, real name 立石凉子 (pronounced the same, but the third kanji is slightly different) was a Japanese stage, movie, television, and voice-over actress from Nagasaki, the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture. She appeared in many theatrical works directed by Yukio Ninagawa. She appeared in the Japanese television dramas Third Year Class B Mr. Kinpachi, From the North Country, and Downtown Rocket.

She joined the Engeki Shūdan En troupe in 1976, staying with them until 2015, when she moved to Sis Company. She won an individual award at the 39th Kinokuniya Awards in 2004. Her final stage appearance was in a 2019 adaptation of Crime and Punishment.

After being diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2019, Tateishi's health became worse in June 2020, and she died of lung cancer on 2 August 2020 in Tokyo at age 68.

Biography Ryōko Tateishi grew up in Nagasaki, graduating from . After graduation, she worked as a flight attendant on international flights for an airline before switching to acting because there were no age restrictions and she could make it a lifelong career. She studied acting at a school operated by Bungakuza, graduating in 1974 and joining Kumo Theatre Company. The following year, that company split, and she moved to . She studied abroad in London in 1996 for a year, including at École Philippe Gaulier, as part of an Agency for Cultural Affairs program.

Throughout her career, she appeared in many theatrical works directed by Yukio Ninagawa. She appeared in numerous Japanese television dramas, including , , and . She moved to in 2015. At the 39th Kinokuniya Awards in 2004, she won an individual award. Sankei Sports noted that she was a "famous supporting actor".

Her final stage appearance was in a 2019 adaptation of Crime and Punishment. In September 2019, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Pornography, a 2020 performance she planned to be in, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Her health became worse in June 2020, and she died of lung cancer on 2 August 2020 in Tokyo at age 68.

Roles Roles are listed chronologically, and starring/main roles are bolded.

Films (February 1975, Nikkatsu) – Kimura-sensei (August 1983, Eizo Kikaku) – Fumiko Yamaguchi Tokei – Adieu l'hiver (October 1986, Nippon Herald Films) – Koneko (July 1988, Nikkatsu) – Host (May 1993, Toei) – Ryōko Kimura (March 1999, Shochiku) (February 2017, Creative Nexus) – Manabu's mother (February 2018, Toei Video) – Kazuyo Kunimori (March 2021, NTV) – herself

Stage Much Ado About Nothing (1979) (1985) (1986) Richard III (1987) (1989) A Streetcar Named Desire (1989) (1991) Three Sisters (1993) (2003–2004, based on "The Elephant Vanishes" by Haruki Murakami) (2004) (2006) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (July 2006, Theatre Cocoon) – Hippolita (December 2006, at ) (2008, appeared with Eri Fukatsu) (2008) Glass Mask (August – September 2008, at the , , and ) – Haru Kitajima (October – November 2009, at Le Theatre Ginza) – (August – September 2010, at the Sai-no-Kuni Saitama Arts Theater and Theater Brava!) – Haru Kitajima The Glass Menagerie (March – April 2012, at the , appeared with Eri Fukatsu) – Amanda Wingfield (November – December 2012, at the Shibuya Theatre Cocoon) (directed by Yukio Ninagawa, the 1967 play by Christopher Hampton, at Bunkamura Theater Cocoon (November 2014), Theater Brava! (December 2014)) – Eugenie Krantz (2015, at and other venues) – Kishi Anna Christie (, at the Yomiuri Otemachi Hall and Umeda Arts Theater, directed by ) – Marthy Owen Crime and Punishment (January – February 2019) – Pulkheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova and Alyona Ivanovna

Television 1970s (1975, NTV) Ōedo Sōsamō (Dec 1976, ep.168, Channel 12) – guest star (Dec 1976, ep.21, NTV) – Kyōko Oda Part 17: (Oct 1976 – Apr 1977, 130 episodes, TBS) – Noriko (Jun 1977, ep.22, Fuji TV) – guest star (Jun 1977, ep.2, MBS) – guest star (1978, eps.14 (Jan) and 40 (Aug), TBS) – guest star (Sep 1978, ep.26, Channel 12) – guest star series 1 (Oct 1979, ep.3, TBS/Daiei TV) – guest star

