Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子, Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943) is a *anese film and television actress. She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships. She went on to appear in films like Imamura's The Insect Woman, Kaneto Shindō's Onibaba, for which she received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den. She retired from acting in 1970, but returned in 1980 and continues to work to this day.

Yoshimura was married to actor Tetsuo Ishidate from 1968 to 1999. Her sister is actress Mari Yoshimura (1935–).

Filmography (selected)

References

External links

• Jitsuko Yoshimura at IMDb
• Jitsuko Yoshimura at the *anese Movie Database (in *anese)
• "死に花 (Blooming again)". eiga.com (in *anese). Retrieved 17 November 2021.