Yukiji Asaoka
Acting • Born 1935-07-23 – Died 2018-04-27
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yukiji Asaoka (born July 23, 1935) is a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She is the daughter of the famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second and present husband is actor Masahiko Tsugawa. Asaoka was in the Takarazuka Revue from 1952 to 1955. She was a cast member (musumeyaku), belonging to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki). She is famous for her roles in Japanese television series and has appeared starring opposite of Shintaro Katsu in both a film of the Zatoichi series and in the first film of the Hanzo the Razor trilogy. She is, however, mostly famed for her singing. She is also a voice actor, or seiyū, in the 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas directed by Isao Takahata. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yukiji Asaoka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
54 credits
The Stormy Man
Movie • 1966
Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu
Movie • 1990
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Movie • 1999
Matsuko Yamada (voice)
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Movie • 1972
Omino
Zatoichi Challenged
Movie • 1967
Tomoe
Azuke
Movie • 1990
Samurai of Hachiman
Movie • 1981
Legend of Plumeria
Movie • 1983
Young Boss
Movie • 1965
Kyoko
のんき侍大暴れ
Movie • 1956
秋枝
Hoshikuzu no Machi
Movie • 1963
The Shogun's Vault
Movie • 1964
Ryota from Mandalaya
Movie • 1986
Tora-san, the Expert
Movie • 1982
Momoe
365 Nights
Movie • 1962
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
Movie • 1983
Ran Okubo
The Days of No Return
Movie • 1978
Showdown at Lightning Pass
Movie • 1962
Courtesan Shioji
Young Boss: Prison Release
Movie • 1965
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Movie • 2013
Kita no kata (voice)
Statue in Fire
Movie • 1974
The Invisible Wall
Movie • 1958
Refresher Course for Wives
Movie • 1961
Storm Party
Movie • 1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
Movie • 1969
Young Lovers
Movie • 1957
The Unspoiled Diamond
Movie • 1982
Machiko Mimura
Aozora yoitsu mademo
Movie • 1958
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
Movie • 2000
Sure Death
Movie • 1984
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Movie • 1985
Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke
Movie • 1990
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
Movie • 1968
Bad Reputation: The Big Drum
Movie • 1964
Hiroko
Mark of Blood
Movie • 1962
Ocho
Youth Peony Lantern
Movie • 1993
Bridal Cruise
Movie • 1976
美人母娘３人 ああ華麗なる結婚サギ
Movie • 1986
Time and Tide
Movie • 1983
Gokudô Petenshi
Movie • 1969
The Politicians
Movie • 1983
Sayuri Hoshi
ある落日
Movie • 1959
The Poem of the Blue Star
Movie • 1960
Shinjuku baka monogatari
Movie • 1977
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Movie • 1958
小さな花の物語
Movie • 1961
The Samurai
Movie • 1986
Singing in the Sun
Movie • 1960
Chikako Kuni
Life of a Flower
TV • 1963
Okichi
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Yūrei Kashimasu: Osome Koi no Shichihenge
TV • 2003
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
TV • 2003
Guest
Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko
TV • 1994
霞瑞江
Kaze no Haruka
TV • 2005
Kanzaki Chii