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Yoneko Sakai
酒井米子
Yoneko Sakai in 1935
BornNovember 25, 1898
Tokyo, Japan
DiedOctober 15, 1958
Other namesSakai Yoneko
OccupationActress

Yoneko Sakai (November 25, 1898 – October 15, 1958; in Japanese, 酒井米子; in kana, さかい よねこ) was a Japanese actress on stage and in silent films, known for playing "vamp" roles.

Career

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Sakai began her acting career as a girl, appearing in a George Bernard Shaw play at age twelve. She began acting in films in 1920. She appeared in more than 100 silent films, and several more films in the sound era. She joined the Nikkatsu studio,[1][2] and worked with directors including Eijiro Nagatomi,[3] Tsuji Kichiro,[4] Murata Minoru,[5] Daisuke Itō and Kenji Mizoguchi.[6][7] Her last film was Kyobyô den (1938).

Sakai was considered a "film star".[8][9] She was featured in historical period stories,[10][11] and was known for playing "vamp" roles.[12][13] She traveled to Korea to meet fans there.[14] She modeled gowns for Japanese department stores.[15][16]

Personal life

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Sakai had a son and a daughter. She died in 1958, at the age of 59.

References

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  1. ^ Fujiki, Hideaki (2020-10-26). Making Personas: Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan. BRILL. p. 7, 219. ISBN 978-1-68417-063-0.
  2. ^ Wlaschin, Ken (2009-05-15). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.
  3. ^ Galbraith, Stuart (2008-05-16). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
  4. ^ Thornton, S. A. (2015-03-26). The Japanese Period Film: A Critical Analysis. McFarland. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7864-9216-9.
  5. ^ Atkins, E. Taylor (2001-09-06). Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan. Duke University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8223-8003-0.
  6. ^ Kinnard, Roy (2024-10-09). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896-1929. McFarland. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-4766-0913-3.
  7. ^ Spicer, Paul (2019-02-17). "Mizoguchi, Melodrama, and the Psychology of Nature: Exploring Relationships Between Worlds in Kenji Mizoguchi's Musashino Fujin (1951)". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 36 (2): 125–139. doi:10.1080/10509208.2018.1507177. ISSN 1050-9208.
  8. ^ J. N. P. (September 1926). "In the Kingdom of the Silver Screen: Motion Pictures, Actors and Actresses of Japan". Jspan: Overseas Travel Magazine. 15 (9): 15.
  9. ^ "The Filmdom of Japan". The Japan Magazine. 19 (1): 22. October 1928.
  10. ^ O’Reilly, Sean D. (2018-08-23). Re-Viewing the Past: The Uses of History in the Cinema of Imperial Japan. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-5013-3603-4.
  11. ^ McKee, Rose (February 23, 1937). "Where Movies are not 'Colossal'". The Register. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (2018-06-05). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry - Expanded Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-691-18746-4.
  13. ^ Crandol, Michael (2021-05-20). Ghost in the Well: The Hidden History of Horror Films in Japan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-350-17875-5.
  14. ^ Kim, Dong Hoon (2017-03-22). Eclipsed Cinema: The Film Culture of Colonial Korea. Edinburgh University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4744-2181-2.
  15. ^ "Workers of Modern Japan: Bisoin" Japan Today and Tomorrow (December 1928): 72.
  16. ^ Freedman, Alisa (2010-12-03). Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road. Stanford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-8047-7857-2.
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