Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Original Name 中北 千枝子
Born May 21, 1926
Tokyo, Japan
Died September 13, 2005 (79)
Tokyo, Japan

Actress and wife of Toho producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She joined Toho after finishing high school in 1944, and appeared in Akira Kurosawa’s One Wonderful Sunday in 1947. She also appeared in a supporting role in several films by Mikio Naruse. Nakakita is best known to sci-fi fans as the grieving mother in the very beginning of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966) and as a mother desperately trying to reunite with her daughter towards the end of The Last War (1961).

Original Name 中北 千枝子
Born May 21, 1926
Tokyo, Japan
Died September 13, 2005 (79)
Tokyo, Japan

Actress and wife of Toho producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She joined Toho after finishing high school in 1944, and appeared in Akira Kurosawa’s One Wonderful Sunday in 1947. She also appeared in a supporting role in several films by Mikio Naruse. Nakakita is best known to sci-fi fans as the grieving mother in the very beginning of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966) and as a mother desperately trying to reunite with her daughter towards the end of The Last War (1961).