
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- Natsuki Mari Official homepage Template:In lang
- List of roles on allcinema.net Template:In lang
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- Actresses from Tokyo
- Asadora lead actors
- Living people
- 1952 births
- Japanese dancers
- Japanese female dancers
- Japanese film actresses
- Japanese television actresses
- Japanese video game actresses
- Japanese voice actresses
- Singers from Tokyo
- 20th-century Japanese actresses
- 21st-century Japanese actresses
- 20th-century Japanese women singers
- 20th-century Japanese singers
- 21st-century Japanese women singers
- 21st-century Japanese singers