Yōko Tsukasa

Biography

Yōko Tsukasa is a Japanese actress born August 20, 1934. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa and was recognized for her work in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn (1960) and Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961). A professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare, she has been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003) and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010).