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Michiyo Yasuda

Actor

Michiyo Yasuda

Born February 27, 1946 in Tianjin, China64 films

Michiyo Okusu (大楠 道代, Ōkusu Michiyo, born February 27, 1946) is a Chinese-born Japanese actress. She has been nominated for four Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 1981 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role prize for her performance in Zigeunerweisen. She began her career as a film ingenue using the stage name Michiyo Yasuda, under which she scored major early successes with films such as A Fool's Love and numerous love stories and "samurai" period piece dramas.

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Zatoichi posterFirst watchZatoichi20037.2as Tante OumeBlind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the…View film

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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons poster7.2Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons1973Zatoichi's Pilgrimage poster7.1Zatoichi's Pilgrimage1966Zigeunerweisen poster6.5Zigeunerweisen1980

Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. 2020I Never Shot AnyoneYayoi Ichikawa
  2. 2016The ProjectsKimiko Gyotoku
  3. 2012I'm Flash!
  4. 2011SomedayTakako Kazamatsuri
  5. 2010The Fallen AngelMadame Ritsuko
  6. 2008The Two in TracksuitsMs. Toyama
  7. 2005Spring Snow
  8. 2005Hanging GardenSatoko Kinosaki
  9. 2003Akame 48 WaterfallsKishida Seiko
  10. 2003ZatoichiTante Oume
  11. 2000FaceRitsuko Nakagami
  12. 1999Autumn Blossoms
  13. 1998The Goofball
  14. 1991YumejiOwner of a Hotel
  15. 1990Tekken
  16. 1987BU・SUKochou
  17. 1987Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
  18. 1987Shinran: Path to Purity
  19. 1987Bedtime Eyes
  20. 1984LocationNatsuko / Teruko
  21. 1981Kagero-zaShinako
  22. 1980The Detective Journey
  23. 1980ZigeunerweisenShuko Aochi
  24. 1975Solar Eclipse
  25. 1974Comedy: Love and Justice Among CheatersGinko Murasaki
  26. 1973Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsShiranui
  27. 1973Slaughter in the Snow
  28. 1972New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
  29. 1971Kigeki: Onna ikitemasuYoshiko
  30. 1971The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
  31. 1971Fate Deals the Card of Death
  32. 1970Naked Ambition
  33. 1970Born FighterOrin
  34. 1970Mission: Iron Castle
  35. 1969Bad Reputation: Showdown of the Best
  36. 1969Kanto Woman Fortitude
  37. 1969Girl with Bamboo Leaves
  38. 1969Lefty FencerOkin
  39. 1969Kanto Woman Infamy
  40. 1969Kanto Onna Gokudo
  41. 1969出獄四十八時間
  42. 1969Secrets of a Woman's Temple
  43. 1968The Woman Gambler's Supplication
  44. 1968Sequel: Secret Report From A Women's Prison
  45. 1968The Daring NunSister Shunko
  46. 1968Kanto Woman Yakuza
  47. 1968Woman Gambler Is Coming
  48. 1968Secret Report From A House Of Women
  49. 1968The Sex Check
  50. 1968Women's Prison
  51. 1968Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
  52. 1967Thoroughbred Women Gamblers
  53. 1967Love for an IdiotNaomi
  54. 1967Assignment Dragon No. 3Akiko
  55. 1966The Little RunawayMichiko Sakuma
  56. 1966Shinobi no mono 8: The Three EnemiesAkane
  57. 1966Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
  58. 1966殺人者
  59. 1966Zatoichi's PilgrimageOkichi
  60. 1966Dianas of the Campus
  61. 1966She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
  62. 1966Freezing PointYoko
  63. 1966The Virgin WitnessKazue Tozaki
  64. 1964Kaze to Ki to Sora to