Hiroko Yakushimaru
Birthday: 1964-06-09
Place of Birth: Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role. She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981, and stayed there until January 18, 1982. Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.
Movies
Glasses
An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter ecce...
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Black School Rules
Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is...
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Never Give Up
Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daugh...
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Always - Sunset on Third Street
Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's fami...
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his aut...
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Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust
It's 2007 and the Japanese Ministry of Finance have calculated that the economy will collapse in two...
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Dogwood Tree
A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman....
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Princess Raccoon
Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as...
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Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake....
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes unde...
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face...
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G.I. Samurai
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their...
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Wasao
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller...
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Fan of Hong Kong star
The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a f...
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Be yourself
Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lea...
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Tonbi
Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (late...
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Twinkle
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at whic...
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Detective Story
A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murde...
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The Lakeside Murder Case
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare inten...
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A Good Husband
The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and ...
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Arigatou
In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furui...
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READY! LADY
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a c...
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The Tragedy of "W"
A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrif...
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Main Theme
A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love...
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Dreamy Fifteen
Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader ...
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Tasmania Story
Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an ...
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Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island
Sinbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima is an upcoming Japanese animated family adventure film in...
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1 Litre Of Tears SP
The Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The Specia...
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Nadeshiko Tai
The story is set in Chiran, Kagoshima, the site of a secret base used to launch kamikaze missions du...
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Last Mile
On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, ...
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Aka Medaka
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular rakugoka, or comic storytell...
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Fuji Family
At the foot of Mt Fuji, there is a small old-fashioned shop ‘Fuji Family’ that is a convenience stor...
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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to wat...
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Blue Period
Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless ...
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Let's Go to the Hospital
When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved...
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School in the Crosshairs
Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers....
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Like a Savage
Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of tr...
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets sca...
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The 8-Year Engagement
Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months befo...
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical cr...
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Downtown Heroes
The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War....
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Cafe Funiculi Funicula
Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a spec...
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends ...
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spe...
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Fuji Family New Year Special 2017
here is a small old-fashioned shop called ‘Fuji Family’ at the foot of Mt Fuji that is a convenience...
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The Stork Nest
A small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn babie...
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Nurse Call
Igarashi Kozue, a nurse at a Tokyo university hospital, feels bored with her job despite her experie...
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Toward the Terra
A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans ...
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Sing Salmon Sing
High school student Kasumi Ogino is a member of the school choir and after years of praise for her s...
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Yuriko's Picture Book
Onodera Yuriko sets off for Sweden where her husband, Major General Onodera Makoto, is stationed as ...
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Cabaret
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thrill...
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I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
(I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone in ...
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Aogeba Tôtoshi
Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fas...
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Riverside Mukolitta
A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, ...
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Cabaret
A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thrill...
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