was a Japanese singer and an actress from Chūō, Tokyo. She was the daughter of a famous Japanese painter of shin hanga style prints, Shinsui Itō, and her second husband was actor Masahiko Tsugawa.
Asaoka was in the Takarazuka Revue from 1952 to 1955.
She died of Alzheimer's disease.
Filmography
:List of acting performances in film and television
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! Year !! Title !! Japanese !! Romanization !! Role !! Notes
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| 1955 || Jazz on Parade: Jazz musume kampai! || || || Machiko ||
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| 1956 || || || Senmanchôja no koibito yori: Odoru matenrô || Ruriko Nakata ||
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| 1958 || || || Me no kabe || ||
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| 1959 || || || Aru rakujitsu || Asami Nukata ||
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| 1960 || || || Arashi o yobu gakudan || Setsuko Ogata ||
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| 1960 || || || Taiyô o dake || Chikako Kuni ||
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| 1964 || || || Akumyo daiko || Hiroko ||
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| 1965 || || || Waka oyabun || Kyoko ||
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| 1965 || || || Waka oyabun shutsugoku || Kyoko Nakatsu ||
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| 1966 || || || Arashi o yobu otoko || ||
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| 1967 || Zatoichi Challenged || || Zatōichi chikemurikaidō || Tomoe ||
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| 1972 || Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice || || Goyôkiba || Omino ||
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| 1973 || || || Hissatsu shiokinin || Onami || TV series, one episode:<br>"Raku areba ku ari oya wa nashi"
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| 1974 || || || Honô no shôzô || ||
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| 1974-1978 || || || Zatôichi monogatari || || TV series, two episodes:<br>"Pouring Rain" (1974)<br>"Spring Arrives for the Eyeless Daruma" (1978)
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| 1978 || || || Kaerazaru hibi || Kayo Nozaki ||
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| 1982 || || || Munasawagi no hôkago || Satoko kuwata ||
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| 1982 || || || Daiamondo wa kizutsukanai || Machiko Mimura ||
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| 1982 || Tora-san, the Expert || || Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Hana mo Arashi mo Torajirō || Momoe ||
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| 1983 || Time and Tide || || Jidaiya no nyōbo || Kikuchi Matsue ||
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| 1983 || || || Meiso chizu || Sayuri Hoshi ||
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| 1987 || || || Za samurai || Chimatsu Shizu, Takeshi's mother ||
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| 1990 || || || Oazuke || Yumi's Mother ||
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| 1995 || || || Kura || Masae Tanimura ||
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| 1999 || My Neighbors the Yamadas || || Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun || Matsuko Yamada || Voice
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| 2003 || || || Izu Kanazawa Saigayaki satsujin jiken || || TV movie
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| 2005 || || || Onsen maruhi daisakusen 2 || Seiko Shindô || TV movie
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| 2005 || || || Koto || || TV movie
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| 2006 || || || Onsen maruhi daisakusen! 3 || Seiko Shindô || TV movie
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| 2008 || Samurai Gangsters || || || Tazaemon's wife ||
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| 2013 || The Tale of Princess Kaguya || || Kaguya-hime no Monogatari || || Voice
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| 2014 || || || Zenijo || Owner || TV movie
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References
External links
- Yukiji Asaoka at Discogs