Yukiko Todoroki
Date of birth: 1917-09-11
Place of birth: Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 轟 夕起子 , Юкико Тодороки
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.
Movie Credits
Musume no boken
1958-11-01
Women of Ginza
1955-04-01
At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting
Striving to Live
1955-02-25
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee
The Lucky General
1962-08-26
The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulg
Yoku
1958-06-24
Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku
Sanshiro Sugata
1943-03-25
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujuts
Gekimetsu no uta
1945-03-29
Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day o
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953-11-11
Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class w
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
1945-05-03
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline
The Stand in Hakone
1952-03-14
A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' de
Shunjû ittôryû
1939-06-01
After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu
Our Failures
1962-09-01
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love ad
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954-04-13
Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukik
The Rule for a Vagabond
1965-08-04
A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this his
Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man
1965-04-03
The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood.
Sunny house
1954-02-17
On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by b
Girl in the Glass
1960-11-09
The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on
Until Victory Day
1945-01-25
An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket
The Admirable Isshin Tasuke!
1945-01-11
1945 Japanese movie
Kanchō umi no bara
1945-02-22
1945 Japanese movie
Miss Hanako
1943-02-25
Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
1954-08-31
Bored Hatamoto film #16.
Kyōshū
1952-07-02
Seven Faces
1946-12-31
First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka
Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
1954-01-03
Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.
Golden Devil
1948-01-20
1948 adaptation of Golden Devil
Golden Devil Part 2
1948-02-03
1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2
Genta Shigure
1953-07-01
Ryō Hagiwara movie
Tale of Jiro
1941-12-11
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955-08-21
Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a re
Dislikes
1964-03-01
An old man who has spent his life being respectful, honest and married for 35 years suddenly has tho
The Lady of Musashino
1951-09-14
Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman
Uta e! Taiyō
1945-11-22
1945 Japanese movie
Kokoro tsuki nogotoku
1947-09-16
1947 Japanese movie
The Makioka Sisters
1959-01-14
Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956-07-31
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light distric
Called to the Stand
1956-02-25
Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzle
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948-10-12
At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of win
Temptation
1957-09-22
Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art g
Mother Never Dies
1942-09-24
The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.
The Maid's Kid
1955-06-28
In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akit
A Slope in the Sun
1958-04-15
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959-01-15
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all
Victory Song
1945-02-22
Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
Red Pier
1958-09-23
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man di
Nonkina tosan
1946-12-01
Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou
Snow-Flake
1950-05-17
Unending Advance
1937-11-03
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in
Hungry Soul
1956-10-31
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a b
Ghost Story of Youth
1955-04-19
A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a balle
Dancing Sisters
1957-01-03
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a smal
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953-04-05
Talented Woman
1959-04-15
Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a
The Flower and the Sword
1964-11-11
A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees
The Symbol of a Man
1963-07-14
A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict
Fight of the Gamblers
1963-12-25
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, sec
The Dragon Crest
1963-11-10
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
Zoku Shimizu Minato
1940-07-10
An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.
Nichijô no tatakai
1944-08-03
The Scarred Crest
1964-08-01
A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956-11-28
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a m
Burden of Love
1955-03-18
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a prog
That Guy and I
1961-09-10
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, sh
Gate of Flesh
1948-08-10
A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sl
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949-06-04
The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to
Yoki na onna
1946-02-14
1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki
Five Sisters
1954-06-08
The story of five sisters.
Joshiryōsai
1957-02-06
The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill
1965-10-08
The Stream of Youth
1959-01-15
Explosion!
1939-02-15
"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, T
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950-03-26
The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two f
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942-04-16
Shojohou
1950-12-02
A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and
三万両五十三次
1952-01-25
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953-02-19
Part two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
Shiroi Kiba
1960-06-17
あじさいの歌
1960-04-02
Uta no Myojo
1949-12-20
Drama directed by Kōzō Saeki.
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955-01-02