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Yōko Tsukasa Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1934-08-20

Birthplace:
Sakaiminato, Japan

Credits:
111 Total Roles

Yōko Tsukasa

Acting

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Biography

Yōko Aizawa (相澤 葉子, Aizawa Yōko, born August 20, 1934) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa. She is a professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare and serves as the 2nd head of Nihon Taishōmura theme park.

Born as Yōko Shōji (庄司 葉子) in Tottori Prefecture, to a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama. Her family is a branch of the Shōji family, the landed magnate of Watari.

She married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. She's been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003) and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010).

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai MOVIE Self - Actress
2003 Fukumimi MOVIE Self
1992 Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan MOVIE Self
1985 Haze of Love MOVIE Self
1983 I Lived, But... MOVIE Self
1981 Blue Jeans Memory MOVIE Self
1980 Drive for the Future MOVIE Asako
1980 Red Soul TV Tachibana Kazuko
1978 Queen Bee MOVIE Tsutayo
1977 Island of Hell MOVIE Katsuno

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