Yuri Nakamura is dead. She was 44. The Japanese-Korean actor had cancer. Per reports it was rectal cancer. She kept the illness private. Nakamura starred in "Romantics Anonymous" and "Pacchigi! Love & Peace." Following her passing, people took another look at a seven-year-old ad. Within that spot, she took the role of a sick mother. Back then, she had already had surgery for the disease. That detail is now drawing attention. Her screen work is remembered.