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Yōko Yaguchi

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Yōko Yaguchi
Yaguchi on the set of The Most Beautiful
Personal details
Born
Kiyo Katō

(1921-08-27)August 27, 1921
DiedFebruary 1, 1985(1985-02-01) (aged 63)
NationalityJapanese
Spouse
(m. 1945)
ChildrenKazuko Kurosawa
Hisao Kurosawa

Yōko Yaguchi (矢口 陽子, Yaguchi Yōko, born Kiyo Katō, 27 August 1921 in British Hong Kong[1] – 1 February 1985 in Fukuoka) was a Japanese actress, and the wife of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa for 39 years. She had two children with Kurosawa: a son named Hisao and a daughter named Kazuko.[2]

Personal life

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While working on Akira Kurosawa's second film, The Most Beautiful, Yaguchi clashed over the alleged ways the director treated the actors. However, the pair found a connection, despite these clashes, and married in 1945.[3] Their son Hisao was born that same year.

Partial filmography

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  • Renga joko (1940)
  • Enoken no songokū: songokū zenko-hen (Enoken's Sun Wukong) (1940)
  • Jogakusei-ki (1941)
  • The Most Beautiful (1944)

References

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  1. ^ "矢口陽子 - 映画ならKinenote".
  2. ^ Kurosawa grandchildren
  3. ^ San Juan, Eric (2018). Akira Kurosawa: A Viewer's Guide. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 12. ISBN 9781538110904.
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