Yumeji Tsukioka
Biography
Yumeji Tsukioka (月丘 夢路) was born on 14 October 1922 in Hiroshima City, Japan, and died on 3 May 2017 at the age of 94. A Japanese film actress, she performed under the stage name 月丘夢路 and was known primarily for acting, with 99 credited roles listed in a major film database. Tsukioka’s career spanned from 1940 to 1994, during which she appeared in more than 150 films. Among her notable performances was a starring role in The Temptress and the Monk, a film entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. She was married to director Umetsugu Inoue.
Career overview
Yumeji Tsukioka was born on 14 October 1922 in Hiroshima City, Japan, and pursued a career as a film actress that spanned more than five decades. Her screen work began in the early 1940s and continued until the mid‑1990s, during which she appeared in over 150 films. The breadth of her filmography is reflected in the 99 credited roles listed in major film databases, underscoring her status as a prolific performer in Japanese cinema.
Among her many appearances, Tsukioka is noted for starring in The Temptress and the Monk, a film that was selected for competition at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. This international exposure highlighted her contribution to a work that reached audiences beyond Japan. Throughout her career she remained associated primarily with acting, and her performances contributed to the development of post‑war Japanese film.
Tsukioka’s personal life intersected with the film industry through her marriage to director Umetsugu Inoue. She continued to work in film until 1994, concluding a career that left a substantial legacy. Yumeji Tsukioka passed away on 3 May 2017 at the age of 94, leaving behind a body of work that spans more than a century of Japanese cinematic history.
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- Turning Point (1994) as Masako Yanagi
- The Second Is a Christian (1985) as Mother Superior
- Kyoto Yokai Map 1: A 900-Year-Old New Bride Living in Sagano (1980) as Fumiko Kurotsu (Jo and Rena's mother)
- Tree of Youth (1977)
- Yokomizo Seishi Series (1977)
- Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye (1977) as Dorm Mother
- The Family (1974) as Yasuko Manpyo
- Confessions Among Actresses (1971) as Makiko's Mother
- Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori (1971) as Kinue
- Kekkon shimasu (1969)
- The Rickshaw Man’s Son (1967)
- I'll Cry Alone (1965)
- Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men (1963)
- Drunken Sword (1962)
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962) as Yodo Gimi
- Hadashi no hanayome (1962)
- Kumoemon to sono tsuma (1962)
- Pachinko (1962)
- Sabakareru Echizen no kami (1962)
- Kawa wa nagareru (1962)
- Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (1962)
- Epitaph to My Love (1961) as Mrs. Usami
- Buddha (1961) as Takshakara
- Netsuai sha (1961) as Makiko Chisaka
- Love New and Old (1961) as Toyoe
- Refresher Course for Wives (1961)
- 晴小袖 (1961)
- Tokyo no Kodoku (1959)
- Her Name Was Sakura (1959)
- The Praying Man (1959) as Yoshie Misawa
- Immoral Lecture (1959)
- That Wonderful Guy (1958) as Reiko
- Unga (1958) as Noriko Itami
- Fangs of Night (1958)
- The Husband Wore the Apron (1958)
- Zoku fûfu hyakkei (1958)
- 孤独の人 (1957)
- The Eagle and the Hawk (1957) as Akemi
- Dancing Sisters (1957)
- But the Flesh is Weak (1957) as Setsuko Kurakoshi
- Streetlights (1957) as 大谷吟子
- The Temptress and the Monk (1957) as The Temptress
- Madam (1957)
- Lunar Eclipse (1956)
- Phoenix (1956)
- Kanshō fujin (1956)
- Cell No. 8 (1956)
- The Happy Dancers (1956)
- Family of Sorrow (1956)
- Forever a Woman (1955) as Fumiko Shimojô
- Till We Meet Again (1955) as Yachiyo Ohnuki
- Tales of Ginza (1955) as Wakako Kyôgoku
- A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
- The Beautiful Nuns (1955)
- Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1954)
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Masuno
- Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
- Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin (1954) as お俊
- Chushingura (1954) as Yozen-in
- 慶安水滸傳 (1954) as 忠弥の妻さと
- Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess (1954)
- Haru no Wakakusa (1954)
- Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble (1954) as 女房お俊
- Love Letter (1953)
- Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujin (1953) as Mieko Itô
- Hiroshima (1953) as Miss Yonehara
- Hana no shôgai (1953) as 佐登
- Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
- Always in My Heart (1953)
- Aiyoku no sabaki (1953) as Wife (Masayo)
- Young Miss Executive (1953)
- Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha (1953) as お兼
- Lady Takarazuka (1951)
- Red Peony of Night (1950) as Miki Natsukawa
- The Bells of Nagasaki (1950)
- Enoken roppa no yajikita bugiugi dōchū (1950)
- Late Spring (1949) as Aya Kitagawa
- New Wives’ Meeting (1949)
- Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood (1949) as Kimi - Ryûtarô's fiancée
- Shachō to onna tenin (1948)
- Yakyukyō jidai (1948)
- Female Police Officer (1947)
- Meiji no kyōdai (1946)
- Saigo no kikyō (1945)
- Gekimetsu no uta (1945) as 下田美穂
- Umi no tora (1945)
- Even Parting is Enjoyable (1945)
- Monpe-san (1944)
- Fushi sakura (1944)
- Kodachi o tsukau onna (1944)
- Bengal Storm (1944)
- Kekkon meirei (1943)
- Wagaya no kaze (1943)
- Twelve Hours Before Departure (1943)
- Hanayakanaru gensō (1943)
- New Snow (1942)
- Nagurareta o tonosama
- Prize of Flesh
- Noren to hanayome as Mitsuyo Nishiura