Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa ( Japanese 司 葉子 Tsukasa Yōko ; born August 20, 1934 in Tottori Prefecture ) is a Japanese actress .
Life
Yōko Tsukasa was born in Tottori Prefecture in 1934. She began her acting career in 1955 at the age of 21 in a role in Tenka taihei . In the same year she got her first major role in Meoto zenzai .
Her internationally best-known film appearance had Tsukasa in 1960 as Ayako Miwa on the side of Setsuko Hara and Mariko Okada in Ozu Yasujirō's drama Late Autumn . In 1961 she played the role of Nui in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo - The Bodyguard , which also made her famous outside of Japan. In the same year, Tsukasa was also seen as Noriko in The Autumn of the Kohayagawa Family , also a film by Ozu Yasujirō.
In 1966, Tsukasa played the leading role of Shintani Hana in Noboru Nakamura's drama Kinokawa, which was particularly well-known in Japan . In the following year she received several awards for her acting performance, including in 1967 the Blue Ribbon Award for best actress .
In the following years, Yoko Tsukasa appeared in several dozen film and television productions. In 1971 she took on a leading role in the Japanese television series Daichūshingura . One of the most famous films of her later career is the catastrophe film World Catastrophe 1999? - The prophecy of Nostradamus from 1974. Tsukasa played her last film role so far in 2003 in Fukumimi . However, to this day she is active as an actress in television series. For her services to the film scene in her country, Tsukasa has received several awards from the Japanese government.
Awards
- 1967: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress for her role in Kinokawa
- 1967: Kinema Jumpō Prize for Best Actress for her roles in Kinokawa , Hikinige and Jinchoge
- 1967: Mainichi Eiga Concours award for best leading actress for her role in Kinokawa
- 2003: Medal of Honor of Japan on the Purple Ribbon
- 2010: Order of the Rising Sun
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: Tenka taihei
- 1955: Meoto zenzai
- 1959: Aru kengo no shogai
- 1959: Nippon Tanjō
- 1960: late autumn (Akibiyori)
- 1961: Yojimbo - The Bodyguard (Yōjimbō)
- 1961: The Autumn of the Kohayagawa Family (Kohayagawa-ke no aki)
- 1962: Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki
- 1966: Hikinige
- 1966: Kinokawa
- 1966: Jinchoge
- 1967: Jōi-uchi: Hairyō tsuma shimatsu
- 1969: Goyōkin
- 1969: Shinsengumi
- 1971: Daichūshingura (TV series)
- 1974: world catastrophe in 1999? - The Prophecy of Nostradamus (Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen)
- 2003: Fukumimi
Web links
- Yōko Tsukasa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry for Yoko Tsukasa on Toho Entertainment (Japanese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsukasa, Yōko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 司 葉子 (Japanese spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tottori Prefecture , Japan |