Yukiji Asaoka
Biography
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Yukiji Asaoka (born July 23, 1935) is a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She is the daughter of the famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second and present husband is actor Masahiko Tsugawa.
Asaoka was in the Takarazuka Revue from 1952 to 1955. She was a cast member (musumeyaku), belonging to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki).
She is famous for her roles in Japanese television series and has appeared starring opposite of Shintaro Katsu in both a film of the Zatoichi series and in the first film of the Hanzo the Razor trilogy. She is, however, mostly famed for her singing. She is also a voice actor, or seiyū, in the 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas directed by Isao Takahata.
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Full filmography
- Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game (2003) as Guest
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- Life of a Flower (1963) as Okichi
- The Unspoiled Diamond (1982) as Machiko Mimura
- The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013) as Kita no kata (voice)
- Kaze no Haruka (2005) as Kanzaki Chii
- My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) as Matsuko Yamada (voice)
- Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko (1994) as 霞瑞江
- Yūrei Kashimasu: Osome Koi no Shichihenge (2003)
- Zatoichi Challenged (1967) as Tomoe
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972) as Omino
- Ryota from Mandalaya (1986)
- Tora-san, the Expert (1982) as Momoe
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958)
- Yakuza Ladies: Revenge (2000)
- Young Boss (1965) as Kyoko
- Kabamaru the Ninja Boy (1983) as Ran Okubo
- The Politicians (1983) as Sayuri Hoshi
- The Poem of the Blue Star (1960)
- Terra Warrior Ψ BOY (1985)
- The Days of No Return (1978)
- Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu (1990)
- Time and Tide (1983)
- 365 Nights (1962)