Nobuko Otowa
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Nobuko Otowa was a prominent Japanese actress known for her frequent collaborations with director Kaneto Shindō and her acclaimed performances in postwar Japanese cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nobuko Otowa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17436514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nobuko Otowa Context triple: [Madadayo, castMember, Nobuko Otowa]
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A.
Nobuko Imai
Nobuko Imai is a renowned Japanese violist celebrated for her international solo career, chamber music performances, and influential teaching.
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B.
Nobuko Kan
Nobuko Kan is a Japanese political figure and activist best known as the wife of former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and for her own involvement in social and civic causes.
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C.
Nobuko Toda
Nobuko Toda is a Japanese composer best known for her work on video game soundtracks, particularly in the Metal Gear Solid series.
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D.
Machiko Yamada
Machiko Yamada is a prominent Japanese figure skating coach known for mentoring world champion skater Midori Ito and developing numerous elite athletes.
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E.
Sato Nobuko
Sato Nobuko was the Japanese wife of Chinese writer and essayist Zhou Zuoren, known mainly through her connection to his life and work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nobuko Otowa Target entity description: Nobuko Otowa was a prominent Japanese actress known for her frequent collaborations with director Kaneto Shindō and her acclaimed performances in postwar Japanese cinema.
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A.
Nobuko Imai
Nobuko Imai is a renowned Japanese violist celebrated for her international solo career, chamber music performances, and influential teaching.
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B.
Nobuko Kan
Nobuko Kan is a Japanese political figure and activist best known as the wife of former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and for her own involvement in social and civic causes.
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C.
Nobuko Toda
Nobuko Toda is a Japanese composer best known for her work on video game soundtracks, particularly in the Metal Gear Solid series.
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D.
Machiko Yamada
Machiko Yamada is a prominent Japanese figure skating coach known for mentoring world champion skater Midori Ito and developing numerous elite athletes.
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E.
Sato Nobuko
Sato Nobuko was the Japanese wife of Chinese writer and essayist Zhou Zuoren, known mainly through her connection to his life and work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.