Jitsuko Yoshimura
Jitsuko Yoshimura | |
|---|---|
吉村実子 | |
| Born | 18 April 1943 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1961–1970, 2004–2005 |
| Spouse |
Tetsuo Ishidate
(m. 1968–1999) |
| Relatives | Mari Yoshimura (sister, actress) |
Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子, Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943)[1] is a Japanese film and television actress. She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships.[2][3] She went on to appear in films like Imamura's The Insect Woman, Kaneto Shindō's Onibaba, for which she received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress,[3] and Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.
Yoshimura was married to actor Tetsuo Ishidate from 1968 to 1999.[4] Her sister is actress Mari Yoshimura (1935–).[3]
Filmography (selected)
[edit]| Year | Title | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships | Film | Haruko |
| 1963 | The Insect Woman | Film | Nobuko |
| 1964 | Onibaba | Film | Younger woman |
| 1965 | An Innocent Witch | Film | Ayako Oshima |
| 1966 | Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 | Film | Tetsuko |
| 1970 | Cleopatra | Film | Mary/Lybia (voice) |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den | Film | Yoshie Kawaguchi |
| 2004 | Blooming Again | Film | Shizue |
| 2005 | Aibō season 3, episode 11 | TV | Sachiko Sakai |
References
[edit]- ^ "吉村実子 (Yoshimura Jitsuko)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Imamura, Shōhei (2004). Eiga wa kyōki no tabi de aru. Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha. ISBN 978-4-532-16471-3.
- ^ a b c "吉村実子 (Yoshimura Jitsuko". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "石立鉄男 (Ishidate Tetsuo". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Jitsuko Yoshimura at IMDb
- Jitsuko Yoshimura at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- "死に花 (Blooming again)". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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