was a Japanese actress who played in over 250 films, often under the direction of

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in t ...

and Hiroshi Shimizu. She joined the

Shochiku () is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks (which has a long-time partnership—the company released most, if not ...

film studios in 1924 and gave her film debut in 1926 in ''Kujaku no hikari''. After the war, she became a freelancer and, besides working for Shochiku, appeared in productions of

Toho is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the produc ...

Shintoho was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the big six film studios (which also included Daiei, Nikkatsu, Shochiku, Toei Company, and Toho) during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. It was founded by defectors from the original Toho company fol ...

Daiei , based in Kobe, is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. In 1957, Isao Nakauchi founded the chain in Osaka near Sembayashi Station on the Keihan train line. Daiei is now under a restructuring process supported by Marubeni Corporatio ...

and other studios She gave her final performance in 1984 in

Juzo Itami , born , was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films (one short and ten features), all of which he wrote himself. Early life Itami was born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi in Kyoto. The name Itami was passed on from his fath ...

's '' The Funeral''.

Selected Filmography

* 1926: ''Kujaku no hikari'' (dir. Jirō Yoshino) *1930: ''Story of Kinuyo'' (dir.

Heinosuke Gosho was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed Japan's first sound film, ''The Neighbor's Wife and Mine'', in 1931. His films are mostly associated with the shomin-geki (lit. "common people drama") genre. Among his most noted works ...

) *1932: '' I Was Born, But...'' (dir.

) *1933: '' Apart From You'' (dir.

Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki ("common people drama") films with female protagonists, ...

) *1933: ''

Every-Night Dreams is a 1933 Japanese silent drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. The film follows a single mother who works as a bar hostess and her struggles to provide for her son in depression-era Japan. Plot Omitsu works as a hostess in a harbour bar ent ...

'' (dir. Mikio Naruse) *1934: ''

A Mother Should be Loved is a 1934 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu, the first and last reels of which have been lost. Ozu had wanted to name the film ''Tokyo Twilight'', but studio executives preferred a title that referenced motherhood, a popular theme in Japan ...

'' (dir. Yasujirō Ozu) * 1934: ''

Eclipse An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three ce ...

'' (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu) *1935: ''Burden of Life'' (dir. Heinosuke Gosho) *1936: '' The Only Son'' (dir. Yasujirō Ozu) *1936: ''The New Road (Part one)'' (dir. Heinosuke Gosho) *1937: ''

What Did the Lady Forget? is a 1937 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. In 2009 the film was ranked at No. 59 on the list of the ''Greatest Japanese Films of All Time'' by Japanese film magazine ''Kinema Junpo''. Plot Komiya is a good-natured professor o ...

'' (dir. Yasujirō Ozu) *1937: ''Children in the Wind'' (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu) *1941: ''

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family is a 1941 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Plot The upper-class Toda family celebrates the 69th birthday of their father with a commemorative photoshoot at their outdoor garden. Unfortunately, shortly after the photo session, the father ...

'' (dir. Yasujirō Ozu) *1941: ''Introspection Tower'' (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu) *1946: ''

Aru yo no Tonosama is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Cast *Kazuo Hasegawa * Isuzu Yamada *Hideko Takamine * Chōko Iida * Mitsuko Yoshikawa *Ichiro Sugai * Tetsu Nakamura *Takashi Shimura * Eitarō Shindō *Susumu Fujita *Denjirō Ōkōchi Aw ...

'' (dir.

Teinosuke Kinugasa was a Japanese filmmaker. He was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won the 1954 Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival for '' Gate of Hell''. Biography Kinugasa began his career as an onnagata (actor specializing in ...

) *1947: ''

Record of a Tenement Gentleman is a Japanese film written and directed by Yasujirō Ozu in 1947. The film was Ozu's first after World War II. Synopsis Tashiro (Chishū Ryū), Tamekichi (Reikichi Kawamura), and O-tane (Chōko Iida) are among the residents of a poor district of ...

'' (dir. Yasujirō Ozu) *1950: '' Akogare no Hawaii Kōro'' (dir. Torajirō Saitō) *1950: ''

Wedding Ring A wedding ring or wedding band is a finger ring that indicates that its wearer is married. It is usually forged from metal, traditionally gold or another precious metal. Rings were used in ancient Rome during marriage, though the modern pract ...

'' (dir.

Keisuke Kinoshita was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Ronald Berganbr>"A satirical eye on Japan: Keisuke Kinoshita" ''The Guardian'', 5 January 1999. While lesser-known internationally than contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and ...

) *1955: '' Growing Up'' (dir. Heinosuke Gosho) *1962: ''

Akitsu Springs is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and Hiroyuki Nagato. Plot Shortly before the end of World War II, young soldier Shusaku, ill with tuberculosis, arrives at Akitsu, expecting to die soon. Shin ...

'' (dir.

Yoshishige Yoshida , also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Life and career Graduating from the University of Tokyo, where he studied French literature, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and worked as an assistant ...

) *1984: '' The Funeral'' (dir.

)

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* Japanese film actresses Japanese silent film actresses Actresses from Tokyo 1901 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-actor-stub