Yōko Aizawa (相澤 葉子, Aizawa Yōko, born August 20, 1934) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa. She is a professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare and serves as the 2nd head of Nihon Taishōmura theme park.
Born as Yōko Shōji (庄司 葉子) in Tottori Prefecture, to a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama. Her family is a branch of the Shōji family, the landed magnate of Watari.
She married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. She's been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003) and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010).
Known For
Yojimbo
(1961)
Nui
47 Ronin
(1962)
Aguri Asano
Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
Ichi Sasahara
Late Autumn
(1960)
Ayako Miwa
Two in the Shadow
(1967)
Yumiko
The End of Summer
(1961)
Noriko
Full Filmography
Acting
Marital Relations
(1955)
The First Kiss
(1955)
Mother and Son
(1955)
Tamako Izumi
No Response from Car 33
(1955)
To Love and Forgive
(1955)
All is Well
(1955)
All is Well 2
(1955)
はりきり社長
(1956)
The President Talks Bank
(1956)
The President's Boss
(1956)
Price of Beauty
(1957)
Chikako Izumi / Sally
A Dangerous Hero
(1957)
Summer Clouds
(1958)
Miciko
City of Love
(1958)
Aiko Hayakawa
The Third President
(1958)
Assistant President
(1958)
Samurai Saga
(1959)
Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Saga of the Vagabonds
(1959)
Tazu
The Three Treasures
(1959)
Princess Oto Tachibana
Flower Shop Curtain
(1959)
Kyoko
Late Autumn
(1960)
Ayako Miwa
The Lovelorn Geisha
(1960)
Miyako Fujimura
The Last Gunfight
(1960)
The Blue Beast
(1960)
The Angry Sea
(1960)
Sasko Kanamori
The Masterless 47
(1960)
Keiko
Yojimbo
(1961)
Nui
The End of Summer
(1961)
Noriko
A Night in Hong Kong
(1961)
Keiko Kimura
Challenge to Live
(1961)
The Masterless 47 – Part II
(1961)
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
(1961)
Michi
47 Ronin
(1962)
Aguri Asano
Woman of Design
(1962)
Ritsuko Yada
The Wiser Age
(1962)
Netsuke Ishikawa
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
(1962)
続サラリーマン清水港
(1962)
Yoru no keisha
(1962)
Kigeki ekimae onsen
(1962)
Gekkyū dorobō
(1962)
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
(1962)
Hail the 3 Gents
(1964)
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
(1964)
The Radish and the Carrot
(1965)
Five Gents' Trick Book
(1965)
Back Stairways
(1965)
Moment of Terror
(1966)
Kinuko Kakinuma
The Kii River
(1966)
Shintani Hana
The Daphne
(1966)
Umeko (the second daughter)
Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
Ichi Sasahara
Two in the Shadow
(1967)
Yumiko
Kojiro
(1967)
Nami
Admiral Yamamoto
(1968)
Sumie Kimura
Devils-in-Law
(1968)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
(1969)
Tsune
Goyokin
(1969)
Shino
Battle of the Japan Sea
(1969)
I Hear the Whistle
(1971)
Hatsue Sugimoto
The Earth is Born Again
(1971)
Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus
(1974)
Herself
Prophecies of Nostradamus
(1974)
Nobuo Nishiyama
Island of Hell
(1977)
Katsuno
Queen Bee
(1978)
Tsutayo
Drive for the Future
(1980)
Asako
Blue Jeans Memory
(1981)
I Lived, But...
(1983)
Self
Haze of Love
(1985)
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
(1992)
Fukumimi
(2003)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Self - Actress