Cast
Jitsuko Yoshimura
1943
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1961–1964
- Schools and movements
- Japanese New WaveContemporary Asian CinemaHorror and the Uncanny
Directors worked with
Biography
Jitsuko Yoshimura is a Japanese film and television actress. She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships. 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, and Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.
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Awards and honours
National / local
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1964
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1965
2 films on this site
- Pigs and Battleships 1961 · Shohei Imamura · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
- Onibaba 1964 · Kaneto Shindo · IMDb 7.8 · Cast