Yukiko Inoue in Shiota's Canary

[Michael E Kerpan Jr]

Jason --

Thanks for the information.

There surely must be an interesting story underlying Inoue-san's return to 
film.

Could she really have been only 15 or 16 when she made her debut with Ozu -- 
in an adult part?  

MEK

On Monday 26 December 2005 22:55, Jason Gray wrote:
> Michael,
>
> It is indeed the same actress. I don't know a lot about
> her, but at the FILMeX 2003 screening of Shimizu Hiroshi's
> "Japanese Girls at the Harbor" ("Minato no nihon musume,"
> 1933), everyone was amazed to see her stand up in the
> audience and wave, giving a few words. She returned to
> FILMeX in 2004 and took the stage with the cast members of
> "Canary."
>
> Doing a quick search, found this on the official site for
> "Canary." (scroll down to the bottom)
>
> http://www.shirous.com/canary/cast.html
>
> The main points (for those who can't read Japanese or see
> Jap. characters)
>
> - Born in 1915.
> - She's half Dutch (which I now remember being mentioned
> at the Shimizu screening)
> - Under the name ??? / Kane Itsuko (?), she started off
> in Shochiku musical plays/operas in Osaka
> - For her film debut, she went back to her original name
> (Inoue Yukiko), appearing in Ozu's "Bijin aishu" (aka
> Beauty's Sorrows) and other films of his
> - After appearing in Naruse Mikio's "Kagirinaki hodo"
> (Street Without End), she left Shochiku in 1934
> - Made a "special appearance" in Toyoda Shirou's
> "Tokyo-Osaka tokudane orai" in 1936 before disappearing
> from the screen
> - Took a little 67-year break until her 2003 public
> appearances (the aformentioned Shimizu screening and the
> "OZU2003" Symposium)
>
> Maybe someone (Jasper?) who knows about Canary can shed
> light on her involvement in that film.
>