Actor
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Born April 18, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan
35 films
Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子 Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943) is a Japanese actress. She was discovered by Shohei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships. She went on to appear in The Insect Woman and Onibaba. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.
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First watchOnibaba19647.7as Young WomanWhile her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
35 films as actor- 2019The Promised Land
- 2019SadakoOld Woman
- 2013OshinNaka Tanimura
- 2013The Devil's PathKazuko Fujii
- 2010Box: The Hakamada CaseKinu Hakamada
- 2005A Gap in the SkinGrandmother
- 2001All About Our HouseMitsuyo Iwata
- 2000Semi matsuri no shima
- 1999CoquilleKimie Fujisaki
- 1996Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
- 1995Secret Liaisons
- 1990Signal FoolAuntie Midori
- 1990Hoshi wo tsugu monoKeiko Yoshida
- 1988Mother
- 1970Dodes'ka-denYoshie Kawaguchi
- 1970Cleopatra: Queen of SexLybia (voice)
- 1970If You Were Young: Rage
- 1969Red LionOyou
- 1969Monstrous! Who Am I?!
- 1968The Night of the Seagull
- 1968The Green Years
- 1968The Neon Taiheiki
- 1967The Bogus Policeman
- 1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: KamakiriMidori Otaguro
- 1966Secret Agent 101
- 1966O.S.S. 117: Mission to TokyoTetsuko
- 1965An Innocent Witch
- 1965Samurai SpyOmiyo
- 1965Zettai tasū
- 1965The Last Judgment
- 1965Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
- 1964OnibabaYoung Woman
- 1963The Insect WomanNobuko
- 1961Pigs and BattleshipsHaruko
- 1954Samurai I: Musashi MiyamotoEi