The actress was taken to a nursing home in March of this year, but she has managed to recover her health. However, I heard that she had been suffering from cognitive decline for some time and that her condition has worsened further. Tamao is currently living in a nursing home in Tokyo, and more than two and a half years have passed since her days at the facility began. It was in August 2011 that this magazine reported that Tamao had moved into a nursing home. In February ’23, Tamao had been rushed to the hospital after falling ill at a hotel in Nagoya, where she had visited to make a guest appearance at an event. She then moved into a facility affiliated with the company that had sponsored the event. The home where Tamao resides is located in a quiet area in the northern part of Tokyo. When she first moved in, she seemed to be at a loss about life at the facility, but she gradually became accustomed to the environment, and in December of the same year, she held a Christmas event at the home and appeared to be in good health. The situation seemed serious for a time. Tamao has an eldest daughter in addition to her eldest son, T.Karong, who passed away in ’19 (aged 55), but in recent years, she has been estranged from her eldest daughter. Tamao used to be Tamao’s manager, and the mother and daughter were so close that they lived together in the same apartment, but after T.Karino passed away, they began to live apart from each other. Now, Tamao’s health has recovered, but I hear that her old lively expression has disappeared from her face, and she still has a symptom that she cannot easily remember names of things and people. A former acquaintance of Tamao’s revealed, “Around this summer, Ken Matsudaira visited Tamao. A former acquaintance of Tamao’s told us, “Around this summer, Ken Matsudaira (71) took time out of his busy schedule to visit Tamao to see her. Speaking of Matsudaira, he is known as the “number one disciple” of Tamao’s husband, Shintaro Katsu (65), a star actor of the Showa period. Matsudaira joined “Katsu Productions” in 1974 while working as Katsu’s valet. In 1975, he appeared in the TV series “Zatoichi Monogatari” (Fuji TV), which Katsu starred in and directed, and went on to become a popular actor.
