Yukiko Tsukuba Explained
| Yukiko Tsukuba |
| Birth Name: | Yukiko Sato |
| Birth Date: | June 10, 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Death Date: | June 1977 (age 70) |
| Death Place: | Setagaya, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Spouse(S): | Jinkichi Terada |
Yukiko Tsukuba (June 10, 1906 – early June 1977; in Japanese: 筑波雪子, or kana: つくば ゆきこ) 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.
Early life
Tsukuba was born in Tokyo. She trained as a geisha, and became an internationally publicized beauty[1] and film star[2] while she was still in her teens.[3]
Career
Tsukuba began her screen career at the Shochiku studio. She worked with directors including Yasujiro Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ikeda, Heinosuke Gosho,[4] Kiyohiko Ushihara, Buntaro Futagawa, Torajiro Saito, and Mikio Naruse.[5] She was dubbed "the Mary Pickford of Japan" in a 1926 American newspaper.[6]
With actor Tsuzuya Moroguchi, Tsukuba started a short-lived production company, in 1927.[7] In 1929, she won the All-Japan Women's Billiards championship.[8] [9]
Selected filmography
Personal life
Tsukuba married businessman and politician in 1942. Her husband died in 1976, and she died in 1977, from stomach cancer, at the age of 70, in Setagaya.
External links
Notes and References
- News: Underwood & Underwood . May 23, 1926 . Miss Yukiko Tsukuba . The Pittsburgh Press . 106 . Newspapers.com.
- Book: Fujiki, Hideaki . Making Personas: Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan . 2020-10-26 . BRILL . 978-1-68417-063-0 . 7 . en.
- Sheba . Kimpei . May 1926 . The Motion Picture in Japan . Motion Picture Classic . 23 . 3 . 35 . Internet Archive.
- Book: Nolletti, Arthur . The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter Through Tears . 2005 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-34484-7 . 285. en.
- Book: Russell, Catherine . The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity . 2008-09-08 . Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-8868-5 . 56. en.
- News: October 31, 1926 . The Mary Pickford of Japan . The Kansas City Star . 87 . Newspapers.com.
- News: July 5, 1927 . Japanese Girls for 'Movies' . Hong Kong Daily Press . 7 . Internet Archive.
- News: March 30, 1929 . A Champion . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 15 . Internet Archive.
- News: May 2, 1929 . Beauty and her Cue . Liverpool Echo . 7 . Newspapers.com.
- J. N. P., "In the Kingdom of the Silver Screen" Japan: Overseas Travel Magazine 15(9)(September 1926): 14-15.
- Web site: Blakeslee . David . 2012-08-28 . A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Mikio Naruse’s No Blood Relation . 2024-11-26 . CriterionCast . en-US.
