Yuko Yashio

Acting

Yuko Yashio

Born

1932-04-29 (94)

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 12 titles

The Wandering Princess poster
6.5

Pu Zhe, younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko, daughter of an aristocratic family. To the surprise of all, a deep love between Pu Zhe and Ryuko develops and is put to the test when Japan loses the war.

The Wandering Princess

1960

A Geisha's Diary poster
7.5

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.

A Geisha's Diary

1961

The Last Betrayal poster
NR

A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.

The Last Betrayal

1960

Closing Time poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Closing Time

1962

Black Dividend poster
NR

Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Kaoru Koizumi, a confidential secretary in love with Ibuki, reveals her firm's plans to him. She resigns when Ibuki blackmails her employer but Ibuki gains another spy in Ayuko Ichinoi...

Black Dividend

1963

Otoko no meigara poster
NR

A unique literary work depicting the crisis in the love and physical relationship of the ordinary Shimura couple.

Otoko no meigara

1961

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu poster
NR

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Dare yori mo kimi wo aisu" by Kazuko Matsuo.

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

1960

Patterns of Love poster
NR

Omnibus picture, consisting of three stories.

Patterns of Love

1960

誘拐 poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

誘拐

1962

Young Trees poster
NR

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires to become a maid and lives a healthy life despite the hardships she encounters with people from all walks of life. Ririko Tachibana moved to Tokyo in reliance on her aunt Motoko, who lives in Tokyo. When Ririko leaves her classmate Chizuko Misawa, who says she is going to rely on jazz singer Michi Nozoe, and arrives at her aunt's house, she is disappointed to find that a job has been arranged for her as a nanny. Her dream of attending night high school was dashed, but Ririko made up her mind to do her best to do as much as she could. The Honbashi family, where she was employed, lived alone with the widow Shinae, and Mrs Shinae was asked to go to her daughters' house to help out...

Young Trees

1963

Under the Tokyo Sky poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Under the Tokyo Sky

1960

Kono seinen ni goyōjin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kono seinen ni goyōjin

1961

1950s · 41 titles

The Blue Sky Maiden poster
7.1

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957

No artwork available
NR

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

Studio wa ōsawagi

1956

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle

1954

Spark poster
NR

A heartbroken beauty has slipped into the ranks of the "Golden Horse" circus troupe. The circus's two star performers, vying for her affection, face off on a perilous trapeze, staking their love and friendship on the outcome.

Spark

1956

Ai no kaikyō poster
NR

A story about a young woman who has been rehabilitated at a juvenile detention center for girls and released into society, but finds herself on the verge of falling back into a life of crime.

Ai no kaikyō

1956

Duel at Noon poster
NR

Judo movie.

Duel at Noon

1957

Where Might is Right poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Where Might is Right

1955

No artwork available
NR

Even the beautiful international port of Yokohama has a seedy underbelly. An action thriller in which a newspaper reporter plunges into a den of vice to expose the smuggling and the prostitution.

Dai san hijōsen

1956

Hahabue kobue poster
NR

Taki dedicated her life to her daughter Miyoko, but they were separated by Taki's parents-in-law. Many years later, they reunite in a party, but Taki falls gravely ill with a long disease. During those years, Miyoki studies Medicine and will be finally able to help her mother.

Hahabue kobue

1955

I Love You poster
NR

A romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they overcome various difficulties to be together.

I Love You

1956

Kosui monogatari poster
NR

A melancholic love story between a young photographer and a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage for the sake of her poor father-in-law.

Kosui monogatari

1957

Shabondama oyaji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shabondama oyaji

1956

Yearning poster
NR

A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.

Yearning

1954

Tokyo Gang poster
NR

A passionate, righteous journalist, burning with indignation, draws his gun of justice in response to the death of his fellow photographer.

Tokyo Gang

1955

The Aristocrat's Stairs poster
NR

A romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of the February 26 Incident.

The Aristocrat's Stairs

1959

Night Butterflies poster
6.5

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Night Butterflies

1957

The Makioka Sisters poster
8.5

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

The Makioka Sisters

1959

O Sorrowful White Snow of Mount Fuji poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Sorrowful White Snow of Mount Fuji

1955

Accomplice poster
NR

Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Accomplice

1958

The Most Valuable Wife poster
8.0

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...

The Most Valuable Wife

1959

Daiei Studio is Bustling poster
NR

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.

Daiei Studio is Bustling

1957

The Cast-Off poster
8.0

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)

The Cast-Off

1959

The Messenger from the Moon poster
NR

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

The Messenger from the Moon

1954

The Betrothed poster
8.0

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

The Betrothed

1957

Tainted Flowers poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tainted Flowers

1958

Mother poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mother

1958

Yaneura no Onna-tachi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

1956

Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi poster
NR

1958 Japanese movie

Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi

1958

Across the Darkness poster
9.0

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.

Across the Darkness

1959

The Ladder of Success poster
6.5

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way to the top.

The Ladder of Success

1958

Tokyo Eyes poster
NR

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the daughter of a company president, creating a miniature picture of the youth of Tokyo that revolves around these four characters.

Tokyo Eyes

1958

Nenneko Shain poster
NR

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-maintenance female manager suddenly panic, and the whole company is in an uproar.

Nenneko Shain

1956

Children Seeking a Mother poster
NR

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

Children Seeking a Mother

1956

The White Road Across the River poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The White Road Across the River

1959

Mr. Minami is Very Embarrassed poster
NR

Directed by Edagawa Hiroshi, this film stars Funakoshi Eiji and Kawakami Yasuko.

Mr. Minami is Very Embarrassed

1958

Bride Candidate poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bride Candidate

1957

Farewell Song poster
10.0

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.

Farewell Song

1955

Brooba poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Brooba

1955

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Young Lord

1955

Bojô no kawa poster
NR

A factory town along the Sumida River. Jun Aoki and Miyo Murakoshi, who work at this factory, love music, with Jun playing the cello and Miyo the violin. Shortly after the war, Yosuke Hashida, a famous cellist and conductor, came to the factory and began efforts to gather music lovers from each factory to form an orchestra.

Bojô no kawa

1957

Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun

1957