is a Japanese actress and woman adventurer. Izumi joined ''Wakakusa Theatre Company'' and started her acting career as a child actress at the age of 11. Three years later, she moved to

Nikkatsu is a Japanese film studio located in Bunkyō. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Motion Pictures". Shareholders are Nippon Television Holdings (35%) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (28.4%). ...

Film company and she became one of the three representative actresses of the Nikkatsu called ''Nikkatsu Sannin Musume'' along with

Sayuri Yoshinaga is a Japanese actress and activist. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." Career Her first media appearance was in the rad ...

and

Chieko Matsubara is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her roles in '' Tokyo Drifter'' (1966) and the ''Outlaw'' series. Matsubara was born in Nagoya. Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu is a Japanese film studio located in Bunky� ...

. In 1963, Izumi starred

Kirio Urayama was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Urayama graduated from Nagoya University before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1954. After working as an assistant director to Yūzō Kawashima and Shohei Imamu ...

's film '' Bad Girl'' and the film won a Golden Prize at the

3rd Moscow International Film Festival The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film ''8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * Se ...

Selected filmography

* ''Kojo no Tsuki'' (1958) * '' The Snow Flurry'' (1959) as Sakura Nagura * ''The Seven Challengers'' (1961) * ''The Love Story of Ginza'' (1962) * '' Bad Girl'' (1963) as Wakae Kita * ''Hikaru umi'' (1963) * ''The Bastard'' (1963) as Emiko Okamura * ''Wakakusa Monogatari'' (1964) as Chieko * ''

Tattooed Life is a 1965 yakuza action movie directed by Seijun Suzuki. The film stars Hideki Takahashi as "Silver Fox" Tetsu. Plot The story follows the flight of yakuza hitman Tetsu and his younger, artistic brother Kenji after the latter kills a yakuza bos ...

'' (1965) as Midori Kinoshita * ''The Society'' (1968) as Mineko Kobayashi * ''

The Wild Sea is a 1969 Japanese Seafaring film directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki. Planning took five years, and it was filmed under Director Yamazaki over a one year and two month period. Plot Source: Yōji Kitami is a young man who stands at the crossroads of ...

'' (1969) * ''Earth Ninja Chronicles: Duel in the Wind'' (1979) * '' Men and War Part II'' (1971) * '' Blood Vendetta'' (1971) * '' Shin Heike Monogatari'' (1972) (TV series) as Yomogiko * ''

Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (Making It Through) is a Japanese television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama ...

'' (1998) (TV series)

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* 1947 births Living people Japanese film actresses Actresses from Tokyo {{Japan-film-actor-stub