Akiko Koyama was treated for heart disease and lung cancer last year. "I was told it was stage 4, but I overcame it."

Akiko Koyama (90), the wife of the late film director Nagisa Oshima and an actress, appeared on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) on August 5th. She revealed that she had been diagnosed with heart disease and lung cancer last year and received treatment, and spoke about her feelings at the time.

Koyama confided, "I had breast cancer at the age of 80. Then I had heart surgery. I also had surgery on my back for spinal stenosis. I also had lung cancer. I had all of those illnesses within about five years of turning 80."

He continued, "Just when I thought it was all over, I had heart surgery in February of last year. This time, they found cancer in my right lung. I was really struggling at the time. I thought that couldn't be the case. They told me it was stage 4. So I thought it was all over." He said that his current health is "very good."

Four years ago, Koyama suffered from depression for the second time in her life. "When I was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, and also when I was diagnosed with depression, I thought my life was over. But I overcame it and decided to live life over again at the age of 90. I want to tell everyone, 'I'm 90 years old and have been sick so much, but I'm still alive and well.'"