Bunjaku Han Explained

Bunjaku Han
Birth Date:15 April 1948
Occupation:Actor

(Chinese: Fàn Wénquè) was a Japanese-speaking Taiwanese actress who lived and worked in Japan.

Career

She was mostly known as a character actress. She became famous playing an unfortunate half-Japanese, half African-American volleyball player called Jun Sanders in a 1969 volleyball drama called Sain wa V. She went on to appear in films such as and the Playgirl TV detective series. In her later career, she provided the Japanese voice-over for the lead character in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and appeared as the mother of Itsuki Fujii in Love Letter. She was also active in stage acting in the later part of her career, and was due to appear in a new production at the time of her unexpected death.[1]

She had a brief career as a singer, releasing three singles in the 1970s.

Personal life

She was a Taiwanese citizen, but did not speak Chinese.

She married Akira Terao in 1973 and retired, but they divorced in 1974.[2]

She died of complications of cancer. Her grave is at Miura Reien on the Miura Peninsula.[3] On the grave, her name is spelt in roman letters "Fuan Bunjaku". Ironically her most famous acting role, Jun Sanders, was of a girl who died prematurely due to cancer.[1]

Filmography

Television

Regular

Guest

Discography

Writings

. Bunjaku Han. . Don't Touch Me. January 1992. 978-4890540129. Nurihiko. - Her memoirs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 「サインはV」の范文雀さんが死去. Bunjaku Han, star of "Sign Wa V", dies. 29 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071417/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/geino/n-2002_11/g2002110907.html#. 2018-01-21. dead.
  2. News: 【裕次郎番記者だけが知る 寺尾聰ワンパク半生】ドル箱女優と隠密結婚も…寺尾聰はインタビューで「そうね、話すことないね」 . 2 December 2019 . Zakzak . 27 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Han Bunjaku no haka. 5 August 2009.