Yuri Nakamura has passed away. She was 44. The performer of Japanese-Korean descent had cancer. As reported it was rectal cancer. She chose to keep the illness private. Nakamura starred in "Romantics Anonymous" and "Pacchigi! Love & Peace." Following her passing, people revisited 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 now drawing notice. Her screen work is remembered.