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Full Name
  
轟 夕起子

Role
  
Actress

Occupation
  
Actress

Children
  
Masayuki Makino

Years active
  
1937–1967

Grandchildren
  
Anna Makino

Name
  
Yukiko Todoroki


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Born
  
September 11, 1917 (
1917-09-11
)
Shinbori-chou, Azabu-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Died
  
May 11, 1967, Komae, Tokyo, Japan

Movies
  
Sanshiro Sugata, Suzaki Paradise: Red Light, Sanshiro Sugata Part II, Kagirinaki Zenshin, Onna no Koyomi

Spouse
  
Koji Shima (m. 1953–1965), Masahiro Makino (m. 1940–1950)

Similar People
  
Masahiro Makino, Yuzo Kawashima, Setsuko Hara, Akira Kurosawa, Shozo Makino

Yukiko Todoroki (轟 夕起子 Todoroki Yukiko; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter.

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History and personal Life

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In 1931, she left Kyoto Prefectural Suzaku Senior High School to join the Takarazuka Revue. Shidare Itoi and Tomiko Hattori also joined the company at the same time. These Japanese beauties became very popular. In 1937, she left Takarazuka and had her debut as Otsu in the Nikkatsu production Musashi Miyamoto: Earth Scroll. It is said this was revenge by the four existing film companies (Shochiku, Nikkatsu, Shinko Cinema, and Daito Film) against Toho's Kazuo Hasegawa. While shooting Edo no Arawashi (1937), she met Nikkatsu director Masahiro Makino. She married him in 1940. The same year, her eldest son, Masayuki Makino, was born.

In 1942, due to government intervention, Nikkatsu's production division was forced to merge with other companies to form Daiei Studios. However, Todoroki did not join Daiei; she moved to Toho, to which her husband Makino was then attached.

In 1943, she gained popularity for portraying the heroine Sayo Murai in Akira Kurosawa's debut film, Sanshiro Sugata. That same year she had a hit with the theme song to Hanako-san, Otsukai wa jitensha ni notte.

After the war, she divorced Makino (1950), married Koji Shima (1953), then divorced him (1965). In the post-war period, she gained weight and was gradually forced into supporting roles. For example, she played Hideki Takahashi's mother in the television series Otoko no monshō from 1963 to 1966.

On May 11, 1967, at 5:15 p.m., she died in Komae, Tokyo of post-hepatic jaundice. She was 49 years old.

