Yuko Tanaka
Acting
Biography
Yuko Tanaka is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She has won several acting awards during a long career working in both film and television after she graduated from Meiji University.
Born: April 29, 1955
Place of Birth: Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
Known For
Tokyo Tower ~ Okan and me, sometimes, Oton (SP version)
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, the gentle coming-of-age drama Tokyo Tower - Mom and Me and Sometimes Dad concerns an adolescent boy (Kamiki Ryunosuke), Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
The Whispered City
Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
The Real You
Why had a mother who seemed happy desired to end her own life? Desperate to uncover his mother’s true intentions, Sakuya ventures into uncharted technological territory. He turns to VF (Virtual Figure), a technology that aggregates personal data from one’s life to create a “human” in a virtual space.
Tora-san, the Expert
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Love with a Case
Detective Suzunosuke Shikahama is currently suspended from work after a screw up. He gets together with Haruhi Mabuchi from the Administration Bureau, Sesuna Tsumiki from the Community Safety Bureau, and Ruka Kotori from Accounting. All from different departments and carrying their own baggage, the four join forces. They’re not exactly what you would call champions of justice. They’re not even ambitious enough to go for success. All they want is the truth.
Princess Mononoke
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Mother
Yasuko Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.
Hana's Miso Soup
Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however, Chie tells Shingo that she has breast cancer. Shingo determines to marry Chie right away, but she'll have to go through surgery and cancer treatments firs...
Tennō no Ryōriban
A biographical series about Tokuzō Akiyama, who served as the imperial cook, from his youth until he became the chief cook of the Ministry of the Imperial Household.
The Firmament of the Pleiades
Two young men looking for a better life enter the royal palace in the midst of a tumultuous political era of the late Qing Dynasty. Chun Er, a poor peasant boy, and Liang Wen Xiu, who grew up in a wealthy household, find their fates are tied together in unexpected ways. The two young men and Chun Er’s younger sister, Ling Er, travel to the Forbidden City together to look for a better future. Based on the popular novel Sokyu no Subaru by Asada Jiro.
Filmography
as Akiko Ishikawa
as Makiko Fushimi
as Tomiko Wakamatsu
as Azuki Koarai
as Momoko Hidaka
as Koharu Inamura
as Yoshie
as Tomita Shizuko
as Anone Hayashida
as Kayoko Matsushita
as Okesaku Fumi
as Machiko Tsukaguchi
as Toyoka Yamaoka
as Tomiko
as Jinko
as Sachi Uesugi
as Kinoshita's mother
as Yoko Shimakura
as Aiko Shimizu
as Mochizuki Hana
as Empress Dowager Cixi
as Michiyo Kawai
as Nakagawa Eiko
as Cob (voice)
as Minako Oba
as Kiyoko Koyama
as Toyoko
as Tomoko Yamaoka
as Fukuko
as ToshieTogashi
as Shimotsuki, Harumi
as Eboshi Gozen (voice)
as Yaeko Tonari
as Kinu
as Hisako Oishi
as Keiko
as Kozome Takonoya
as Oshin (16 to 46 years old)
as Hana Otsuka, prostitute
as Keiko
as Michiko Yahagi
as Oei
as Omatsu
as ジュディ
as Isono Machiko