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Jitsuko Yoshimura

Acting Born Apr 18, 1943 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子 Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943) is a Japanese actress. She was discovered by Shohei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships. She went on to appear in The Insect Woman and Onibaba. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.

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Known for

Film

Onibaba

as Young Woman
Film

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

as Lybia (voice)

House of Anubis

as Ei
Film

Dodes'ka-den

as Yoshie Kawaguchi

Full filmography

  • dele (2018)
  • The Insect Woman (1963) as Nobuko
  • A-Un (1980)
  • Onibaba (1964) as Young Woman
  • Wakko no kin medaru (1989) as 母・千代
  • Jūkyūsai (1989)
  • Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970) as Lybia (voice)
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) as Ei
  • Dodes'ka-den (1970) as Yoshie Kawaguchi
  • Sadako (2019) as Old Woman
  • Pigs and Battleships (1961) as Haruko
  • The Promised Land (2019)
  • Box: The Hakamada Case (2010) as Kinu Hakamada
  • Red Lion (1969) as Oyou
  • All About Our House (2001) as Mitsuyo Iwata
  • Samurai Spy (1965) as Omiyo
  • Oshin (2013) as Naka Tanimura
  • If You Were Young: Rage (1970)
  • The Devil's Path (2013) as Kazuko Fujii
  • Secret Agent 101 (1966)
  • An Innocent Witch (1965)
  • Hoshi wo tsugu mono (1990) as Keiko Yoshida
  • A Gap in the Skin (2005) as Grandmother
  • Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu (1965)