Yuriko Hoshi
6 December 1943 – 16 May 2018, born Yuriko Shimizu, was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 90 films beginning in 1959.
Yuriko Hoshi

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- Name
- Yuriko Hoshi
- Birth Name
- Yuriko Shimizu
- Born
- 6 December 1943
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 16 May 2018
- Place of death
- Kyoto, Japan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Tokai University Ichihara Boyo Senior High School
- Honours
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year · Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Yuriko Hoshi • Native Name — 星 由里子 • Birth Name — Yuriko Shimizu • Born — 6 December 1943 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Died — 16 May 2018 • Place of death — Kyoto, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1959–2018
Career
Career
Born in Tokyo but raised in Kobe, Hoshi made her film debut in 1958 at Toho. Hoshi died in Kyoto, Japan, at age 74.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Network — Notes — Ref. • 1976 — Kaze to Kumo to Niji to — Senko — NHK — Taiga drama • 1997 — Aguri — Mitsuyo Mochizuki — NHK — Asadora • 2000–01 — Honmamon — Yōko Matsuoka — NHK — Asadora • 2007 — AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo — Kayoko Shima — TV Asahi — Episode 19, season 5 • 2008 — Atsuhime — Muraoka — NHK — Taiga drama

Yuriko Hoshi
国際情報社 · 『映画情報』1965年4月号、 国際情報社 "Movie Pictorial (Eiga Joho)", April 1965 issue.
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 1961 — The Last War — Saeko Tamura • Daigaku no Wakadaishō • As a Wife, As a Woman • 1962 — Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki • 1963 — Sengoku Yaro • 1964 — Mothra vs. Godzilla — Junko Nakanishi • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster — Naoko Shindo • 1965 — Ereki no Wakadaishō • 1968 — Kill! • 1970 — Fuji sanchō • 1986 — Young Girls in Love • 2000 — Godzilla vs. Megaguirus — Prof. Yoshino Yoshizawa • 2007 — Tsuribaka Nisshi 18: Hama-chan Su-san Seto no Yakusoku • 2018 — Wish You Were Here — Chinese film
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- 1.Sankei Digital. Hoshi Yuriko. Zakzak.
- 2.Yuriko Hoshi, 74. Classic Images. 517. 42. May 2018.
- 3.妻として女として. JMDB.
- 4.恋する女たち(1986). eiga.com.
- 5.逢いたい. Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.
- 6.連続テレビ小説 ほんまもん. NHK.
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