Yuri Nakamura is dead. She was 44. The Japanese-Korean actor had cancer. Per reports it was rectal cancer. She did not discuss the illness publicly. Nakamura was known for roles in "Romantics Anonymous" and "Pacchigi! Love & Peace." In the wake of her death, people took another look at a seven-year-old ad. In it, she played a mother with cancer. Back then, she had already undergone surgery for the illness. That detail is attracting fresh attention. Her screen work is remembered.