is a Japanese actress. Her son is actor Takehiro Hira.

In 1957, Sakuma was scouted and signed her contract with Toei film company. Following year she made her film debut with Utsukushiki Shimai no Monogatari Modaeru Soshun. In 1970, she married actor Mikijirō Hira but divorced in 1984. Sakuma landed lead role in the 1981 Taiga drama Onna Taikōki.

Yoshiko Sakuma

Selected filmography

Film

Kiiroi Fudo (1961) The G-Men of the Pacific (1962) Gang vs. G-Men (1962) as Akiko Mizuno Gang 6 (1963) Gobanchō yūgirirō (1963) Jinsei gekijo: hisha kaku (1963) Kaoyaku (1965) Lake of Teras (1966) as Saku Samurai Banners (1969) as Princess Yu Chōkōsō no Akebono (1969) Men and War Part II (1971) Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie (1979) The Makioka Sisters (1983) Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2012) as Myobu Earthquake Bird (2019) as Yamamoto

Yoshiko Sakuma

Television

Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) as Taira no Tokuko

Onna Taikōki (1981) as Nene

Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) as Hōshūin

Honours

Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2012)

Yoshiko Sakuma

References

External links

1939 births

Living people

Actresses from Tokyo

Japanese film actresses

Japanese television actresses

Taiga drama lead actors

Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class