Actor
Mari Natsuki
Born 2 May 1952 · Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Mari Natsuki is a Tokyo-born Japanese singer, dancer and actress who began her career as a young singer. She is best known internationally as the voice of the twin witches Yubaba and Zeniba in Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away. Her screen career spans decades of Japanese film.
Key films
Spirited Away (2001)
Her voice work as Yubaba and Zeniba in Miyazaki's Oscar-winning animation is her most famous role worldwide.
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)
An early credit in a major Japanese drama directed by Hideo Gosha.
Death Powder (1986)
A cult 1980s Japanese underground science-fiction film that shows her experimental side.
Sakuran (2006)
A stylish period drama in which she appeared, showing her place in contemporary Japanese cinema.
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Her voice role in Wes Anderson's stop-motion film brought her to Western audiences again.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 62
- 1974The First Star of HappinessActor
- 1975Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among WomenActor
- 1977The Extravagant Cops · as Yoko MatsumotoActor
- 1982Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather · as Akio, Opponent's MistressActor
- 1982Cliff of DeathActor
- 1983Legend of the Eight Samurai · as TamazusaActor
- 1983Lowly Ronin 4: Living HellActor
- 1984Fireflies in the North · as SumaActor
- 1986Death Powder · as GuernicaActor
- 1986Death Shadows · as OrenActor
- 1989Tora-san, My Uncle · as 礼子（及川泉的母亲）Actor
- 1989Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell · as OtoshiActor
- 1990Tora-san Takes a Vacation · as 礼子（及川泉的母亲）Actor
- 1991Tora-san Confesses · as 礼子（及川泉的母亲）Actor
- 1991Strawberry Road · as AkikoActor
- 1992Tora-san Makes Excuses · as 礼子（及川泉的母亲）Actor
- 1995The Hunted · as JunkoActor
- 1995Tora-san to the Rescue · as 礼子（及川泉的母亲）Actor
- 1995Gerende ga tokeru hodo koishitaiActor
- 1995Toki no kagayaki · as Kazue MoritaniActor
- 1996Closing TimeActor
- 1997Remembering the Cosmos Flower · as Akiko's motherActor
- 1998Samurai Fiction · as OkatsuActor
- 1998The Detective Is BornActor
- 1999Kunoichi Financial RoadActor
- 2000The Boy Who Saw the Wind · as Monica (voice)Actor
- 2000Another BattleActor
- 2001Spirited Away · as Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)Actor
- 2001An Adolescent · as YukieActor
- 2001The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away · as SelfActor
- 2002Ping Pong · as ObabaActor
- 2002Sensen fukokuActor
- 2003Another Battle/ConspiracyActor
- 2004Bewitched in Tokyo SPActor
- 2006Sakuran · as LandladyActor
- 2006Sugar & Spice · as FujikoActor
- 2007The Haunted SamuraiActor
- 2007Out of the Wind · as Sunnjya ImuActor
- 2007The Capricious Robot · as MotherActor
- 2007a-nation’07 BEST HIT LIVE · as SelfActor
- 2008Anmitsu Hime · as Kasutera FujinActor
- 2008Hair Brush · as Female barberActor
- 2009Anmitsu Hime 2 · as Mrs. KasuteraActor
- 2010Permanent Nobara · as MasakoActor
- 2013The Girl in the Sun · as OhsitaActor
- 2014「昭和の歌よ、ありがとう」One Night Premiere LIVEActor
- 2015Variations · as Kimiko MagakiActor
- 2018Isle of Dogs · as Auntie (voice)Actor
- 2018Vision · as AkiActor
- 2018Living CityActor
- 2018Detective Story · as Kimie HasenumaActor
- 2018The Brand New Legend of the Stardust BrothersActor
- 2019Tora-san, Wish You Were Here · as 礼子（及川泉的母亲）Actor
- 2019The Tragedy of WActor
- 2019The Beginning Notes · as Namiko KondoActor
- 2020Over the Sky · as Mori Obaa-chan (voice)Actor
- 2021Angry Rice Wives · as TakiActor
- 2023From the End of the World · as Old WomanActor
- 2023Spirited Away: Live on Stage · as Yubaba / ZenibaActor
- 2023Yudo · as AsakoActor
- 2023SEE HEAR LOVE · as Tae IzumotoActor
- 2026Until We Meet Again · as Hanako ShimizuActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.