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:Keiko Matsuzaka

{{Short description|Japanese actress (born 1952)}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Keiko Matsuzaka

| birthname = Keiko Shimizu

|native_name=清水慶子

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|20}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| othername = Keiko Takauchi (髙内慶子, Takauchi Keiko)
Han Kyeong-ja (韓慶子)

| yearsactive = 1967–present

| spouse = Haruhiko Takauchi

| children = 2

| homepage =

}}

{{nihongo|Keiko Matsuzaka|松坂 慶子|Matsuzaka Keiko}} (born July 20, 1952){{cn|date=February 2024}} is a Japanese actress.

Early life

Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese.{{cite web | title=16-year feud unresolved after death of actress Keiko Matsuzaka’s father | website=Japan Today | date=24 April 2009 | url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/16-year-feud-unresolved-after-death-of-actress-keiko-matsuzaka%25e2%2580%2599s-father | access-date=3 February 2024}}

Career

In the 1960s, Matsuzaka became a child actress. Matsuzaka grew into adulthood in film working for Daiei and Shochiku.

Matsuzaka played the "Madonna" role in the 1981 film Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō, the 27th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. The producers called on her again for that role in Torajirō no Endan, the 46th of the 49 installments (1993). Keiko also appeared in Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983), Shin Izakaya Yūrei (1996), Dr. Akagi by Shōhei Imamura (1998), Runin: Banished by Eiji Okuda (2004), and Inugamike no Ichizoku (scheduled for release in 2007). She won the award for best actress at the 6th Hochi Film Award for The Gate of Youth and Tora-san's Love in Osaka,{{cite web|url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1981/ |script-title=ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー |access-date=2010-01-26 |language=ja |publisher=Cinema Hochi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005193833/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1981/ |archive-date=2011-10-05 }} and at the 15th Hochi Film Award for The Sting of Death.{{cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1990/|script-title= ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー|access-date= 2010-01-26|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111005190908/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1990/|archive-date= 2011-10-05}}

Her early television appearances have included the tokusatsu superhero series Ultra Seven (1968). She portrayed Nohime, wife of Oda Nobunaga, in the 1973 NHK Taiga drama Kunitori Monogatari. From 1973 to 1981, she appeared in Edo o Kiru, including five seasons as the character Oyuki. The 1975 Taiga drama Genroku Taiheiki featured Keiko as Aguri (Yōzen'in), the wife and later widow of Asano Naganori in the dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. She then appeared in Kusa Moeru in the same time slot in 1979, and portrayed Sada (Kawakami Sadayakko), the lead role in the 1985 Taiga drama Haru no Hatō. Having portrayed Aguri, Keiko also played Riku, the wife of Oishi Yoshio, in Chūshingura Yōzen'in no Inbō, broadcast on January 2, 2007. She played Taira no Tokiko in the 2005 NHK Taiga drama Yoshitsune. She has made numerous other television appearances in series and specials, jidaigeki, contemporary dramas, and variety shows. Recently she is portrayed "Ikushima" in the 2008 NHK Taiga Drama Atsuhime.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

Matsuzaka has represented a variety of products and companies in television commercials. These include Nippon Menard Cosmetic Co., Nissin Foods, Yutoku Pharmaceutical Industries, Nissan Sunny, Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Kleenex, and Ōtsuka Foods.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

Among her other works are songs released in 1979 and 2002, and a book of photographs of her, also in 2002.

Filmography

= Films =

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  • Ultra Seven (1968)
  • Kunitori Monogatari (1973) - Nōhime{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/73-taiga.html|title= 国盗り物語|access-date= 13 March 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}
  • Edo o Kiru (1973–1981)
  • Genroku Taiheiki (1975)
  • Kusa Moeru (1979)
  • Akō Rōshi (1979)
  • Sekigahara (1981) - Hatsume
  • Haru no Hatō (1985) - Sada Yacco
  • Skip (1996)
  • Mōri Motonari (1997) - Sugi no Kata
  • Prince Shotoku (2001)
  • Paato-taimu tantei (2002)
  • Paato-taimu tantei 2 (2004)
  • Proof of the Man (2004)
  • Yoshitsune (2005) - Taira no Tokiko
  • Chūshingura Yōzen'in no Inbō (2007)
  • Atsuhime (2008) - Ikushima
  • Burning Flower (2015)
  • Here Comes Asa! (2016)
  • Segodon (2018) - Saigō Masa
  • Manpuku (2018){{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000935240/cast/|title= まんぷくの出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= April 21, 2024|work= The Television}}
  • Ōoku the Final (2019) - Jōen-in
  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2019)
  • Ashita no Kazoku (2020)
  • The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023) - Chiyo{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/comic/news/460725|title= 「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」Netflixでドラマ化！監督は是枝裕和、森七菜＆出口夏希のW主演|date= January 7, 2022|access-date= January 7, 2022|work= Natalie}}
  • Ranman (2023) - Taki Makino and old Chizuru Makino{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20230925dog00m200006000c.html|title= らんまん:宮崎あおいのサプライズ登場にSNS騒然「申し分のない最終週」松坂慶子も再登場|access-date= September 26, 2023|work= Mantan-web|date= 25 September 2023}}
  • Asura (2025) - Fuji{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/158282/1|title= Netflix『阿修羅のごとく』に本木雅弘、松田龍平、藤原季節、内野聖陽、國村隼、松坂慶子ら 豪華共演キャスト発表|access-date= 17 December 2024|website= Crank-in!|language=ja}}

Awards and nominations

Honours

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0559698}}
  • {{cite news |title=Nothing saggy about this foxy fiftysomething's showbiz career|url=http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/face/archive/news/2005/20050408p2g00m0dm999000c.html|work=Mainichi Shimbun|date=April 8, 2005|access-date=2007-04-29}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010}}

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{{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress}}

{{Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress}}

{{Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress}}

{{Hochi Film Award for Best Actress}}

{{Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress}}

{{Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress}}

{{Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actress}}

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Category:1952 births

Category:People from Ōta, Tokyo

Category:Japanese people of South Korean descent

Category:Japanese actresses of Korean descent

Category:Living people

Category:Actresses from Tokyo

Category:20th-century Japanese actresses

Category:21st-century Japanese actresses

Category:Taiga drama lead actors

Category:Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon

Category:Japanese film actresses

Category:Japanese television actresses

Category:Cheongju Han clan