Yōko Tsukasa

Biography

Yōko Aizawa (相澤 葉子, Aizawa Yōko, born August 20, 1934) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa. She is a professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare and serves as the 2nd head of Nihon Taishōmura theme park.

Born as Yōko Shōji (庄司 葉子) in Tottori Prefecture, to a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama. Her family is a branch of the Shōji family, the landed magnate of Watari.

She married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. She's been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003) and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010).

Known For

Blue Jeans Memory 1981
Red Soul 1980
Queen Bee 1978 ★ 7.6
Island of Hell 1977 ★ 6.2
Prophecies of Nostradamus 1974 ★ 5.7
Epic Chushingura 1971 ★ 9.0
Haru no Sakamichi 1971
Battle of the Japan Sea 1969 ★ 6.4
Goyokin 1969 ★ 7.5
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor 1969 ★ 6.9
Admiral Yamamoto 1968 ★ 8.5
Devils-in-Law 1968 ★ 8.0
Samurai Rebellion 1967 ★ 8.3
Two in the Shadow 1967 ★ 7.8
Women Called 'Wives' 1963
Chûshingura 1962 ★ 7.1
Yojimbo 1961 ★ 8.1
The End of Summer 1961 ★ 7.5
Late Autumn 1960 ★ 7.7
The Angry Sea 1960 ★ 7.0
The Three Treasures 1959 ★ 5.5
Samurai Saga 1959 ★ 6.9
Mother and Son 1955 ★ 8.0
Marital Relations 1955 ★ 5.6