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Yukiko Todoroki

Acting

4 movies available on YTS

Actor info

  • Name :

    Yukiko Todoroki

  • Born :

    September 11, 1917 in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (49 years at death)

  • Died :

    May 11, 1967

  • Known for :

    Acting

  • Gender :

    Female

  • Film career :

    85 films (1937–1966)

  • Also known as :

    轟 夕起子, Юкико Тодороки

  • Links :

Biography

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.

Notable films

  • Sanshiro Sugata (1943) as Sayo Murai
  • Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) as Sayo
  • Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) as Otoku
  • Striving to Live (1955)
  • The Lady of Musashino (1951) as Tomiko Ono

4 YIFY Movies starring Yukiko Todoroki