is a Chinese-born Japanese actress. She has been nominated for four

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, and won the 1981 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role prize for her performance in ''

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''. She began her career as a film ingenue using the stage name Michiyo Yasuda, under which she scored major early successes with films such as '' A Fool's Love'' and numerous love stories and "samurai" period piece dramas.

Selected filmography

* '' Zatoichi's Pilgrimage'' (1966) *'' A Fool's Love'' (1967) * '' The Yoshiwara Story'' (1968) * '' Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword'' (1969) * ''

Onna Gokuakuchō also known as Naked Ambition is a 1970 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro. It is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel ''Kyōfu Jidai''. All the characters in the film are villains. Kazuo Ikehiro said the film is his favorite fi ...

'' (1970) * '' Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons'' (1973) * ''

'' (1980) * '' Kagero-za'' (1981) * ''Location'' (1984) * '' Shinran: Path to Purity'' (1987) * ''Bedtime Eyes'' (1987) * '' Yumeji'' (1991) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Zatōichi'' (2003) * '' Akame 48 Waterfalls'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Spring Snow'' (2005) * ''The Two in Tracksuits'' (2008) * ''The Fallen Angel'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''I'm Flash!'' (2012) * ''The Projects'' (2016) * ''I Never Shot Anyone'' (2020)

Honours

*Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2011)

References

External links

* 1946 births Living people Japanese actresses Actresses from Tianjin {{Japan-film-actor-stub