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Posted by simplymissj0 pt Saturday, August 4, 2012

Actress Tsushima Keiko passes away from stomach cancer

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At 10:20 AM on August 1st, actress Tsushima Keiko (Real Name: Mori Naoko), known for her roles in various films including �Himeyuri no Tou� and �Shichinin no Samurai�, passed away from stomach cancer at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 86 years old. Directly after the end of WWII, she played the role of a tidy girl; in her later years, she played the role of an elegant grandmother and supported numerous masterpieces. In recent years, however, she strayed from her activities as an actress.

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Born in 1926 (Taisho 15) in Tsushima, Nagasaki, Tsushima originally planned on becoming a dancer, but she was scouted by director Yoshimura Kozaburou while teaching dance at the Shochiku Oofuna Film Studio. She debuted as an exclusive Shochiku actress in 1947 in Yoshimura�s �Anjouke no Butoukai�. Her stage name was created to pay homage to her place of birth, Tsushima, Nagasaki.

She distinguished herself with her dignified smile that suited an innocent actress and gained notice in director Ozu Yasujiro�s �Ochazuke no Aji�. After that, she became a free agent, and in 1953, she became a highly valued actress after starring in �Himeyuri no Tou� (directed by Imai Tadashi), in which she played a female school teacher who led the Himeyuri students. (During the Battle of Okinawa, female Himeyuri students formed a front line nursing unit during WWII to support the Imperial Japanese Army.)

In 1954, she starred in Kurosawa Akira�s most famous work �Shichinin no Samurai� ("Seven Samurai"). She appeared in a love scene as the daughter of a villager with Kimura Isao, who played a young samurai.

She was an actress who was loved by Japan's greatest directors.�While she was active as an actress, at the age of 31, she married Mori Ichio, who worked in the production department at Radio Tokyo (currently known as TBS), in 1957, and two years later, gave birth to a son. As if to reflect her happy personal life, once she reached her 40s, she gained popularity as she played the role of the elegant, levelheaded mother.

She appeared in NHK�s Taiga dramas including �Onna Taikouki� and �Sangamoyu� and NHK�s morning drama �Sakura� in 2002 as well as other TV dramas. In her later years, she played the role of the kind-hearted grandmother. While she stayed away from acting in recent years, she leaves behind a legacy as an actress who played daughter, mother, and grandmother roles.

Her funeral was conducted by her next of kin. The chief mourner at her funeral was her husband Mori Ichio.

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