Yumeko Aizome
| Yumeko Aizome | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
December 25, 1915 Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1930–1955, 1965 |
| Spouse(s) |
Masanori Yusa (m. 1942) |
Yumeko Aizome (逢初 夢子 Aizome Yumeko) (born December 25, 1915) is a Japanese actress.
Biography
Yumeko Aizome was born Yachiyo Yokoyama (横山 八千代 Yokoyama Yachiyo) in Inawashiro, Fukushima.[1] Aizome's father died when she was 6 months old, and her mother died when she was 10 years old. After losing both parents, she gave her possessions to her uncle and went to Tokyo with her older brother, where she went to elementary school. In July 1930, she dropped out of high school to join Shochiku as a theater actress. She acted on stage until she made her screen debut in Mikio Naruse's 1932 film Moth-eaten Spring, which is now lost.
In early 1933, she appeared in Yasujirō Ozu's Dragnet Girl. She played Masumi, a prostitute and friend of the main character in Hiroshi Shimizu's Japanese Girls at the Harbor. In 1934 she appeared in her second and final Ozu film, A Mother Should be Loved. That same year she starred alongside Yoshiko Okada in the leading role of Yasujiro Shimazu's film Our Neighbor, Miss Yae, playing the main character Yaeko. She appeared in many more movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s, including movies by Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu and Heinosuke Gosho. In 1947, she played the sister of Setsuko Hara's character in A Ball at the Anjo House. In 1953, she had a minor role in Epitome. She retired from acting in 1955, but in 1965 made one more film appearance in Yoji Yamada's Kiri no Hata (霧の旗).
In 1985, she was interviewed along with her Our Neighbor, Miss Yae co-star Sanae Takasugi. Since then it is unknown whether she is still alive or not.
Personal life
In 1942, she married Masanori Yusa, a two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer. Her married name is Yachiyo Yusa (遊佐 八千代). Together the couple had a daughter, Makoto Yusa (born February 28, 1942), who became an actress under the name Naoko Yusa (遊佐 ナオコ).
Selected filmography
- Dragnet Girl (1933) - Misako
- Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933) - Masumi
- A Mother Should be Loved (1934) - Mitsuko
- Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934) - Yaeko
- A Ball at the Anjo House (1947) - Akiko Anjô
- Kiri no Hata (1965) - Yoshiko Ôtsuka
References
- ↑ Shimizu, Akira (1980). "Aizome Yumeko". Nihon eiga haiyū zenshū: Joyū hen. Tokyo: Kinema Junpo. pp. 4–5.
External links
- Yumeko Aizome at the Internet Movie Database
- Yumeko Aizome at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)