About Izumi Ashikawa
Born 1935. Izumi Ashikawa is a Japanese actor.
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actress. Ashikawa was called the Japanese Audrey Hepburn.
In 1953, Ashikawa was scouted by director Yuzo Kawashima and joined the Shochiku studio. She made her final film appearance in the 1968 film Koto no Taiyo.
Selected filmography Tokyomadamu to Osakafujin (1953) The Baby Carriage (1956) The Balloon (1956) Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) Suzaki Paradise: Akashingō (1957) Man Who Causes a Storm (1957) The Perfect Game (1958) Kurenai no Tsubasa (1958) A Slope in the Sun (1959) Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru (1960) Man with a Shotgun (1961) (1961) (1962) A Chain of Islands (1965) Outlaw:Gangster VIP 2 (1968) Koto no Taiyo (1968)
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Who is Izumi Ashikawa?
Japanese actress
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Izumi Ashikawa was born on 6 October 1935 in Tokyo.
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Izumi Ashikawa is an actor.
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Izumi Ashikawa is Japanese.
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