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Yûko Mochizuki(1917-1977)

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  • Director
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Yûko Mochizuki in The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old.
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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). She died on 1 December 1977 in Japan.
BornJanuary 28, 1917
DiedDecember 1, 1977(60)
BornJanuary 28, 1917
DiedDecember 1, 1977(60)
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Known for

A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
A Japanese Tragedy
7.4
  • Haruko Inoue
  • 1953
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
Late Chrysanthemums
7.4
  • Tomi
  • 1954
Rice (1957)
Rice
7.0
  • Yone Yasuda
  • 1957
Kwaidan (1964)
Kwaidan
7.9
  • Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")
  • 1964

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  • Toshirô Mifune and Shima Iwashita in Red Lion (1969)
    Red Lion
    6.9
    • Ume
    • 1969
  • Inazuma
    • 1967
  • Hot Air
    TV Movie
    • 1966
  • Shichinin no keiji
    TV Series
    • 1965
  • Kwaidan (1964)
    Kwaidan
    7.9
    • Minokichi's mother (segment "Yuki-Onna")
    • 1964
  • Kigeki: Yôki-na mibôjin
    • Hamako Ogata
    • 1964
  • Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni (1962)
    Kanashimi wa itsumo haha ni
    • 1962
  • Yûzô Kayama and Akira Takarada in Different Sons (1961)
    Different Sons
    7.4
    • Mother
    • 1961
  • The End of Summer (1961)
    The End of Summer
    7.7
    • Farmer's wife
    • 1961
  • Kusa o karu musume (1961)
    Kusa o karu musume
    • Sodeko
    • 1961
  • 'Nendo no omen' yori: kaachan (1961)
    'Nendo no omen' yori: kaachan
    7.5
    • Wife Oyuki
    • 1961
  • Haha sakura
    • 1960
  • Abarenbô taishô (1960)
    Abarenbô taishô
    • 1960
  • Salary man Mejiro Sanpei: Teishu no tameiki no maki
    • Fumiko Mejiro
    • 1960
  • Salaryman mejiro sanpei: Nyôbô no kao no maki
    • 1960

Director



  • Onaji taiyô no shita de
    • Director
    • 1962

Writer



  • Onaji taiyô no shita de
    • Writer
    • 1962

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  • Alternative name
    • Mieko Mochizuki
  • Born
    • January 28, 1917
    • Kanagawa, Japan
  • Died
    • December 1, 1977
    • Japan(undisclosed)

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