Izumi Ashikawa

Japanese actress

Izumi Ashikawa

芦川 いずみ

Ashikawa in 1965

Born|

Sachiko Ito

(1935-10-06) 6 October 1935 (age 89)

Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1953–68
Spouse|

Tatsuya Fuji

(m. 1968)​

Sachiko Ito (伊藤佐知子, Itō Sachiko, born 6 October 1935), known professionally as Izumi Ashikawa (芦川 いずみ), is a Japanese actress.[1][2] Ashikawa was called the Japanese Audrey Hepburn.[3]

In 1953, Ashikawa was scouted by director Yuzo Kawashima and joined the Shochiku studio.[4] She made her film debut with Tokyomadamu to Osakafujin directed by Yuzo Kawashima.[4] In 1955, she moved to the Nikkatsu studio and gained popularity.[4] In 1968, Ashikawa married actor Tatsuya Fuji and retired.[5][6][7] She made her final film appearance in the 1968 film Koto no Taiyo.[4]

## Selected filmography

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* Tokyomadamu to Osakafujin (1953)
* The Baby Carriage (1956)
* The Balloon (1956)
* Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
* Suzaki Paradise: Akashingō (1957)
* Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
* The Perfect Game (1958)
* Kurenai no Tsubasa (1958)
* A Slope in the Sun (1959)
* Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru (1960)
* Man with a Shotgun (1961)
* Living by Karate [ja] (1961)
* Glass-hearted Johnny [ja] (1962)
* A Chain of Islands [ja] (1965)
* Outlaw:Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
* Koto no Taiyo (1968)

## References

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1. ^ "芦川いづみ". eiga.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
2. ^ "藤竜也、妻・芦川いづみさんへの愛を告白「寝る前に握手します。毎日が船出です」". デイリー. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
3. ^ "芦川 いづみ について" (in Japanese). 日活公式サイト. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
4. ^ a b c d 芦川いづみインタビュー (in Japanese). 本の話. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
5. ^ "芦川いづみ 映画祭". シネマトゥディ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
6. ^ "芦川いづみ DVDBOX". amazon. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
7. ^ 藤竜也、事務所を辞めて出演。裁判にまで発展した『愛のコリーダ』は「逃げちゃいけない出会い」 (in Japanese). テレ朝ポスト TV Asashi. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

## External links

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* Izumi Ashikawa at IMDb

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