Yuri Nakamura is dead. She was 44. The Japanese-Korean actor had cancer. According to reports it was rectal cancer. She chose to keep 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 portrayed a mother facing cancer. At that time, she had already had surgery for the disease. That detail is attracting fresh attention. Her screen work remains remembered.