Yōko Tsukasa
Biography
Yōko Tsukasa, also known as Yōko Aizawa and Yōko Shōji, is a Japanese actress born on August 20, 1934, in Sakaiminato, Japan, and originally from Tottori Prefecture. Born to a family of cotton merchants who settled in Yumihama as a branch of the Shōji family, she married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. Tsukasa 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 second head of the Nihon Taishōmura theme park. Her honors include the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2003 and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2010.
Career overview
Yoko Tsukasa is a Japanese actress born as Yoko Shoji on August 20, 1934, in Sakaiminato, Japan, with her birth also associated with Tottori Prefecture. She comes from a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama, and her family is a branch of the Shoji family, the landed magnate of Watari. Recognized in the film industry for her acting, she has amassed a known credit count of 122 across movies and television shows. Among her recognized achievements, she won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for her work in Kinokawa.
Beyond her extensive acting career, Tsukasa is a professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare and serves as the second head of the Nihon Taishomura theme park. In her personal life, she married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. Her contributions and public life have also been recognized through official honors, having been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2003, followed by the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2010.
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- Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016) as Self - Actress
- Fukumimi (2003)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan (1992)
- Haze of Love (1985)
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- Blue Jeans Memory (1981)
- Red Soul (1980) as Tachibana Kazuko
- Drive for the Future (1980) as Asako
- Queen Bee (1978) as Tsutayo
- Afterglow (1978)
- Island of Hell (1977) as Katsuno
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Nobuo Nishiyama
- Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Herself
- Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn (1974)
- Epic Chushingura (1971) as Oishi Riku
- Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Lady Kasuga
- I Hear the Whistle (1971) as Hatsue Sugimoto
- The Earth is Born Again (1971) as Minako Soejima
- Five Gents Fly to Taiwan (1970) as Toyoko Tamba
- Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man (1970)
- Five Gents and a Kuniang (1970) as Tanba Toyoko
- Goyokin (1969) as Shino
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969) as Tsune
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu (1969) as Eiko Saijō (Takashi’s Wife)
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II (1969) as Saijō Eiko (Takashi's wife)
- Devils-in-Law (1968)
- Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Sumie Kimura
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968) as Natsuyo Honjō
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968) as Natsuyo Honjo (Kenichi's Wife)
- Samurai Rebellion (1967) as Ichi Sasahara
- Two in the Shadow (1967) as Yumiko
- Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (1967) as Sumie Kimura (Nobuyoshi's Wife)
- Kojiro (1967) as Nami
- Five Gents Prefer Geisha (1967) as Sumie Kimura (Shingo’s wife)
- The Daphne (1966) as Umeko (the second daughter)
- The Kii River (1966) as Shintani Hana
- Moment of Terror (1966) as Kinuko Kakinuma
- Forever With You (1966)
- A Company President's Life Story (1966) as Kojima Yōko (Keigo’s wife)
- Five Gents on the Spot (1966) as Yoko Kojima
- Five Gents' Trick Book (1965)
- Back Stairways (1965)
- President's Ninja Trick Book Part II (1965) as Kyōko Ishikawa (Takashi's new wife)
- The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
- Start Here (1965) as Akiko Okabayashi (Eldest Daughter)
- Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins (1964) as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
- Hail the 3 Gents (1964) as Fusae Ozawa
- 3 Gents in the Snow Country (1964)
- Dobuike (1963) as Katsumi Muroi
- We Are Salarymen (1963) as Eiichiro’s Wife
- Devices Stronger Than Women (1963) as Eiko Suda (CM Girl)
- Chûshingura (1962) as Aguri Asano
- The Wiser Age (1962) as Netsuke Ishikawa
- Woman of Design (1962) as Ritsuko Yada
- Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II (1962)
- Anything For Success (1962)
- Fūryū onsen bantō nikki (1962)
- Shimizu Port Salaryman (1962)
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen (1962)
- Yoru no keisha (1962)
- Yojimbo (1961) as Nui
- A Night in Hong Kong (1961) as Keiko Kimura
- The End of Summer (1961) as Noriko
- The Masterless 47 – Part II (1961)
- Eternity of Love (1961) as Michi
- Challenge to Live (1961)
- The Angry Sea (1960) as Sasko Kanamori
- Late Autumn (1960) as Ayako Miwa
- Respect, Flatter, and Love (1960)
- The Masterless 47 (1960) as Keiko
- The Blue Beast (1960)
- The Last Gunfight (1960) as Sally
- The Forbidden Scoop (1960)
- The Lovelorn Geisha (1960) as Miyako Fujimura
- Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) as Tazu
- The Three Treasures (1959) as Princess Oto Tachibana
- Samurai Saga (1959) as Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
- Young Lovers (1959) as Kazuyo Tsuda
- The Path Under the Platanes (1959) as Kumiko Kazuki
- The College Ruggers (1959) as Takako Miyazaki
- 3 Dolls in College (1959) as Michiko Kōda
- Flower Shop Curtain (1959) as Kyoko
- Summer Clouds (1958) as Miciko
- Holiday in Tokyo (1958)
- The Third President (1958)
- The Capital of Love (1958) as Aiko Hayakawa
- Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring (1958) as Kyōko Arisaka (Yone’s daughter)
- Flower's Yearning (1958) as Domoto Kozue
- Assistant President (1958)
- Night Holds a Truth (1957)
- Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion (1957)
- Price of Beauty (1957) as Chikako Izumi / Sally
- A Dangerous Hero (1957)
- The Blue Mountains Part 2 (1957) as Teacher Shimazaki
- The Blue Mountains (1957) as Ms. Shimazaki
- Schooldays (1957) as Mizuno Junko
- Gendai no yokubô (1956)
- In Case of One Woman (1956) as Mitsuko Misono
- Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl (1956) as Reiko (Company President’s Daughter)
- A Brother and His Sister (1956) as Fumiko Mamiya
- All Sold Out (1956)
- The President Talks Bank (1956)
- Blue Buds (1956) as Bride
- The President's Boss (1956)
- Summer in Eclipse (1956) as Kioko
- Three Generations of Company Presidents (1956)
- Mother and Son (1955) as Tamako Izumi
- To Love and Forgive (1955)
- The Immortal Pitcher (1955)
- Frame of Snow (1955) as Aoyagi Yūko
- The First Kiss (1955) as Yoshiko Kanai
- Marital Relations (1955)
- No Response from Car 33 (1955)
- All is Well (1955) as Akiko Mori
- All is Well 2 (1955)
- Tactics of Love (1955)
- Forever Be Mine (1954)