Misa Uehara (上原美佐 Uehara Misa) (birth name Misako Uehara; 26 March 1937 in Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Japan – 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.