Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura
吉村実子
Born (1943-04-18) 18 April 1943 (age 81)
NationalityJapanese
Occupationactress
Years active1961–1970, 2004–2005
Spouse
Tetsuo Ishidate
(m. 1968⁠–⁠1999)
RelativesMari Yoshimura (sister, actress)

Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子, Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943)[1] is a Japanese film and television actress. She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships.[2][3] She went on to appear in films like Imamura's The Insect Woman, Kaneto Shindō's Onibaba, for which she received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress,[3] and Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.

Yoshimura was married to actor Tetsuo Ishidate from 1968 to 1999.[4] Her sister is actress Mari Yoshimura (1935–).[3]

  1. ^ "吉村実子 (Yoshimura Jitsuko)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ Imamura, Shōhei (2004). Eiga wa kyōki no tabi de aru. Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha. ISBN 978-4-532-16471-3.
  3. ^ a b c "吉村実子 (Yoshimura Jitsuko". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "石立鉄男 (Ishidate Tetsuo". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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