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Nobuko Miyamoto (宮本 信子, Miyamoto Nobuko, born March 27, 1945) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films.
Aug 5, 2023 · Nobuko Miyamoto is an icon of Asian American music and activism. Since the early 1970s, she has been exploring ways to reclaim and respirit our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and forge solidarity.
Nobuko, my real first name. I was exposed to classical music and studied ballet. I thought the Japanese music my uncle chanted was weird. I was lucky to have a black music teacher at my grammar school, Mrs. Jackson, who believed children could sing Bach chorales. And so we did!
May 3, 2024 · Miyamoto’s lifelong quest to tell Asian American stories is chronicled in a documentary film premiering Saturday in Los Angeles at the VC Film Festival: Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement.
May 5, 2022 · Nobuko Miyamoto is a groundbreaking Japanese American songwriter, dancer, and activist. She uses art to support and build community. In Broadway musicals and on the protest line, she has challenged racial and gender stereotypes.
Jun 23, 2024 · With Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement, filmmakers Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le deftly explore Nobuko Joanne Miyamoto’s decades of groundbreaking cultural work that has united communities and set the bar for Asian American storytelling.
“Nobuko Miyamoto is an icon of Asian American music and activism. Since the early 1970s, she has been exploring ways to reclaim and respirit our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and forge solidarity.
