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Yukiko Todoroki

Acting Born Sep 11, 1917 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Yukiko Todoroki (轟 夕起子 Todoroki Yukiko; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter.

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Known for

Film

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

as Otoku

KissXSis

as Tomiko Ono

Full filmography

  • Sanshiro Sugata (1943) as Sayo Murai
  • Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) as Sayo
  • Debt of Honor (1966) as Okimi
  • Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) as Otoku
  • Striving to Live (1955)
  • The Lady of Musashino (1951) as Tomiko Ono
  • Girl in the Glass (1960) as Satoko Okinaka
  • Fight of the Gamblers (1963)
  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
  • Ghost Story of Youth (1955) as Choko, mother of Shinichi
  • Dislikes (1964)
  • The Symbol of a Man (1963) as Kiyo Murata
  • Red Pier (1958) as Mama
  • Talented Woman (1959) as Nobuyo
  • A Slope in the Sun (1958) as Midori Tashiro
  • Snow-Flake (1950) as Sachiko
  • Five Sisters (1954)
  • The Maid's Kid (1955)
  • Dancing Sisters (1957) as Fuyuko Taki
  • Yoku (1958)
  • Yama no Kanata ni (1966)
  • Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery (1954)
  • The Makioka Sisters (1959)
  • Nichijô no tatakai (1944)