About Yōko Yaguchi
Lived 1921 – 1985 (aged 63). Yōko Yaguchi was a Japanese actor.
was a Japanese actress, and the wife of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa for 39 years. She had two children with Kurosawa: a son named Hisao and a daughter named Kazuko.
Personal life While working on Akira Kurosawa's second film, The Most Beautiful, Yaguchi clashed over the alleged ways the director treated the actors. However, the pair found a connection, despite these clashes, and married in 1945. Their son Hisao was born that same year. Yaguchi never returned to acting after her marriage to Akira Kurosawa, effectively ending her film career.
Partial filmography
Renga joko (1940) Enoken no songokū: songokū zenko-hen (Enoken's Sun Wukong) (1940) Jogakusei-ki (1941) The Most Beautiful (1944)
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Who was Yōko Yaguchi?
Japanese actress (1921-1985)
When was Yōko Yaguchi born?
Yōko Yaguchi was born on 27 August 1921 in Shanghai, British Hong Kong.
When did Yōko Yaguchi die?
Yōko Yaguchi died on 1 February 1985 in Fukuoka.
What was Yōko Yaguchi's occupation?
Yōko Yaguchi was an actor.
What nationality was Yōko Yaguchi?
Yōko Yaguchi was Japanese.
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