Izumi Ashikawa

Japanese actress

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

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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^ ^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.
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^ "芦川いづみ DVDBOX". amazon. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
^ 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.