Television

  • Sore wa watashi desu (NHK)
  • Filmography

    Actress
    1966
    Trump Card of a Man's Face
    1966
    The Dragon and the Tiger
    1965
    A Man's Crest: We Kill
    1965
    The Symbol of a Man: The Rule for a Vagabond
    1965
    Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man
    1965
    Ane to imôto as
    Masa Miyata
    1964
    A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge
    1964
    The Flower and the Sword
    1964
    The Scarred Crest
    1964
    Musume no kekkon (TV Series) as
    Atsuko Wakita
    - Aisurebakoso (1964) - Atsuko Wakita
    1964
    Kon'nichiwa 20 sai as
    Mihoko Ishizawa
    1963
    Fight of Gamblers
    1963
    Zoku Otoko no monshô
    1963
    Otoko no monshô
    1963
    Ame no naka ni kiete as
    Fumiko Kabayama
    1962
    The Lucky General
    1961
    Aitsu to watashi as
    Motoko Sakurai, Saburo's mother
    1960
    Rusty Chains as
    Tokiko Nagaoka
    1960
    Garasu no naka no shôjo as
    Satoko Okinaka
    1960
    Shiroi kiba as
    Kyôko Tashiro
    1960
    Ajisai no uta as
    Ikuko Nagasawa
    1959
    Talented Woman
    1959
    Gurama-to no yuwaku as
    Tatsu Kitagawa
    1959
    Wakai kawa no nagare as
    Tomiko Sone
    1959
    Sasameyuki as
    Tsuruko
    1958
    Red Pier as
    Mama
    1958
    Half a Loaf... as
    Tatsuko Oriyama
    1958
    Hi no ataru sakamichi as
    Midori, Shinji's mother
    1957
    Temptation as
    Kotoko Sonoya
    1957
    Jûnana-sai no teikô as
    Miyako Nagamatsu
    1957
    Joshiryôsai as
    Yukie Ônishi
    1957
    Otemba san'nin shimai: Odoru taiyô as
    Fuyuko Taki
    1956
    Hungry Soul, Part II as
    Mayumi Ogôchi
    1956
    Hungry Soul as
    Mayumi Ogôchi
    1956
    Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District as
    Otoku
    1956
    Zakkyo kazoku
    1956
    Kamisaka Shirô no hanzai
    1955
    Tsukiyo no kasa as
    Kaneko Murai
    1955
    Jochukko
    1955
    Ghost Story of Youth as
    Choko, mother of Shinichi
    1955
    Ginza no onna
    1955
    Ai no onimotsu as
    Ranko Araki
    1955
    Minan o koshô: Hitokiri hikosei
    1954
    Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: Nazo no hyakuman-ryô
    1954
    Haha no himitsu
    1954
    Onna no koyomi as
    Takako Takagi
    1954
    Ittô madam to Santô danna
    1954
    Hi no ataru ie
    1954
    Kyokuba dan no maô
    1953
    Onna no issho as
    Hanayu
    1953
    Ittô nyôbo to santô teishu as
    Mrs. Natsuko
    1953
    Kenji no tô
    1953
    Genta Shigure
    1953
    Lady Chatterley of Japan
    1953
    Jinsei gekijô: Dainibu: Zankyanfû kumo-hen
    1953
    Kenka gasa
    1952
    Chûji tabi nikki: Aizome dôchû
    1952
    Zoku baku rou ichidai
    1952
    Zoku chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin: Sokonuke avec sandan tobi
    1952
    Kyôshû
    1952
    Zoku Shurajô hibun - Hiun no maki as
    Kosuzu
    1952
    Shurajô hibun - Sôryû no maki as
    Kosuzu
    1952
    Hakone fûunroku
    1952
    Sanmanryô gojûsantsugi
    1952
    Aru yoru no dekigoto
    1951
    Kenjû jigoku
    1951
    Musashino fujin as
    Tomiko Ono
    1951
    Sekirei no kyoku
    1951
    Nozokareta ashi
    1950
    Shojohô
    1950
    Tôkyô no heroine
    1950
    Koshinuke nitôryû
    1950
    Shimei hannin
    1950
    Sasameyuki as
    Sachiko 'Naka-anchan' Makioka
    1950
    Mado kara tobidase as
    Fujiko - Shûsuke's wife
    1950
    Umon torimonochô: Umon Izu no tabi nikki
    1949
    Ishimatsu of the Forest as
    Ofuji
    1949
    Kyo wara renaisu-daiichibu aishuhen dainibu tosohen
    1949
    Bangaku Edo e yuku
    1949
    Bosu
    1948
    Yûrei akatsuki ni shisu as
    Michiko
    1948
    Nikutai no mon
    1948
    Golden Devil Part.2
    1948
    Golden Devil Part.1
    1947
    Haru no kyôen as
    Tamako Mimura
    1947
    Odoriko gekijô
    1947
    Bara yashiki no sangeki as
    Keiko Sonoda
    1946
    Mangetsu-jo no utagassen
    1946
    Nanatsu no kao
    1946
    Carefree Father
    1945
    Utae! Taiyô as
    Kozue
    1945
    Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two as
    Sayo
    1945
    Song of Destruction as
    Yumiko
    1945
    Kanjôkai no bara
    1945
    Victory Song as
    Ritsuko
    1945
    Until Victory Day
    1945
    The Admirable Ishin Tasuke
    1943
    Susume dokuritsuki
    1943
    Wakaki hi no yorokobi as
    Kiyoko Umehara
    1943
    Sanshiro Sugata as
    Sayo Murai
    1943
    Hanako-san as
    Hanako
    1942
    Mother Never Dies as
    Yumiko
    1942
    Daigoretsu no kyofu as
    Agent YZ7
    1941
    Seiki wa warau as
    Ofumi / Oyuki
    1941
    Dengeki nijûsô
    1940
    Zoku Shimizu minato as
    Fumiko Kuroda / Ofumi
    1940
    Rekishi: Dai ni-bu - Shôdo kensetsu; Dai san-bu: Reimei Nippon
    1940
    Rekishi: Dai ichi-bu - Dôran boshin
    1940
    Nonki megane as
    Yoshie - his wife
    1939
    Shunjû ittôryû as
    Osei, Shigezô's sister
    1939
    Kyarako san
    1939
    Hanazono no tenshi
    1939
    Rônin-gai
    1939
    Village School, Respect the Emperor
    1939
    Edo no akutarô
    1939
    Kesa to Morito
    1939
    Bakuon as
    Fusako
    1939
    Seifuku no machi - Kôhen
    1939
    Seifuku no machi - Zempen
    1938
    Tairiku kôshinkyoku
    1938
    Yami no kagebôshi as
    Oyuki
    1937
    Unending Advance
    1937
    Kogen no tamashii
    Soundtrack
    1965
    A Man's Crest: We Kill ("Utsukushiki Tennen (aka: Beautiful Nature)")
    1948
    Yûrei akatsuki ni shisu (performer: "Der Lindenbaum")
    1940
    Zoku Shimizu minato (performer: "Tokyo Rhythm")

    References

    Yukiko Todoroki Wikipedia