Yōko Tsukasa
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-08-20 in Sakaiminato, Japan
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).
Most Known For
Epic Chushingura
as Oishi Riku
Yojimbo
as Nui
Haru no Sakamichi
as Lady Kasuga
Samurai Rebellion
as Ichi Sasahara
Goyokin
as Shino
Late Autumn
as Ayako Miwa
The Three Treasures
as Princess Oto Tachibana
Admiral Yamamoto
as Sumie Kimura
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
Chûshingura
as Aguri Asano
Battle of the Japan Sea
The End of Summer
as Noriko
Island of Hell
as Katsuno
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Nobuo Nishiyama
Queen Bee
as Tsutayo
Moment of Terror
as Kinuko Kakinuma
The Last Gunfight
as Sally
Summer Clouds
as Miciko
The Masterless 47
as Keiko
