Yoshiko Sakuma
Japanese actress (born 1939)
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Yoshiko Sakuma (佐久間 良子, Sakuma Yoshiko; born 24 February 1939) is a Japanese actress.[1][2][3] Her son is actor Takehiro Hira.[4]
OccupationActress
Yearsactive1958–present
Spouse
Yoshiko Sakuma | |
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Sakuma in the January 1965 issue of Movie Pictorial | |
| Born | 24 February 1939 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Takehiro Hira |
In 1957, Sakuma was scouted and signed her contract with Toei film company.[5] Following year she made her film debut with Utsukushiki Shimai no Monogatari Modaeru Soshun.[1][6] In 1970, she married actor Mikijirō Hira but divorced in 1984.[4] Sakuma landed lead role in the 1981 Taiga drama Onna Taikōki.[1]
Selected filmography
Film
- Kiiroi Fudo (1961)
- The G-Men of the Pacific (1962)
- Gang vs. G-Men (1962) as Akiko Mizuno
- Gang 6 (1963)
- Gobanchō yūgirirō (1963)
- Theater of Life: Hishakaku (1963) as Otoyo & Osumi (dual role)
- Kaoyaku (1965)
- Lake of Teras (1966) as Saku
- Samurai Banners (1969) as Princess Yu
- Chōkōsō no Akebono (1969)
- Men and War Part II (1971)[7]
- Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie (1979)
- The Makioka Sisters (1983)
- Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2012) as Myobu
- Earthquake Bird (2019) as Yamamoto
Television
- Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) as Taira no Tokuko
- Onna Taikōki (1981) as Nene
- Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) as Hōshūin