Yukiko Inoue

Yukiko Miyamoto (宮本 雪子, Miyamoto Yukiko, June 5, 1915 – November 19, 2012), known professionally as Yukiko Inoue (井上 雪子), was a Japanese actress. During her time in Osaka Shochiku Gakugeki (present-day OSK Nippon Revue), she was also known as Kazuko Kane (鐘 一子).[1][2]

Yukiko Inoue
井上雪子
Yukiko Inoue in 1933
Born(1915-06-05)June 5, 1915
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Empire of Japan
DiedNovember 29, 2012(2012-11-29) (aged 97)
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1929-1936, 2004
Spouse
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(divorced)​

Life
Yukiko Inoue and Jirō Shirota in Spring Comes from the Ladies (1932)

Yukiko Miyamoto was born on June 5, 1915, in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother.[1]

In 1927, she graduated from Shimoyamate Elementary School in Kobe and entered Canadian School.[1]

In April 1929, she joined the Osaka Shochiku Gakugeki (present- day OSK Nippon Revue) and appeared on stage under the stage name Kazuko Kane.[1]

In November 1930, Inoue was scouted by Denmei Suzuki and joined Shochiku.[1] The next year, she was cast in the lead role in Yasujirō Ozu's film Bijin Aishū and in Spring Comes from the Ladies, both released in 1932, but none of these films have survived.[3]

She also appeared in comedies directed by Torajirō Saitō.[4] However, she left Shochiku after appearing in Mikio Naruse's Street Without End, released in 1934.[1][5]

Inoue made a special appearance alongside Shinichi Akita in Shirō Toyoda's Tokyo - Osaka Tokudane Ōrai released in 1936.[1][5] However, Inoue abruptly announced that she would "never appear in movies in the future" and retired from the movie world.[1] After her retirement, she married actor Tatsuo Saitō, but they later divorced.

In 1995, she was listed as "whereabouts unknown" in Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten: Joyū-hen, Volume 1 by Kinema Junposha. However, in 2003, she took the stage at OZU 2003, a symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yasujirō Ozu.[6]

In 2004, she made her first film appearance in 68 years in Akihiko Shiota's Kanaria which was screened at the 5th Tokyo Filmex, which became a topic of conversation.[7]

On November 19, 2012, she died from natural causes at the age of 97.[8]

Filmography
  • Moyuru Hanabira (1931)
  • Bijin Aishū (1931)
  • Ai yo jinrui to tomoni are (1931)
  • The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1931)
  • Naniga kanojo wo hadaka ni sitaka (1931)
  • Seishun Zue (1931)
  • Reijō to Yotamono (1932)
  • Spring Comes from the Ladies (1932)
  • Sanjūninengata Renai Bushidō (1932)
  • Manshū Kōshinkyoku (1932)
  • Byakuya ha Akuru (1932)
  • Josei no Kirifuda (1932)
  • Nanban Nadeshiko (1933)
  • Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933)
  • Yotamono to Kaisuiyoku (1933)
  • Genkanban to Ojōsan (1934)
  • Tōyō no Haha (1934)
  • Daigaku no Wakadanna・Buyūden (1934)
  • Street Without End (1934)
  • Tokyo - Osaka Tokudane Ōrai(1936)
  • Kanaria (2004)

References
  1. Chiba, Nobuo (1995). 日本映画人名事典・女優篇 上巻年. Kinema Junposha. pp. 225–226.
  2. "Tokyojin". 東京人: 124. April 2005 – via Toshi Shuppan.
  3. Hasumi, Shigehiko (2015). 井上雪子さんを悼む 映画時評 2012-2014. Kodansha. pp. 227–228.
  4. Hasumi, Shigehiko (1992). 井上雪子氏インタヴュー 監督 小津安二郎. Chikuma Gakugei Bunko. pp. 313–330.
  5. "Cast of Kanaria". Kanaria Official Site. Office Shirouzu.『カナリア』公式サイト. オフィス・シロウズ. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  6. Yoshida, Yoshishige (2004). 国際シンポジウム 小津安二郎 生誕100年記念「OZU 2003」の記録. Asahi Sensho.
  7. ""Opening Ceremony, Kanaria Stage Greeting". Tokyo Filmex "オープニング・セレモニー、「カナリア」舞台挨拶". 東京フィルメックス". TOKYO FILMeX. November 20, 2004. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  8. Company, The Asahi Shimbun. "朝日新聞デジタル：映画俳優の井上雪子さん死去 小津作品に出演". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-12-02.
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