
Acting
Yōko Aizawa (相澤 葉子, Aizawa Yōko, born August 20, 1934) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa. She is a professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare and serves as the 2nd head of Nihon Taishōmura theme park. Born as Yōko Shōji (庄司 葉子) in Tottori Prefecture, to a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama. Her family is a branch of the Shōji family, the landed magnate of Watari. She married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. She's been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003) and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010).

Yojimbo
1961

Epic Chushingura
1971

Haru no Sakamichi
1971

Samurai Rebellion
1967

Admiral Yamamoto
1968

The End of Summer
1961

Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016

The Three Treasures
1959

Goyokin
1969

Battle of the Japan Sea
1969

Chûshingura
1962

Five Gents on the Spot
1966

Late Autumn
1960

Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974

Devils-in-Law
1968

Island of Hell
1977

Mother and Son
1955

Samurai Saga
1959

Summer Clouds
1958

Queen Bee
1978

Two in the Shadow
1967

Blue Jeans Memory
1981

Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970

Marital Relations
1955

The Angry Sea
1960

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969

The Masterless 47
1960

3 Dolls in College
1959

The Blue Beast
1960

Moment of Terror
1966

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970

The Last Gunfight
1960

Kojiro
1967

Challenge to Live
1961

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969

Women Called 'Wives'
1963