Japanese actor Nakajima Yutaka, who dominated the 1970s, has died after battling colon cancer. He was 73.
On the 4th, local Japanese media reported that his agency, Sai Production, and Toei officially announced Nakajima Yutaka's death.
According to foreign media, Nakajima Yutaka died on the 27th of last month at his home in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The cause of death was colon cancer, which he had been battling.
The deceased was reported to have been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2022. Even while battling the disease, he worked to continue appearing in projects. Thanks to that effort, he even attended the film 'Truck Yarô: Stubborn' 50th anniversary event held last July.
At the time, Nakajima Yutaka sang the film's theme song and showed fighting spirit. It became his last onstage appearance and official event while alive.
Born in 1952, the deceased was selected as Japan's representative for Miss Pacific in 1971 and took second place in the same year's international beauty contest. Later, in 1973 she appeared in the film "Night song series: Woman's song" and swept the Japanese film industry in the 1970s.
She enjoyed syndrome-level popularity especially with "Truck Yarô: Stubborn," through which she became widely loved as an intense action star.
[Photo] Official website source.
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