Yoshiko Sakuma
Yoshiko Sakuma is a Japanese actress. Her son is actor Takehiro Hira.
In 1957, Sakuma was scouted and signed her contract with Toei film company. Following year she made her film debut with Utsukushiki Shimai no Monogatari Modaeru Soshun. In 1970, she married actor Mikijirō Hira but divorced in 1984. Sakuma landed lead role in the 1981 Taiga drama Onna Taikōki.
Selected filmography
Film
- Kiiroi Fudo
- The G-Men of the Pacific
- Gang vs. G-Men as Akiko Mizuno
- Gang 6
- Gobanchō yūgirirō
- Theater of Life: Hishakaku as Otoyo & Osumi
- Kaoyaku
- Lake of Teras as Saku
- Samurai Banners as Princess Yu
- Chōkōsō no Akebono
- Men and War Part II
- Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie
- The [Makioka Sisters (film)|The Makioka Sisters]
- Genji Monogatari: [Sennen no Nazo] as Myobu
- Earthquake Bird as Yamamoto
Television
- Shin [Heike Monogatari (TV series)|Shin Heike Monogatari] as Taira no Tokuko
- Onna Taikōki as Nene
- Kōmyō ga Tsuji as Hōshūin
Honours
- Order of [the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette]