Emiko Yagumo

Emiko Yagumo
八雲恵美子
Born
Chiyoko Tamano

(1903-08-15)15 August 1903
Died13 January 1979(1979-01-13) (aged 75)
Alma materShochiku Musical Theatre Department
Shochiku Kamata
OccupationActress
Years active1926-1937

Emiko Yagumo (Japanese: 八雲恵美子, 15 August 1903 – 13 January 1979), real name Chiyoko Tamano (Japanese: 玉野 千代子), was a Japanese silent film actress.

Biography

Chiyoko Tamano, better known by the stage name Emiko Yagumo, was born on 15 August 1903 in Kita-ku, Osaka, Empire of Japan.[1]

Yagumo joined the Shochiku Musical Theatre Department in Osaka in 1924 and Shochiku Kamata in 1926.[1] By the age of 19, Yagumo was performing in silent films as a kanbu (leading actress).[2] From 1928 to 1931, Yagumo starred in eight films alongside leading actor Denmei Suzuki (1900–1985).[2]

Yagumo was an icon of the modan gāru (modern girl) subculture in Japan and featured on advertisements for cosmetics such as face powder.[1][2]

Yagumo died on 13 January 1979, aged 75.[3]

Filmography

  • 1926: Hatsukoi (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1926: Obotchan (dir. Yasujirō Shimazu)
  • 1926: Haha-yo koishi (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1926: Ningen ai (dir. Shigeyoshi Suzuki)
  • 1926: Kiri no naka no tomoshibi (dir. Shigeyoshi Suzuki)
  • 1926: Musume (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1926: Kaeranu sasabue (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1926: Kyokuba-dan no shimai (dir. Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Torajirō Saitō)
  • 1926: Nijibare (dir. Yasujirō Shimazu)
  • 1926: Kanojo (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1927: Sannin no musume (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1927: Hazukashii yume (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1927: Karakuri musume (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1927: Koi wa kusemono (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1927: Honoo no sora (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1927: Jinsei no namida (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1927: Tōkyō koshin-kyoku (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1928: Mura no hanayome (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1928: Onna no isshō (dir. Yoshinobu Ikeda)
  • 1928: Bijin Kashima (dir. Hōtei Nomura)
  • 1928: Kare to Tōkyō (dir. Kiyohiko Ushihara)
  • 1928: Tomioka sensei (dir. Hōtei Nomura)
  • 1928: Toge no rakuen (dir. Hōtei Nomura)
  • 1928: Kare to den'en (dir. Kiyohiko Ushihara)
  • 1928: Riku no ōja (dir. Kiyohiko Ushihara)
  • 1929: Oyaji to sono ko (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1929: Fue no shiratama (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1930: Rebū no shimai (dir. Yasujirō Shimazu)
  • 1930: Reijin (dir. Yasujirō Shimazu)
  • 1930: Sono Yo no Tsuma (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
  • 1930: Kiri no naka no akebono (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1931: Ginga (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1931: Nikutai no bōfū (dir. Tsutomu Shigemune)
  • 1931: Bōfū-u no bara (dir. Hōtei Nomura)
  • 1931: Tōkyō no kōrasu (Tokyo Chorus, dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
  • 1932: Koi no Tōkyō (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
  • 1932: Chūshingura: Akō Kyō no maki (dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa)
  • 1932: Chūshingura: Edo no maki (dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa)
  • 1933: Koi zange (dir. Tsutomu Shigemune)
  • 1933: Kinō no onna (dir. Keisuke Sasaki)
  • 1933: Tenryū kudareba (dir. Hōtei Nomura)
  • 1933: Risō no otto (dir. Tsutomu Shigemune)
  • 1933: Chinchōge (dir. Hōtei Nomura)
  • 1934: Ukikusa monogatari (A Story of Floating Weeds, dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
  • 1935: Eikyū no ai: Zenpen (dir. Yoshinobu Ikeda)
  • 1935: Eikyū no ai: Kōhen (dir. Yoshinobu Ikeda)
  • 1936: Hirenge (dir. Yasushi Sasaki)
  • 1936: Haha no omokage (dir. Keisuke Sasaki)
  • 1936: Kanjō sanmyaku (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
  • 1936: Ofumi no hyōban (dir. Keisuke Sasaki)
  • 1937: Midare Shimada (dir. Seiichi Ina)
  • 1937: Asakusa no hi (dir. Yasujirō Shimazu)

References

  1. ^ a b c "八雲恵美子(ヤグモ エミコ)とは? 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  2. ^ a b c Gonzalez-Lopez, Irene (2018-03-07). Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-1-4744-0970-4.
  3. ^ "Emiko Yagumo (1903-1979)". BnF (in French). Retrieved 2025-10-13.