Yasuko Miyazaki
Biography
Yasuko Miyazaki (15 May 1931 – 27 June 1996) was a Japanese director, actress, screenwriter, and playwright. After working as an actress for a few years following her graduation from the Haiyuza acting school, she became a theatre director, writing plays for the stage and screenplays for film and television. In 1975, she co-founded the Mumeijuku acting school with her husband, Tatsuya Nakadai. She died of pancreatic cancer in 1996 at age 65.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Hisako Nakada
Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Namida (voice)
A young girl must spend six years making sweatshirts out of poison ivy in order to save her six brothers which have been turned into swans by an evil sorceress.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"