1980s (Sep 1980 – Dec 1984, 6 episodes), ANB) – guest star (Oct 1980, ep.1, NTV) – Yoshiko Ueyama series 3 (Nov 1980, ep.25, ANB) – guest star (28 Sep 1981, ep.25, ANB) – guest star (Oct 1981 – Mar 1982, 24 episodes, Fuji TV) – Yuriko Nakahata Dai Sentai Goggle-V (26 Jun 1982, ep.21, ANB) – Mrs. Hamada (24 Jul 1982, TBS) (5 Apr 1983, NTV) – Drug Store Owner (2–27 May 1983, part 141 (20 episodes), NHK) – Ryōhei's older sister (28 May 1983, TV Asahi) – Taeko Kudō (1983) (22 Jul 1983, ep.15, ABC) – guest star (11 Oct 1983, NTV) (31 Oct 1983, ANB) (15 Nov 1983, NTV) – Mizue (7 May 1984, ANB) (28 Aug 1984, 5 episodes, based on the novel by Tomiko Miyao, TBS) (5 Jan 1985, ep.14, NTV) – Noriko Morimura (1–2 Mar 1985, 2 episodes, ABC) (4 Oct 1985, CX) (12 Jul 1985, CX) (Jul – Sep 1985, 10 episodes, TBS) – Sanae Tamura's mother (24 Mar 1986, ANB) (16 May 1986, ep.14, ABC) – Ritsuko Tozaki (28 Jun 1986, TV Asahi) – Haruko Izaki (12 Dec 1986, ep.3, NTV) – neighborhood housewife (3 Jun 1987, ep.7, ANB) (23 Jun 1987, NTV) – Head Nurse (22 Aug 1987, NTV) (21 Sep 1987, KTV) (Oct 1987 – Mar 1988, 24 episodes, KTV) – Hiroko Tatsuki (30 Apr 1988, TV Asahi) – Setsuko Mizuno (3 May 1988, ep.14, NTV) – Nao Aoyama 1st series (31 Aug 1988, ep.22, ANB) – Tadokoro's wife (10 Dec 1988, TBS) (Dec 1988, ep.10–11, TBS) (Apr – Sep 1989, 25 episodes, Daiei TV/CX) – Kanako's mother (13 Jun 1989, NTV) 2nd series (12 Jul 1989, ep.15, ANB) – Takako Enjōji (Oct – Dec 1989, 60 episodes, THK)

