Yuri Nakamura has passed away. She was 44. The performer of Japanese-Korean descent suffered from cancer. As reported it was rectal cancer. She kept the illness private. Nakamura starred in "Romantics Anonymous" and "Pacchigi! Love & Peace." After her death, people took another look at a seven-year-old ad. In it, she played a mother with cancer. By that point, she had already had surgery for the disease. That detail is now drawing attention. Her screen work is remembered.