Reiko Sasamori

Biography

Reiko Sasamori was a Japanese actress and singer who rose to prominence in the early 1960s as an "idol star." She starred in numerous films alongside notable directors such as Kihachi Okamoto and Keisuke Kinoshita, including "Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man" (1965) and "Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!" (1963). Sasamori married golfer Ryuya Miyazaki in 1965 and retired from acting soon after, devoting herself to family life. She passed away in 2021 at the age of 80.