1990s (Feb – Apr 1990, TBS) (31 Mar 1990, TV Asahi) – Harumi Kitamura (Jul – August 1990, 30 episodes, TBS) – Tōko Wakabayashi (Dec 1990 – Oct 1993, 7 episodes, Fuji TV) 2nd series (3 Jan 1991, Fuji TV) – Taeko Sawada 2nd series (9 Aug 1991, Fuji TV) (Jan – Mar 1992, 11 episodes, Fuji TV) – Shizu Yamane (6 Mar 1992, ep.1, Fuji TV/Kyodo Television) – Masako Ogasawara (Jul – Sep 1992, 13 episodes, TBS) – Fukui (Oct 1992 – Apr 1993, 151 episodes, NHK) – Machiko (series of 10 films, films 1 (Oct 1992), 2 (May 1993), and 10 (Mar 1998), NTV) – Mutsuko Narumi / Sarah Meyer Night Head (13 Nov 1992, ep.6, Fuji TV/Kyodo Television) – Yumiko Futami (1992, ep.7, TV Asahi) – Masae Yamaguchi (17 Aug 1993, NTV) – Misao Sono (14 Dec 1993, NTV) – Mitsue Fujikawa Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari 2nd series (Feb – Mar 1994, eps.44–45, TBS) – Michiko (Apr 1994 – Dec 1995, 6 films, NTV) – Midori Sayama (Sep – Oct 1994, 40 episodes, TBS) – Ikuyo Masuda Heaven's Coin (Apr – Jul 1995, 12 episodes, NTV) – Kazuko Arai (23 Mar 1996, TV Asahi) – Sayomi Yamashita (Apr – Jun 1996, 11 episodes, Fuji TV) – Sumiko Matsunaga (22 Jun 1996, TV Asahi) – Hatsuyo Maeda (4 Jul 1996, ep. 1, Fuji TV) (Jul – Sep 1996, 13 episodes, Fuji TV) – Junko Onodera (4 Oct 1996, ep.4, Fuji TV) – Yōko Hatano (Oct – Dec 1997, 10 episodes, Fuji TV) – Miwa Hoshino GTO (Jul – Sep 1998, 12 episodes, Fuji TV) – Yoshiko Uchiyamada (23 Nov 1998, ep.7, TBS) – Yoshiko Tanaka (15 Dec 1998, NTV) – Akiko Nagao (20 May 1999, ep.6, Fuji TV) – Owner of the snack Bar "Rei" 12th series (14 Jul 1999, ep.16, ANB) – Harue Kaneko (17 Aug 1999, NTV) – Nobue Kuwahara (9 Oct 1999, TV Asahi) –

2000s (18 Mar 2000, TV Asahi) – Yoshie Sugitani 2nd series (28 Aug 2001, ep.9, Fuji TV/Kyodo Television) – Fumiko Yamaguchi (29 Dec 2001, TV Asahi) – Horiuchi-sensei (15 Jan 2002, NTV) – Naomi Kamimura (16 Oct 2002, ep.2, NTV) – Takako Matsumoto's mother (12 Nov 2002, NTV) – Head Nurse Murai 6th series (13 Nov 2003, ep.3, TV Asahi) – Ayano Morimoto Ryōma ga Yuku (2 Jan 2004, 4 episodes, TV Tokyo) – Otake (14 Jun 2004, ep.1, TBS) – Masako Yamazaki Socrates in Love (Jul – Sep 2004, 11 episodes, TBS) – Junpei Mashima's mother Furuhata Ninzaburō Final (Jan 2006, 3 episodes, Fuji TV) – Tamayo Horibe (Apr – May 2007, 6 episodes, NHK) – Head Nurse Araya (9 Jun 2007, TV Asahi) – Kikue Tanaka (28 May 2008, TV Tokyo) (Jun – Jul 2008, 6 episodes, NHK) – Yoshiko Kuwahara (30 Jul 2008, TV Tokyo) – Sumie Seto (17 Dec 2008, TV Tokyo) – Michiko Miyagi (Apr – Jun 2009, 10 episodes, NTV) – Misako Katsuragi (23 May 2009, TV Asahi) – Keiko Hayami (3 Oct 2009, CBC) – Hisako Shirayama

