Yūko Mochizuki
Yūko Mochizuki | |
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 Yūko Mochizuki (right) in Carmen Comes Home | |
| Born | Mieko Satomi January 28, 1917 |
| Died | December 1, 1977 (aged 60) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Shigeo Suzuki |
Yūko Mochizuki (望月優子, Mochizuki Yūko, January 28, 1917 – December 1, 1977) was a Japanese film and theatre actress who already had long stage experience, first with light comedies, later with dramatic roles, before making her film debut.[2] Mochizuki often appeared in the films of Keisuke Kinoshita, but also worked for prominent directors such as Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse. She won the Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress for Late Chrysanthemums[3] and for best actress for The Rice People and Unagitori.[4] She was also awarded best actress at the 1953 Mainichi Film Awards for her performance in A Japanese Tragedy.[5] In 1960, she directed the children's short film 海を渡る友情 (Umiwowataru yūjō, lit. "Friendship across the sea") for the Toei Educational Film Department.[1][6]
In 1971, Mochizuki ran for the House of Councilors election for the Japan Socialist Party. She died of breast cancer in 1977.[4]
Selected Filmography[]
- Carmen Comes Home (1951) – director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Honjitsu kyūshin (1952) – director Minoru Shibuya
- Gendai-jin (1952) – director Minoru Shibuya
- The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) – director Yasujirō Ozu
- Carmen's Pure Love (1952) – director Keisuke Kinoshita
- A Japanese Tragedy (1953) – director Keisuke Kinoshita
- The Garden of Women (1954) – director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) – director Mikio Naruse
- Growing Up (1955) – director Heinosuke Gosho
- The Tale of Jiro (1955) – director Hiroshi Shimizu
- Farewell to Dream (1956) – director Keisuke Kinoshita
- The Thick-Walled Room (1956) – director Masaki Kobayashi
- The Rice People (1957) – director Tadashi Imai
- Unagitori (1957) – director Sotoji Kimura
- Sorrow Is Only for Women (1958) – director Kaneto Shindō
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958) – director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Ballad of the Cart (1959) – director Satsuo Yamamoto
- A Town of Love and Hope (1959) – director Nagisa Ōshima
- The End of Summer (1961) – director Yasujirō Ozu
- Kwaidan (1964) – director Masaki Kobayashi
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "望月優子 (Yūko Mochizuki)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company.
- ^ "1954 Blue Ribbon Awards" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "1957 Blue Ribbon Awards" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ "1953 Mainichi Film Awards" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ "発掘された映画たち2018 (Excavated films 2018)". National Film Archive of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
External links[]
- Yūko Mochizuki at IMDb
- "Yūko Mochizuki at the Kinema Junpo website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
Bibliography[]
- Mochizuki, Yūko (1969). 生きて生きて生きて (Alive, alive, alive). Tokyo: 集団形星 (Shūdan Katachi Hoshi).
- Mochizuki, Yūko (1957). 生きて愛して演技して (Live, love and act). Tokyo: 平凡社 (Heibonsha).
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- 1917 births
- 1977 deaths
- Japanese film actresses
- 20th-century Japanese actresses
- Actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Japanese actor-politicians