Reisen Ri

Reisen Ri (李麗仙; 25 March 1942 – 22 June 2021), also credited as Reisen Lee, was a Japanese stage and film actress of Korean descent.

Born in Tokyo as a third-generation Korean resident, she joined Jūrō Kara's "Situation Theatre" in 1963 and gave her film debut in Nagisa Ōshima's 1969 Diary of a Shinjuku Thief. In 1972, she starred in Hiroshi Teshigahara's film Summer Soldiers, and in 1985, in Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. In addition, she appeared on stage in Japan and South Korea.

Ri was married to Kara from 1967 to 1988. In 1975, she acquired Japanese citizenship. She died in Tokyo on 22 June 2021, aged 79.

Selected filmography

 * 1969: Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
 * 1972: Summer Soldiers
 * 1973: Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable
 * 1976: Ninkyo Gaiden Genkai Nada
 * 1985: ''Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'