Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1935-07-23
Day of Death
2018-04-27
Place of Birth
Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan
Yukiji Asaoka
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.
Filmography (51)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
2000
My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999
Kura
1995
Youth Peony Lantern
1993Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu
1990
Azuke
1990
Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke
1990
Ryota from Mandalaya
1986
The Samurai
1986
美人母娘３人 ああ華麗なる結婚サギ
1986
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
1985
Sure Death
1984
The Politicians
1983
