Yukiko Inoue

Yukiko Miyamoto (宮本 雪子, Miyamoto Yukiko, June 5, 1915 – November 19, 2012), known professionally as Yukiko Inoue (井上 雪子), was a Japanese actress. During her time in Osaka Shochiku Gakugeki (present-day OSK Nippon Revue), she was also known as Kazuko Kane (鐘 一子).

Life

Yukiko Miyamoto was born on June 5, 1915, in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother.

She also appeared in comedies directed by Torajirō Saitō. However, she left Shochiku after appearing in Mikio Naruse's Street Without End, released in 1934.

Inoue made a special appearance alongside Shinichi Akita in Shirō Toyoda's Tokyo - Osaka Tokudane Ōrai released in 1936.

In 2004, she made her first film appearance in 68 years in Akihiko Shiota's Kanaria which was screened at the 5th Tokyo Filmex, which became a topic of conversation.

On November 19, 2012, she died from natural causes at the age of 97.

Filmography

Moyuru Hanabira (1931) Bijin Aishū (1931) Ai yo jinrui to tomoni are (1931) The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1931) Naniga kanojo wo hadaka ni sitaka (1931) Seishun Zue (1931) Reijō to Yotamono (1932) Spring Comes from the Ladies (1932) Sanjūninengata Renai Bushidō (1932) Manshū Kōshinkyoku (1932) Byakuya ha Akuru (1932) Josei no Kirifuda (1932) Nanban Nadeshiko (1933) Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933) Yotamono to Kaisuiyoku (1933) Genkanban to Ojōsan (1934) Tōyō no Haha (1934) Daigaku no Wakadanna・Buyūden (1934) Street Without End (1934) Tokyo - Osaka Tokudane Ōrai(1936) Kanaria (2004)