Japanese actress Miyazawa pregnant: report



TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese actress Rie Miyazawa, whose ill-fated romance with a top sumo wrestler in her teenage days made headlines, is pregnant and set to marry her entrepreneur boyfriend, a report said Friday.
Miyazawa, 35, who starred in the Oscar-nominated 2002 film "Twilight Samurai," is expecting the baby in June and will marry the father soon, the Sports Nippon said.



Japanese actress Miyazawa pregnant: report
Her partner is an entrepreneur who frequently travels between Japan and the United States, the tabloid paper said without identifying the man or its sources.
Miyazawa, a former child model, is one of Japan's leading actresses.
She has gained further publicity for releasing a nude photobook that posted phenomenal sales and for her troubled personal life.
High-ranking sumo wrestler Takanohana broke off their engagement in 1992 at the pinnacle of Miyazawa's popularity.
She avoided the limelight for a while but made a steady comeback in recent years, winning best actress award in the 2001 Moscow International Film Festival for Hong Kong movie "Peony Pavilion."
She performed the role of a samurai wife in "Twilight Samurai," which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002.
Her agent declined comment on the report.
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Image of a poster for the film 'The Twilight Samurai', by Carlo Allegri.

Wednesday, March 11th 2009
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