Yukiko Todoroki
Birthday: 1917-09-11
Place of Birth: Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Yukiko Todoroki (轟 夕起子 Todoroki Yukiko; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter.
Movies
Women of Ginza
At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting...
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Striving to Live
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee...
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The Lucky General
The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulg...
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Sanshiro Sugata
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujuts...
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Gekimetsu no uta
Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day o...
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First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class w...
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Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline...
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The Stand in Hakone
A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' de...
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Shunjû ittôryû
After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu...
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Our Failures
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love ad...
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Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukik...
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Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man
The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood....
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The Rule for a Vagabond
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this his...
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Sunny house
On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by b...
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Girl in the Glass
The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on...
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Until Victory Day
An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket ...
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Miss Hanako
Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by...
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Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka....
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Tsukiyo no kasa
Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a re...
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Dislikes
An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has tho...
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The Lady of Musashino
Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman...
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The Makioka Sisters
Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient ...
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Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light distric...
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Called to the Stand
Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzle...
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Ghosts Die at Dawn
At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of win...
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Temptation
Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art g...
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Mother Never Dies
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son....
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The Maid's Kid
In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akit...
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A Slope in the Sun
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family ...
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Temptation on Glamour Island
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all ...
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Red Pier
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man di...
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Unending Advance
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in ...
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Hungry Soul
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a b...
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Ghost Story of Youth
A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a balle...
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Dancing Sisters
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a smal...
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Talented Woman
Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a ...
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The Flower and the Sword
A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees...
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Fight of the Gamblers
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, sec...
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The Symbol of a Man
A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict...
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The Dragon Crest
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan....
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Zoku Shimizu Minato
An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu....
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The Scarred Crest
A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds ...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a m...
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Burden of Love
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a prog...
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That Guy and I
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, sh...
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Gate of Flesh
A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sl...
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to ...
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Explosion!
"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, T...
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Mado Kara Tobidase
The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two f...
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Shojohou
A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and...
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