Jitsuko Yoshimura
Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子 Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943) is a Japanese actress. She was discovered by Shohei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships. She went on to appear in The Insect Woman and Onibaba. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.814 |
| Birthday | 1943-04-18 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | 吉村実子, 吉村实子, |
1964
Onibaba
7.7/388
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever val...
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Onibaba
1961
Pigs and Battleships
7.053/57
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
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Pigs and Battleships
1970
Dodes'ka-den
7.058/130
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances...
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Dodes'ka-den
1965
Samurai Spy
6.558/43
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high...
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Samurai Spy
2010
Box: The Hakamada Case
8/1
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested f...
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Box: The Hakamada Case
1969
Red Lion
6.354/24
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sa...
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Red Lion
1970
If You Were Young: Rage
6/8
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom....
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If You Were Young: Rage
2001
All About Our House
5.9/9
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to buil...
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All About Our House
1999
Coquille
7.8/6
Thirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no longer young, but the moment she sees him, memories of h...
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Coquille
1965
An Innocent Witch
7.1/7
Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill. There, she is quickly stripped of h...
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An Innocent Witch
2013
Oshin
6.429/21
A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's financial condition. Nevertheless, the young girl lives stron...
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Oshin
1990
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
0/0
An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.
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Hoshi wo tsugu mono
2005
A Gap in the Skin
5/3
A young couple go on the run after the murder of his mother.
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A Gap in the Skin
1966
Secret Agent 101
0/0
Japan-Hong Kong co-production.
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Secret Agent 101
2013
The Devil's Path
6.135/37
Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed...
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The Devil's Path
1988
Mother
7/1
From the point-of-view of the children, "Mother" tells the story of the most unappreciated, loving and giving mother, who would sacrifice her own life...
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Mother
1968
The Night of the Seagull
0/0
A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.
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The Night of the Seagull
1970
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
5.577/39
Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and...
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Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
7.111/166
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
2015
Bad Girls of Japan
0/0
Are bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? By tracing the concept of the bad girl in Japan as a product of speci...
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Bad Girls of Japan
1966
O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
6.914/29
After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsi...
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O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
1963
The Insect Woman
7.383/64
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imam...
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The Insect Woman
1965
The Last Judgment
0/0
The last judgment.
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The Last Judgment
2019
The Promised Land
6.2/8
A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identif...
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The Promised Land
1968
Neon taiheiki
0/0
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Neon taiheiki
1996
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
0/0
Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.
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Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1967
The Bogus Policeman
0/0
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doi...
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The Bogus Policeman
2019
Sadako
5.9/112
A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.
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Sadako
1995
Secret Liaisons
0/0
Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.
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Secret Liaisons
1965
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
0/0
1965 Nikkatsu youth film.
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Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1990
Signal Fool
0/0
The main character is Isamu (Hideaki Machida), a sixth grader . Isamu lost his mother in a car accident when he was young. He couldn't forget that, an...
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