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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Sanshiro Sugata (1943) — Sayo Murai
2. Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) — Sayo
3. Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) — Otoku
4. The Lady of Musashino (1951) — Tomiko Ono
5. Hungry Soul (1956) — Mayumi Ogouchi
6. Hungry Soul, Part II (1956) — Mayumi Ogouchi
7. A Slope in the Sun (1958) — Midori Tashiro
8. Burden of Love (1955) — Ranko Araki
9. Mother Never Dies (1942)
10. Red Pier (1958) — Mama
11. Victory Song (1945) — Ritsuko
12. Temptation (1957) — Kotoko Sonoya
13. Five Sisters (1954)
14. The Maid's Kid (1955)
15. The Makioka Sisters (1959)
16. Temptation on Glamour Island (1959) — Tatsu Kitagawa
17. Snow-Flake (1950) — Sachiko
18. That Guy and I (1961)
19. Gate of Flesh (1948)
20. Explosion! (1939)
21. Horror of the Fifth Columnist (1942)
22. Women of Ginza (1955)
23. Yoku (1958)
24. Gekimetsu no uta (1945) — 堀越弓子
25. The Stand in Hakone (1952)
26. Shunjû ittôryû (1939)
27. Girl in the Glass (1960) — Satoko Okinaka
28. Until Victory Day (1945)
29. The Admirable Isshin Tasuke! (1945)
30. Kanchō umi no bara (1945)
31. Miss Hanako (1943) — Hanako
32. The Tale of Jiro (1941)
33. Called to the Stand (1956)
34. Unending Advance (1937)
35. Ghost Story of Youth (1955) — Choko, mother of Shinichi
36. Lady Chatterley of Japan (1953) — Tomoko Takashima
37. Fight of the Gamblers (1963)
38. The Symbol of a Man (1963) — Kiyo Murata
39. Nichijô no tatakai (1944)
40. Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949) — Ofuji