is a Japanese actress. She was born on July 26, 1949, in
Toyonaka, Osaka
is a Cities of Japan, city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 399,263 in 179651 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is a suburban city of Osaka City ...
.
In film, Tsuchida had a role in ''Kore ga Seishun Da!'' (1966). In another modern role (1976), she appeared in the
Norifumi Suzuki film ''Torakku Yarō: Hōkyō Ichiban Hoshi.'' The year 1979 saw her in a film based on the television series she had been in: ''Onmitsu dōshin Ōedo sōsamō''.
Omitsu doshin o Edo sosamo (1979)
IMDB Retrieved June 6, 2008
Tsuchida has appeared in major roles in many prime-time television series. She starred as Kagari, playing opposite Asahi Kurizuka in the 42-episode 1967–68 black-and-white ''jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "historical drama, period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, crafts ...
'' series '' Kaze'' on the Tokyo Broadcasting System
(formerly ) is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network TBS Television and radio network TBS Radio. It has a 28-affiliate television network called Japan News Network, as ...
network. She had a leading role as Inazuma Oryū in ''Ōedo Sōsamō
and are long-running prime time television ''jidaigeki'' programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (Tokyo 12 Channel). The title literally translates as " Oedo Dragnet" ("New Oedo Dragnet" for the seco ...
''. From 1970 to 1975, she appeared as Chiharu in ''Ōoka Echizen
is a Japanese prime-time television ''jidaigeki'' series. From March 16, 1970 to March 15, 1999, 402 episodes and 15 seasons were broadcast. Also, a two-hour special aired on March 20, 2006, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the '' Nation ...
'', and from 1970 to 1973 as Oyumi in ''Zenigata Heiji
is a Japanese fictional character, the hero of a series of Japanese novels, films and TV programmes set in the Edo period (1603–1868) of Japanese history. He is a policeman (岡っ引き, '' okappiki'') who catches criminals by throwing coins ...
'', with kabuki
is a classical form of Theatre of Japan, Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with Japanese traditional dance, traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is known for its heavily stylised performances, its glamorous, highly decorated costumes ...
actor Hashizō Ōkawa as the title character. Leaving the Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
, she played Itoko in the daytime drama series '' Akantare'' (1976–77). Tsuchida starred as well as Hu San-Niang in the 1973 series, '' The Water Margin''. In addition to series, she has also been cast in numerous guest-star roles, among them ''Abarenbō Shōgun
(Abarenbō Shōgun) was a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Tokugawa Yoshimune, Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa ''shōgun''.
The program s ...
''.
Tsuchida has also appeared on stage, in variety and quiz shows, and in commercials.
References
External links
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土田早苗
Tsuchida Sanae at JMDB
(Official site)
Fan club
Sources
This article incorporates material from 土田早苗 (''Tsuchida Sanae'') in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved June 6, 2008.
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1949 births
Japanese actresses
Living people
People from Toyonaka, Osaka