
Yukiji Asaoka
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1935-07-23 – 2018-04-27
Place of birth: Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yukiji Asaoka (born July 23, 1935) is a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She is the daughter of the famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second and present husband is actor Masahiko Tsugawa. Asaoka was in the Takarazuka Revue from 1952 to 1955. She was a cast member (musumeyaku), belonging to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki). She is famous for her roles in Japanese television series and has appeared starring opposite of Shintaro Katsu in both a film of the Zatoichi series and in the first film of the Hanzo the Razor trilogy. She is, however, mostly famed for her singing. She is also a voice actor, or seiyū, in the 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas directed by Isao Takahata. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yukiji Asaoka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Stormy Man
1966Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu
1990
My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999Matsuko Yamada (voice)
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972Omino
Zatoichi Challenged
1967Tomoe
Azuke
1990
Samurai of Hachiman
1981
Legend of Plumeria
1983
Young Boss
1965Kyoko
のんき侍大暴れ
1956秋枝
Hoshikuzu no Machi
1963
The Shogun's Vault
1964
Ryota from Mandalaya
1986
Tora-san, the Expert
1982Momoe
365 Nights
1962
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
1983Ran Okubo
The Days of No Return
1978
Showdown at Lightning Pass
1962Courtesan Shioji
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965