Acting
Yukiko Tsukuba
Born — Died
1906-06-10 — 1977-06-08
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
16 titles
Yukiko Tsukuba (June 10, 1906 – June 8, 1977) was a Japanese actress on stage, in silent films, and in early sound films. She was also the All-Japan women's billiards champion in 1929. Tsukuba was born in Tokyo. She trained as a geisha, and became an internationally publicized beauty and film star while she was still in her teens. Tsukuba began her screen career at the Shochiku studio, working with directors including Yasujiro Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoshinobu Ikeda, Heinosuke Gosho, Kiyohiko Ushihara, Buntaro Futagawa, Torajiro Saito, and Mikio Naruse. She was dubbed "the Mary Pickford of Japan" in a 1926 American newspaper. With actor Tsuzuya Moroguchi, Tsukuba started a short-lived pro…
Known for
6.7Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.
ABC Lifeline
1931
7.3An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
No Blood Relation
1932
NRA modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
1930
NRJapanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.
Young Master
1926
Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.
Love's Snare
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Junange
1926
Film credits
1930s · 7 titles
6.7Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.
ABC Lifeline
1931
7.3An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
No Blood Relation
1932
NRA modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
1930
7.0The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and manages to amaze the blasé audience with a happy end in the Wild West.
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story
1932
Japanese film from 1932.
The Willows of Ginza
1932
8.0The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and manages to amaze the blasé audience with a happy end in the Wild West.
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
1920s · 9 titles
NRJapanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.
Young Master
1926
Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.
Love's Snare
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Junange
1926
A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over something trivial, and her wife runs away from home, causing a fuss, but she returns to normal. Selected by Kinema Junpo as the 5th-best Japanese movie of 1926.
Useless Button
1926
Japanese silent film from 1929.
The Father and His Son
1929
Japanese silent film from 1928.
Symphony of Youth
1928
NRJapanese silent film from 1928.
The Glory of the Shōwa Era
1928
NRA period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.
Fallen Samurai
1925
A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as Shizue Ryūda, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Yukiko Tsukuba, alongside handsome leading men like Shin’ichirō Komura, Hikaru Yamauchi, and Ichirō Yūki, the film outshone its contemporaries. The collaboration between director Heinosuke Gosho and cinematographer Mitsuo Miura, recently returned from America, gave rise to a work of first-class quality in the Japanese film world, distinguished by its brilliance and delicacy.
The Model of New Women
1929