Shinobu Otake is a Japanese film and stage actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), Go (2001), and Like Asura (2003). She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress (Jiken) and Best Supporting Actress (Seishoku no ishibumi). She also won the award for Best Actress at the 12th Hochi Film Award for Eien no 1/2. At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival, she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Owl. She has received a total of 12 nominations. She was the favored lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after his previous lead actress, Nobuko Otowa, died in 1994, and was featured in several of his films from A Last Note in 1995 to Postcard in 2011. She was previously married to Sanma Akashiya and Seiji Hattori. Watch drama online for free.