From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Misa Uehara (上原美佐 Uehara Misa) (birth name Misako Uehara, born 26 March 1937 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan; died 2003) appeared in a few Japanese films from the late 1950s, most notably starring as Princess Yuki in Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. Following a brief career, she left acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Misa Uehara (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.