Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子, Yoshikawa Mitsuko, 21 June 1901 – 8 August 1991) was a Japanese actress[1] who played in over 250 films, often under the direction of Yasujirō Ozu and Hiroshi Shimizu.[2]
Mitsuko Yoshikawa | |
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 Mitsuko Yoshikawa in Apart From You | |
| Born | 21 June 1901 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 8 August 1991 (aged 90) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1926-1984 |
She joined the Shochiku film studios in 1924 and gave her film debut in 1926 in Kujaku no hikari. After the war, she became a freelancer[1] and, besides working for Shochiku, appeared in productions of Toho, Shintoho, Daiei and other studios[2] She gave her final performance in 1984 in Juzo Itami's The Funeral.[2][3]
Selected filmography
- 1926: Kujaku no hikari (dir. Jirō Yoshino)
- 1930: Story of Kinuyo (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
- 1932: I Was Born, But... (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
- 1933: Apart From You (dir. Mikio Naruse)
- 1933: Every-Night Dreams (dir. Mikio Naruse)
- 1934: A Mother Should be Loved (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
- 1934: Eclipse (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
- 1935: Burden of Life (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
- 1936: The Only Son (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
- 1936: The New Road (Part one) (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
- 1937: What Did the Lady Forget? (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
- 1937: Children in the Wind (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
- 1941: Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
- 1941: Introspection Tower (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
- 1946: Aru yo no Tonosama (dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa)
- 1947: Record of a Tenement Gentleman (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
- 1950: Akogare no Hawaii Kōro (dir. Torajirō Saitō)
- 1950: Wedding Ring (dir. Keisuke Kinoshita)
- 1955: Growing Up (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
- 1962: Akitsu Springs (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)
- 1984: The Funeral (dir. Juzo Itami)
References
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