Yukiko Todoroki

Personal Info

Birthday

September 11, 1917

Day of Death

1967-05-11

(49 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

轟夕起子

Юкико Тодороки

Yukiko Todoroki

Biography

Yukiko Todoroki (轟夕起子 Todoroki Yukiko; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter.

Known For

Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

Temptation

The Lady of Musashino

The Symbol of a Man

Miss Hanako

Gekimetsu no uta

Filmography

1963
The Symbol of a Man
as Kiyo Murata
1960
Girl in the Glass
as Satoko Okinaka
Shiroi Kiba
as Kyôko Tashiro
1959
Talented Woman
as Nobuyo
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Tatsu Kitagawa
1958
Red Pier
as Mama
A Slope in the Sun
as Midori Tashiro
1957
Temptation
as Kotoko Sonoya
Dancing Sisters
as Fuyuko Taki
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Mayumi Ogouchi
Hungry Soul
as Mayumi Ogouchi
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
as Otoku
1955
Ghost Story of Youth
as Choko, mother of Shinichi
Burden of Love
as Ranko Araki
1954
Sunny house
as Mitsu Nakahara
1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Mrs. Natsuko
Lady Chatterley of Japan
as Tomoko Takashima
1951
The Lady of Musashino
as Tomiko Ono
1950
Shojohou
as Taniguchi Kozue
Snow-Flake
as Sachiko
Mado Kara Tobidase
as Fujiko - Shûsuke's wife
1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
as Ofuji
1948
Ghosts Die at Dawn
as Michiko
1945
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
as Sayo
Gekimetsu no uta
as 堀越弓子

Victory Song
as Ritsuko
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
as Sayo Murai
Miss Hanako
as Hanako