Yukiko Miyamoto (宮本 雪子, Miyamoto Yukiko, June 5, 1915 – November 19, 2012), known professionally as Yukiko Inoue (井上 雪子), was a Japanese actress. During her time in Osaka Shochiku Gakugeki (present-day OSK Nippon Revue), she was also known as Kazuko Kane (鐘 一子).[1][2]
Yukiko Inoue and Jirō Shirota in Spring Comes from the Ladies (1932)
Yukiko Miyamoto was born on June 5, 1915, in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother.[1]
In 1927, she graduated from Shimoyamate Elementary School in Kobe and entered Canadian School.[1]
In April 1929, she joined the Osaka Shochiku Gakugeki (present- day OSK Nippon Revue) and appeared on stage under the stage name Kazuko Kane.[1]
Inoue made a special appearance alongside Shinichi Akita in Shirō Toyoda's Tokyo - Osaka Tokudane Ōrai released in 1936.[1][5] However, Inoue abruptly announced that she would "never appear in movies in the future" and retired from the movie world.[1] After her retirement, she married actor Tatsuo Saitō, but they later divorced.
In 1995, she was listed as "whereabouts unknown" in Nihon Eiga Jinmei Jiten: Joyū-hen, Volume 1 by Kinema Junposha. However, in 2003, she took the stage at OZU 2003, a symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yasujirō Ozu.[6]
In 2004, she made her first film appearance in 68 years in Akihiko Shiota's Kanaria which was screened at the 5th Tokyo Filmex, which became a topic of conversation.[7]
On November 19, 2012, she died from natural causes at the age of 97.[8]
