Mie Hama

Mie Hama was born on Nov 20, 1943 in Japan. Mie Hama's big-screen debut came with The Merciless Trap directed by Jun Fukuda in 1961. Mie Hama is known for Chushingura directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, Yûzô Kayama stars as Takuminokami Asano and Tatsuya Mihashi as Yasubei Horibe. The upcoming new movie Mie Hama plays is Kitchin which will be released on Oct 29, 1989.

Mie Hama was born in Tokyo, Japan on November 20, 1943 in a blue-collar Tokyo family whose small cardboard factory burned down in World War II. She grew up poor. She first started out working as a bus fare collector. While working, she was spotted by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka when she was only sixteen years old, and was soon employed at Toho Studios. She appeared in a bevy of drama and sci-fi films, including King Kong contre Godzilla (1963), where she became the Giant Ape's "Damsel in Distress." She is probably best known in Western Cinema as Bond girl Kissy Suzuki, starring alongside actor Sean Connery in the 007 film On ne vit que deux fois (1967). That same year, La revanche de King Kong (1967) was released, thus, she portrayed the spellbinding "Bond-girlish" villainess Madamn Piranha. Her extended wardrobe and enchanted bed chambers contributed to the film's "James Bond-ish" atmosphere. In addition, Hama would sometimes be referred to as "Funny Face," due to her appearances in Japan's "Crazy Cats" movies.She became one of the most popular actresses in Japan's "Golden Age" of Cinema, but has done little acting when Japan's cinema world experienced severe financial problems. However, she did return to appear in a few films in the 1970s and 1980s, and she is seen, most recently, working as an active environmentalist, radio and television talk show host. She also married a television executive with whom she has four children.