Sanae Takasugi
Sanae Takasugi (高杉 早苗, Takasugi Sanae, 8 October 1918 – 26 November 1995) was a Japanese film and television actress.
Sanae Takasugi | |
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 Sanae Takasugi in 1937 | |
| Born | 8 October 1918 |
| Died | 26 November 1995 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Actress |
Career
Born in Asakusa, Takasugi first performed in a dance hall before joining the Shochiku studio in 1934.[1] She made her screen debut in Yasujiro Shimazu's Tonari no Yae-chan, and had her first starring role in Keisuke Sasaki's Yama no yūyake.[1] She married the kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshirō III in 1938, and continued to act in film and later television.[1] She received a Golden Glory Award at the Japanese Movie Critics Awards in 1994.[2]
She mothered three children: the kabuki actors Ichikawa Ennosuke III and Ichikawa Danshirō IV, and the actress Yasuko Ichikawa. She is the grandmother of the actors Ichikawa Ennosuke IV and Teruyuki Kagawa.
Selected filmography
Films
- Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (Yasujirô Shimazu, 1934)
- Yama no yūyake (Kôjirô Sasaki, 1934)
- Women of the Night (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1948)
- The Munekata Sisters (Yasujirô Ozu, 1950)
- Wife (Mikio Naruse, 1953)
- A Japanese Tragedy (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1953)
- Wolf (Kaneto Shindo, 1955)
Television
- Nyonin Musashi (1971)
