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Yukiko Tsukuba
Acting

Yukiko Tsukuba
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-06-10,Tokyo, Japan
Gender
Female
Biography
Yukiko Tsukuba (June 10, 1906 – June 8, 1977) was a Japanese actress on stage, in silent films, and in early sound films. She was also the All-Japan women's billiards champion in 1929. Tsukuba was born in Tokyo. She trained as a geisha, and became an internationally publicized beauty and film star while she was still in her teens. Tsukuba began her screen career at the Shochiku studio, working with directors including Yasujiro Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ikeda, Heinosuke Gosho, Kiyohiko Ushihara, Buntaro Futagawa, Torajiro Saito, and Mikio Naruse. She was dubbed "the Mary Pickford of Japan" in a 1926 American newspaper. With actor Tsuzuya Moroguchi, Tsukuba started a short-lived production company, in 1927. Tsukuba married businessman and politician Jinkichi Terada [ja] in 1942. Her husband died in 1976, and she died in 1977, from stomach cancer, at the age of 70, in Setagaya.

Filmography

Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story

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Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story
1932-07-29

No Blood Relation

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No Blood Relation
1932-12-16

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Useless Button
1926-08-30

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Junange
1926-12-12

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

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Youth, Why Do You Cry?
1930-11-15

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Fallen Samurai
1925-12-01

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Love's Snare
1925-12-01

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Young Master
1926-05-01

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

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The Glory of the Shōwa Era
1928-11-17

Symphony of Youth

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Symphony of Youth
1928-12-31

The Model of New Women

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The Model of New Women
1929-06-14

The Father and His Son

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The Father and His Son
1929-09-13

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931-04-17

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931-04-17

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ABC Lifeline
1931-12-11

The Willows of Ginza

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The Willows of Ginza
1932-04-22