Yukiko Todoroki
Acting
September 11, 1917
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Yukiko Todoroki (轟 夕起子 Todoroki Yukiko; September 11, 1917 – May 11, 1967) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter.
Movies
The Flower and the Sword
1964
Red Pier
1958
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956
The Stream of Youth
1959
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Ghosts Die at Dawn
1948
A Slope in the Sun
1958
The Maid's Kid
1955
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
Snow-Flake
1950
Mother Never Dies
1942
Kyōshū
1952
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Five Sisters
1954
The Symbol of a Man
1963
The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill
1965
