Izumi Ashikawa

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

• 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

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. 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

• Izumi Ashikawa at IMDb