Michiyo Ōkusu

Michiyo Okusu (大楠 道代) is a Chinese-born Japanese actress. She has been nominated for four Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 1981 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role prize for her performance in Zigeunerweisen. She began her career as a film ingenue using the stage name Michiyo Yasuda, under which she scored major early successes with films such as A Fool's Love and numerous love stories and "samurai" period piece dramas.

Selected filmography

 * Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
 * A Fool's Love (1967)
 * The Yoshiwara Story (1968)
 * Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (1969)
 * Onna Gokuakuchō (1970)
 * Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
 * Zigeunerweisen (1980)
 * Kagero-za (1981)
 * Location (1984)
 * Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
 * Bedtime Eyes (1987)
 * Yumeji (1991)
 * Face (2000)
 * Zatōichi (2003)
 * Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
 * Hanging Garden (2005)
 * Spring Snow (2005)
 * The Two in Tracksuits (2008)
 * The Fallen Angel (2010)
 * Someday (2011)
 * I'm Flash! (2012)
 * I Never Shot Anyone (2020)

Honours

 * Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2011)