Yuri Nakamura has passed away. She was 44. The Japanese-Korean actor suffered from cancer. According to reports it was rectal cancer. She kept the illness private. Nakamura starred in "Romantics Anonymous" and "Pacchigi! Love & Peace." Following her passing, people revisited a seven-year-old ad. In it, she portrayed a mother facing cancer. Back then, she had already been treated for the condition. That detail is now drawing notice. Her screen work stays with viewers.