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Yuko Tanaka

Actor

Yuko Tanaka

Born April 29, 1955 in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan45 films

Yuko Tanaka is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She has won several acting awards during a long career working in both film and television after she graduated from Meiji University.

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Princess Mononoke posterFirst watchPrincess Mononoke19978.3as Eboshi Gozen (voice)Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure.View film

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Filmography

45 films as actor
  1. 2026Children UntoldKei Yamai
  2. 2024The Real YouAkiko Ishikawa
  3. 2023MonsterMakiko Fushimi
  4. 2022Thousand and One NightsTomiko Wakamatsu
  5. 2021Gift of Fire
  6. 2020Ora, Ora Be Goin' AloneMomoko Hidaka
  7. 2019One NightKoharu Inamura
  8. 2019The Island of CatsYoshie
  9. 2018Haruko's DollTomita Shizuko
  10. 2016Through Their Eyes
  11. 2014Midnight DinerMachiko Tsukaguchi
  12. 2014Hana's Miso SoupToyoka Yamaoka
  13. 2014HomelandTomiko
  14. 2013BackwaterJinko
  15. 2013Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita StoryKinoshita's mother
  16. 2012DearestYoko Shimakura
  17. 2010Haru's JourneyAiko Shimizu
  18. 2008The Homeless StudentMichiyo Kawai
  19. 2008BōshiSetsu Takemoto
  20. 2006Tales from EarthseaCob (voice)
  21. 2005The MilkwomanMinako Oba
  22. 2005The Buried Forest
  23. 2005HibiKiyoko Koyama
  24. 2002The Bleep BrothersToyoko
  25. 2001The FireflyTomoko Yamaoka
  26. 2000The Whispered CityFukuko
  27. 1999The ExamToshieTogashi
  28. 1999Osaka StoryShimotsuki, Harumi
  29. 1997Princess MononokeEboshi Gozen (voice)
  30. 1996The Rainbow SeekerYaeko Tonari
  31. 1993Wild Geese
  32. 1991Ghost Story: Flower House
  33. 1989Still Life - Kiriko and Marie's Criminal Cohabitation LifeKiriko
  34. 1988Wuthering HeightsKinu
  35. 1987Children on the IslandHisako Oishi
  36. 1985DemonKeiko
  37. 1985Shiawase no Kuni: Aoi Tori Patapata?Hanako
  38. 1985Capone Cries a LotKozome Takonoya
  39. 1983Amagi PassHana Otsuka, prostitute
  40. 1982Tora-san, the Expert螢子
  41. 1982The RapeMichiko Yahagi
  42. 1981Fifth Movement
  43. 1981Edo PornOei
  44. 1981EijanaikaOmatsu
  45. 1979Daddy Long Legsジュディ