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

Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker. 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 the 1930s. The most pr ...

and Hiroshi Shimizu. She joined the

Shochiku is a Japanese entertainment company. Founded in 1895, it initially managed '' kabuki'' theaters in Kyoto; in 1914, it also acquired ownership of the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo. In 1920, Shochiku entered the film production industry and establis ...

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 entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. ...

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 ...

Daiei , based in Kobe, Hyōgo, 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 ...

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. He is the namesake of the Juzo Itami Award, founded in 2009 to honor his legacy. Early life ...

'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 successful sound film, '' The Neighbor's Wife and Mine'', in 1931. His films are mostly associated with the shōshimin-eiga (lit. "common people drama") genre. Among his ...

) *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 Shoshimin-eiga, shōshimin-eiga ("common people drama") films with f ...

) *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 entert ...

'' (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: ''

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'' (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 drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Plot The upper-class Toda family celebrates the 69th birthday of their father Shintarō with a commemorative outdoor photoshoot. 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 Awar ...

'' (dir.

Teinosuke Kinugasa was a Japanese filmmaker and actor. His best-known films include the Silent film, silent Experimental film, avant-garde films ''A Page of Madness'' and ''Crossroads (1928 film), Crossroads'' and the Academy Awards, Academy Award-winning historic ...

) *1947: '' Record of a Tenement Gentleman'' (dir. Yasujirō Ozu) *1950: ''

Akogare no Hawaii Kōro is a 1950 black-and-white Cinema of Japan, Japanese film directed by Torajiro Saito. Cast * Haruo Oka * Hibari Misora * Sanae Ijita (柴田早苗) * Mitsuko Yoshikawa * Tamae Kiyokawa (清川玉枝) * Achako Hanabishi (:ja:花菱アチャコ, 花 ...

'' (dir.

Torajirō Saitō was a Japanese film director known for his comedy films. Born in Akita Prefecture, he entered Shōchiku's Kamata, Ōta, Tokyo, Kamata studio in 1922 and debuted as a director in 1926. He later worked at the Shintoho and Toho studios. He became kn ...

) *1950: ''

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'' (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. Shink ...

'' (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 t ...

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

)

References

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