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Yōko Tsukasa

Acting Born Aug 20, 1934 Sakaiminato, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Yōko Aizawa (相澤 葉子, Aizawa Yōko, born August 20, 1934) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa. She is a professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare and serves as the 2nd head of Nihon Taishōmura theme park.

Born as Yōko Shōji (庄司 葉子) in Tottori Prefecture, to a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama. Her family is a branch of the Shōji family, the landed magnate of Watari.

She married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. She's been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003) and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010).

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Full filmography

  • Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Lady Kasuga
  • Yojimbo (1961) as Nui
  • Epic Chushingura (1971) as Oishi Riku
  • Chûshingura (1962) as Aguri Asano
  • Samurai Rebellion (1967) as Ichi Sasahara
  • Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Sumie Kimura
  • Late Autumn (1960) as Ayako Miwa
  • Queen Bee (1978) as Tsutayo
  • Island of Hell (1977) as Katsuno
  • The End of Summer (1961) as Noriko
  • Two in the Shadow (1967) as Yumiko
  • The Last Gunfight (1960) as Sally
  • The Three Treasures (1959) as Princess Oto Tachibana
  • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Nobuo Nishiyama
  • Goyokin (1969) as Shino
  • Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969) as Tsune
  • Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016) as Self - Actress
  • Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
  • Summer Clouds (1958) as Miciko
  • The Masterless 47 – Part II (1961)
  • Moment of Terror (1966) as Kinuko Kakinuma
  • All is Well 2 (1955)
  • Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II (1962)
  • The Capital of Love (1958) as Aiko Hayakawa