In the 1956 she played in the film “Affection”, where she had the kissing scene. She was a kind of upset because of this part, but her father inspired her by saying “If I don’t do any good job well, you will be a single movie actress!”. In the 1958 she played in the movie “Zessho”. In August 1961 she parted from Kobayashi Asahi, and although live a life harder from this time,later she was encouraged by Ishihara Yujiro.

In 1964 she has made a debut at "Sunset Hill" movie. She appeared in the three major action series of "migratory birds", "flower" and "Ginza hornie" which was directed by Yoshihiro Kobayashi and Yujiro Ishihara. She played the main role in numerous works such as "Red handkerchief" (1964) as well as in "Night fog, thank you" (1967). In 1966 she received his exclusive contract with Nikkatsu and joined Ishihara Pro.

In addition to her briliant career, she released many songs as a singer, especially on the theme song of the movie, and the single "Love Fossil", which was released in 1969 and became a hit. Since that time she has appeared in numerous films as a Nikkatsu signboard actress and gained huge popularity. To date, the number of her movie appearances is over 150. She is mostly known for such works like “Alone Across the Pacific”, “To Love Again”, “Thirst for Love”, “Machibuse” and “Otoko wa Tsurai yo”.

In the 2011 she was honored with Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette. Previously, in the 2002 she was honored with the Medal with Purple Ribbon. During her long and successful career, she received numerous awards, including the 6th Golden Arrow Award Grand Prize, the 7th Graph Award which she got in the end of 60s. She also was awarded by Actress Award of the 21st Kinema Shimbun in the 1975 and received Tokyo Metropolitan Honorary Prize in the 1989. In the 1999 she was honored with The 24th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Award.

She is married to Koji Ishizaka. Her husband is an actor too. The couple exchanged their vows in the 1971. In the 2000 they decided to divorce. Previously, in the 1960 she was dated with Kobayashi Asahi. The reason they decided to go their separate ways is unknown in the media. She is not much popular in social networking sites due to her low profile. But she can be followed in Instagram. Her total net worth is unknown till date.