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
Tsukuba was born in Tokyo. She trained as a geisha, and became an internationally publicized beauty and film star while she was still in her teens.
Career
Tsukuba began her screen career at the Shochiku studio. She worked with directors including Yasujiro Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ikeda, Heinosuke Gosho, Kiyohiko Ushihara, Buntaro Futagawa, Torajiro Saito, and Mikio Naruse. She was dubbed "the Mary Pickford of Japan" in a 1926 American newspaper.
With actor Tsuzuya Moroguchi, Tsukuba started a short-lived production company, in 1927. In 1929, she won the All-Japan Women's Billiards championship.
Selected filmography
- Otoro-gokoro (1925, A Man's Heart)
- Junanbana (1926, The Second Kiss)
- Nasanu naka (1932, No Blood Relation)
Personal life
Tsukuba married businessman and politician Jinkichi Terada [ja] in 1942. Her husband died in 1976, and she died in 1977, from stomach cancer, at the age of 70, in Setagaya.
References
- 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.
- ^ Nolletti, Arthur (2005). The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter Through Tears. Indiana University Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-253-34484-7.
- ^ 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
- Yukiko Tsukuba at IMDb
- 生さぬ仲 / Not Blood Relations (1932), full film, colorized, on YouTube