Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura
吉村実子
Born (1943-04-18) 18 April 1943 (age 81)
NationalityJapanese
Occupationactress
Years active1961–1970, 2004–2005
Spouse
Tetsuo Ishidate
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(m. 1968⁠–⁠1999)​
RelativesMari Yoshimura (sister, actress)

Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子, Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943)[1] is a Japanese film and television actress. She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships.[2][3] She went on to appear in films like Imamura's The Insect Woman, Kaneto Shindō's Onibaba, for which she received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress,[3] and Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.

Yoshimura was married to actor Tetsuo Ishidate from 1968 to 1999.[4] Her sister is actress Mari Yoshimura (1935–).[3]

Filmography (selected)

Year Title Type Role
1961 Pigs and Battleships Film Haruko
1963 The Insect Woman Film Nobuko
1964 Onibaba Film Younger woman
1965 An Innocent Witch Film Ayako Oshima
1966 Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 Film Tetsuko
1970 Cleopatra Film Mary/Lybia (voice)
1970 Dodes'ka-den Film Yoshie Kawaguchi
2004 Blooming Again Film Shizue
2005 Aibō season 3, episode 11 TV Sachiko Sakai

References

  1. ^ "吉村実子 (Yoshimura Jitsuko)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ Imamura, Shōhei (2004). Eiga wa kyōki no tabi de aru. Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha. ISBN 978-4-532-16471-3.
  3. ^ a b c "吉村実子 (Yoshimura Jitsuko". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "石立鉄男 (Ishidate Tetsuo". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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