2010s AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (16 Feb 2011, S9E15, TV Asahi) – Sanae Shigeta (8 Mar 2011, episode 9, Fuji TV) – Nobuko Aoki (2 May 2011, S4E4, DreAmax Television/TBS) – Taeko Fukumura (9 May 2011, TBS) – Kazuko Isogai (31 Aug 2011, S3E9, TV Asahi) – Tokiko Kudō (3 Sep 2011, TV Asahi) – Satoko Toyooka (6 Oct 2011, TV Tokyo) – Hidamari Preschool Principal (12 Sep 2012, TV Tokyo) – Kinu Yamazaki (11 Feb 2013, S6E5, DreAmax Television/TBS) – Misako Kiyose (18 Feb 2013, TBS) – Tokiko Akama (29 May 2013, TV Tokyo) (21 Dec 2013, TV Asahi) – Harumi Yamada (Jul – Sep 2014, 6 episodes, NHK) – Kesa Satou (Jan – Mar 2015, 4 episodes, Kansai Television) – Yoshiko Igusa (16 Apr 2015, episode 2, Fuji TV) – Fusae Nogami (Jul – Sep 2015, 10 episodes, TBS) – Tomoyo Harada (22 Aug 2015, TV Asahi) – Kimiko Tokunaga (Jul – Aug 2015, 8 episodes, NHK BS Premium) – Momoko Tawara (Jul – Sep 2015, 8 episodes, TV Tokyo) – Akiko Sakata Onna Michi (Aug – Sep 2015, 8 episodes, NHK BS Premium) – Fumiko Yamaguchi (Feb – Mar 2016, 8 episodes, TV Asahi) – Yoshie Yoshida (11 Jun 2016, TV Asahi) – Haruyo Miymura (Aug 2016, S2E4-5, TV Asahi) – Kazuko Nagasawa (29 Sep 2016, ep.1, TV Asahi) – Yōko Tanami (28 Dec 2016, TV Tokyo) – Fumiko Tsumura (4 Mar 2017, ep.8, NTV) – Haruko Saenai (8–15 Apr 2017, S1E1-2, THK/WOWOW) – Hatsue Isomura (9 Apr 2017, ep.1, TV Asahi) – Sae Kiriyama (8 Jun 2017, S2E8, TV Asahi) – Kyōko Sakuragawa (Jul – Sep 2017, 12 episodes, TV Tokyo) – Mitsuko Takahashi (3 Aug 2017, S4E4, TV Asahi) – Kayoko Takehara Code Blue (14 Aug 2017, S3E5, Fuji TV) – Kazumi Kurata (7 May 2018, ep.4, TV Tokyo) – Mizue Matsuhara Special Spring Edition (12 May 2018, Fuji TV) – Rie Fujimura (Oct – Dec 2018, 11 episodes, TBS) – Kyōko Tonomura (17 Dec 2018, TBS) – Tokie Matsuura (Feb – Mar 2019, 5 episodes, WOWOW) – Haruko Itō (10 Apr 2019, ep.1, NTV) – Sawako Tanaka (19 Apr 2019, S19E1, TV Asahi) – Komine (26 Dec 2019, ep., TV Asahi) – Mai Gōko

Voice-over work and radio Dates listed are Japanese release dates. The actor she was dubbing is in parentheses when known. Knight Rider (1987, TV Asahi) – Gina Adams (Alexa Hamilton, S2E20) Elizabeth (Aug 1999, Herald) – Mary I (Kathy Burke) ER (2000/2004, NHK) – Hansen (S5E14), Mrs. Rasgotra (Kirron Kher, S11E2) Billy Elliot (Jan 2001, Kadokawa Herald Pictures) – Sandra Wilkinson (Julie Walters) Caitlin's Way (2001–2002, NHK) – Dori (Cynthia Belliveau) Star Wars (May 2002, Nippon Television) – Aunt Beru (Shelagh Fraser) My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Jul 2003, Warner Bros.) – Maria Portokalos (Lainie Kazan) Tuck Everlasting (2003, direct-to-video, Disney) – Mae Tuck (Sissy Spacek) Calendar Girls (May 2004) – Annie Clarke (Julie Walters) Spider-Man 2 (Jul 2004, SPE Japan) – other voices Monk (2004/2008/2010, NHK BS2) – Dolly Flint (S1E2, Linda Kash), other voices (S5, S7) Criminal Minds (Nov 2006, Wowow) – Ultra (S2E7) Ugly Betty (Oct 2009 – Mar 2010, NHK BS2) – Victoria Beckham (S2E7, Victoria Beckham) Alice Upside Down (Jan 2010) – Mrs. Plotkin (Penny Marshall) Agatha Christie's Poirot (Sep 2010, NHK) – Lady Boynton (Cheryl Campbell) Hugo (Dec 2011, SPE Japan) – Madame Emile (Frances de la Tour) (13 Jul 2019, FM Theater, NHK FM) – Wife of Kunio Yonenaga

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