Mitsuko Yoshikawa
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Born21 June 1901
Tokyo, Japan
Died8 August 1991 (aged 90)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Yearsactive1926-1984
Mitsuko Yoshikawa | |
|---|---|
 Mitsuko Yoshikawa in Apart From You | |
| Born | 21 June 1901 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 8 August 1991 (aged 90) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1926-1984 |
Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子, Yoshikawa Mitsuko; 21 June 1901 – 8 August 1991) was a Japanese actress[1] who played in over 250 films, often under the direction of Yasujirō Ozu and Hiroshi Shimizu.[2]
She joined the Shochiku film studios in 1924 and gave her film debut in 1926 in Kujaku no hikari. After the war, she became a freelancer[1] and, besides working for Shochiku, appeared in productions of Toho, Shintoho, Daiei and other studios[2] She gave her final performance in 1984 in Juzo Itami's The Funeral.[2][3]
