Yukiko Tsukuba
Yukiko Tsukuba | |
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 Yukiko Tsukuba, from a 1925 publicity photo | |
| Born | Yukiko Sato June 10, 1906 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | June 1977 (age 70) Setagaya, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Jinkichi Terada |
Yukiko Tsukuba (June 10, 1906 – early June 1977; in Japanese: 筑波雪子 , or kana: つくば ゆきこ ) was a Japanese actress on stage, in silent films, and in early sound films. She was also the All-Japan women's billiards champion in 1929.
Early life
[edit]Tsukuba was born in Tokyo. She trained as a geisha, and became an internationally publicized beauty[1] and film star[2] while she was still in her teens.[3]
Career
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Tsukuba began her screen career at the Shochiku studio. She worked with directors including Yasujiro Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ikeda, Heinosuke Gosho,[4] Kiyohiko Ushihara, Buntaro Futagawa, Torajiro Saito, and Mikio Naruse.[5] She was dubbed "the Mary Pickford of Japan" in a 1926 American newspaper.[6]
With actor Tsuzuya Moroguchi, Tsukuba started a short-lived production company, in 1927.[7] In 1929, she won the All-Japan Women's Billiards championship.[8][9]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Otoro-gokoro (1925, A Man's Heart)[4]
- Junanbana (1926, The Second Kiss)[10]
- Nasanu naka (1932, No Blood Relation)[5][11]
Personal life
[edit]Tsukuba married businessman and politician Jinkichi Terada in 1942. Her husband died in 1976, and she died in 1977, from stomach cancer, at the age of 70, in Setagaya.
References
[edit]- ^ Underwood & Underwood (May 23, 1926). "Miss Yukiko Tsukuba". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 106 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fujiki, Hideaki (2020-10-26). Making Personas: Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan. BRILL. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-68417-063-0.
- ^ Sheba, Kimpei (May 1926). "The Motion Picture in Japan". Motion Picture Classic. 23 (3): 35 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Nolletti, Arthur (2005). The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter Through Tears. Indiana University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-253-34484-7.
- ^ a b Russell, Catherine (2008-09-08). The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity. Duke University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8223-8868-5.
- ^ "The Mary Pickford of Japan". The Kansas City Star. October 31, 1926. p. 87 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Japanese Girls for 'Movies'". Hong Kong Daily Press. July 5, 1927. p. 7 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "A Champion". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 30, 1929. p. 15 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Beauty and her Cue". Liverpool Echo. May 2, 1929. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ J. N. P., "In the Kingdom of the Silver Screen" Japan: Overseas Travel Magazine 15(9)(September 1926): 14-15.
- ^ Blakeslee, David (2012-08-28). "A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Mikio Naruse's No Blood Relation". CriterionCast. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
External links
[edit]- Yukiko Tsukuba at IMDb
- 生さぬ仲 / Not Blood Relations (1932), full film, colorized, on YouTube