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Takehiro Hira is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor. Early life and education Hira was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan to actors Mikijirō Hira and Yoshiko Sakuma. He was raised in Japan until he was 15 years old. He went to high school at Mose ...

. 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 was a Japanese actor. Starting as a stage actor in the 1950s, he also worked in film and television and was active until the time of his death. From the 1970s he starred in several of Yukio Ninagawa's productions, including an acclaimed role as ...

but divorced in 1984. Sakuma landed lead role in the 1981 Taiga drama '' Onna Taikōki''.

Selected filmography

Film

*''Kiiroi Fudo'' (1961) *''The G-Men of the Pacific'' (1962) *''

Gang vs. G-Men is a 1962 Japanese color crime film, crime thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Kōji Tsuruta, Shinichi Chiba, and Tetsurō Tamba. In an interview with Chris Desjardins contained in the book ''Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film'', Fuka ...

'' (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 is a Japanese samurai drama film released in 1969. It was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and is based on the novel ''Furin kazan'' by Yasushi Inoue. Plot Yamamoto Kansuke (Toshiro Mifune) is a general of warlord Takeda Shingen ( Nakamura Kinno ...

'' (1969) as Princess Yu *''

Chōkōsō no Akebono ''Chōkōsō no Akebono'' ( ja, 超高層のあけぼの, , Dawn of the Skyscraper) is a 1969 Japanese film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan. Kajima Construction, the builder of the Kasumi ...

'' (1969) *''Men and War'' (1970) *''

Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie ''Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie'' ( ja, 病院坂の首縊りの家), also known as ''The House of Hanging on Hospital Slope'', is a 1979 Japanese film, directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on Seishi Yokomizo's novel of the same name, and is th ...

'' (1979) *''

The Makioka Sisters is a novel by Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki that was serialized from 1943 to 1948. It follows the lives of the wealthy Makioka family of Osaka from the autumn of 1936 to April 1941, focusing on the family's attempts to find a husband fo ...

'' (1983) *'' Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo'' (2012) as Myobu *''

Earthquake Bird ''Earthquake Bird'' is a 2019 psychological thriller film written and directed by Wash Westmoreland based on the 2001 The Earthquake Bird, novel of the same name by Susanna Jones. It stars Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough, Naoki Kobayashi and Jack Hu ...

'' (2019) as Yamamoto

Television

*'' Shin Heike Monogatari'' (1972) as

Taira no Tokuko The Taira was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi Periods of Japanese history – the others being the Fujiwara, the Tachibana, and the Minamoto. The clan is divided i ...

*'' Onna Taikōki'' (1981) as Nene *''

Kōmyō ga Tsuji ''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' (功名が辻) is a 2006 Japanese historical television series and the 45th NHK ''taiga'' drama. It is written by Shizuka Ōishi, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Ryōtarō Shiba. The series chronicles the lives of ...

'' (2006) as Hōshūin

Honours

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakuma, Yoshiko 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