Yukiji Asaoka
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Yukiji Asaoka (born July 23, 1935) is a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She is the daughter of the famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second and present husband is actor Masahiko Tsugawa.
Asaoka was in the Takarazuka Revue from 1952 to 1955. She was a cast member (musumeyaku), belonging to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki).
She is famous for her roles in Japanese television series and has appeared starring opposite of Shintaro Katsu in both a film of the Zatoichi series and in the first film of the Hanzo the Razor trilogy. She is, however, mostly famed for her singing. She is also a voice actor, or seiyū, in the 1999 anime film My Neighbors the Yamadas directed by Isao Takahata.
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Acting
Movie
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
as Kita no kata (voice)
2013
Movie
My Neighbors the Yamadas
as Matsuko Yamada (voice)
1999
Movie
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
as Omino
1972
Movie
Zatoichi Challenged
as Tomoe
1967
Movie
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
Movie
Sure Death
1984
Movie
The Unspoiled Diamond
as Machiko Mimura
1982
Movie
The Days of No Return
1978
Movie
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
as Okon
1968
TV
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
Movie
The Shogun's Vault
1964
Movie
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
as Ran Okubo
1983
Movie
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965
Movie
Time and Tide
1983
TV
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
as Guest
2003
Movie
Young Boss
as Kyoko
1965
Movie
Tora-san, the Expert
as Momoe
1982
Movie
Statue in Fire
1974
Movie
Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
1985
Movie
Kura
1995
TV
Life of a Flower
as Okichi
1963
Movie
The Stormy Man
1966
Movie
Azuke
1990
Movie
Showdown at Lightning Pass
as Courtesan Shioji
1962