Yoshiko Kawada was born on October 17, 1895, in Niigata, Japan. She was an actress, known for Kurokami yâshâ dainihen (1926), Yôfu gonin onna - Dai sanpen: Sempatsu Oyoshi (1926) and Ari jigoku (1925). She died on March 24, 1970. (IMDB)

1895 (Meiji 28) October 17, Niigata City of the red-light district - Furumachi was born as the daughter of a teacher of dance to. At the age of 11, she moved to Tokyo with her family and studied under Kanma Fujima. After becoming a geisha from Shimbashi, she was entrusted to Sadako Kawakami, and stepped on the first stage at the Sadaito troupe, “Yainden Sumida Tall Tower” ( Imperial Theater ) with the stage name of “Yoko Kawakami” . Since then, she worked with Sada and was active on the new school stage.

After a new school of Shochiku, etc., in 1920 (Taisho 9), she was greeted as a star at the Shochiku Kamata studio, which was quickly founded. In the same year, she starred in Henry Otani 's “ Woman on the Island ” and became the first-star actress. A combination of popular actors at the time, Jukuro Muroguchi, and a series of co-starring works were announced one after the other, and the popularity of the two was a combination of Shoko Kurishima and Yukichi Iwata, along with the Shochiku Kamata dollar box combination.

After 1930 (Showa 5), she played an active role as a mother, but in 1935 (Showa 10) retired from the movie world with the farewell movie "Mother's Love". After retired, she served as a Natori of the Japanese dance city Yamaryu, and appeared on the stage of a new school, and once appeared in movies such as “The Bell Ringing Hill ” and “ Sad Love Pattern ”, after that And they lived quietly together. In her later years, the adopted woman was ahead of him, and finally he was greeted alone in his apartment in Soka . 1970 (Showa 45) March 23, died of heart failure. Died 74 years old. The body was found the next day by the landlord of the apartment.

(Source: JPN Wiki)