Reisen Ri

Reisen Ri (李麗仙; 25 March 1942 – 22 June 2021) was a Japanese stage and film actress of Korean descent.[1][2][3]

Reisen Ri
Born(1942-03-25)25 March 1942
Tokyo, Japan
Died22 June 2021(2021-06-22) (aged 79)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupationactress

Born in Tokyo as a third-generation Korean resident,[1] she joined Jūrō Kara's "Situation Theatre" in 1963[2] and gave her film debut in Nagisa Ōshima's 1969 Diary of a Shinjuku Thief.[4] In 1972, she starred in Hiroshi Teshigahara's film Summer Soldiers.[4]

Ri was married to Kara from 1967 to 1988.[2] She died in Tokyo on 22 June 2021, aged 79.[1]

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