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Yūko Mochizuki (望月優子, Mochizuki Yūko, 28 January 1917 – 1 December 1977), also billed as Mieko Mochizuki, [3] was a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in films of directors such as Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse and Tadashi Imai. [1] [2]
Yûko Mochizuki. Actress: A Japanese Tragedy. Yûko Mochizuki was born on 28 January 1917 in Kanagawa, Japan. She was an actress and director, known for A Japanese Tragedy (1953), Late Chrysanthemums (1954) and Rice (1957).
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- Kanagawa, Japan
- January 1, 1
- Japan
The film then shifts gears ultimately focusing on the trials and tribulations of a disreputable (by necessity) war widow (expertly played by Yûko Mochizuki, so memorable as Tomi in Mikio Naruse’s Late Chrysanthemums) and her two ungrateful children on the verge of adulthood. A family living the urban equivalent of a hardscrabble existence.
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- Shochiku
- Keisuke Kinoshita
It is quite good on those terms, nice shot with a good observed eye and empathy towards working class struggles. Pachinko Pop. There’s a romance and some drama about a woman in trouble with the law, but what this movie is really about is the struggles of farmers and fishermen in a world ruled by money. Lots of lovingly filmed scenes of ...
- Tadashi Imai
- Toei Company
望月優子 discography and songs: Music profile for 望月優子, born 28 January 1917.
Mochizuki left the Tokyo Municipal Oshioka Girls' High School prematurely in 1930 and gave her stage debut the same year with Ken'ichi Enomoto's Casino Folies in Asakusa. She continued with engagements such as the Shinjuku Moulin Rouge and the Shinsei Shinpa, first with light comedies, later with dramatic roles, before signing with the Shochiku film studio in 1950.
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