Sanae Tsuchida
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 actress. She was born on July 26, 1949, in Toyonaka, Osaka
Toyonaka, Osaka
is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 388,633 and a population density of 10,680 persons per km². The total area is 36.38 km²...

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In film, Tsuchida had a role in Kore ga Seishun Da! (1966). In another modern role (1976), she appeared in the Norifumi Suzuki
Norifumi Suzuki
', also known as Norifumi Suzuki, is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his works for studio Toei , especially the Red Peony Gambler and Truck Yarō series.Suzuki was born November 26, 1933 in Shizuoka...

 film Torakku Yarō: Hōkyō Ichiban Hoshi. The year 1979 saw her in a film based on the television series she had been in: Onmitsu dōshin Ōedo sōsamō.

Tsuchida has appeared in major roles in many prime-time television series. She starred as Kagari, playing opposite Asahi Kurizuka
Asahi Kurizuka
Asahi Kurizuka is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki. His most notable appearances include the following:* Shinsengumi Keppū-roku * Moeyo Ken * Ore wa Yōjinbō * Kaze, co-starring Sanae Tsuchida...

 in the 42-episode 1967–68 black-and-white jidaigeki
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular...

series Kaze on the Tokyo Broadcasting System
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 network. She had a leading role as Inazuma Oryū in Ōedo Sōsamō
Oedo Sosamo
and are long-running prime time television jidaigeki programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo . The title literally translates as "Oedo Dragnet"...

. From 1970 to 1975, she appeared as Chiharu in Ōoka Echizen
Ooka Echizen
was a long-running prime-time television jidaigeki in Japan. From March 16, 1970 to March 15, 1999, 402 episodes were broadcast. Also, a two-hour special aired on March 20, 2006, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the National Gekijō, which occupies the Monday evening 8:00–8:54 time slot on...

, and from 1970 to 1973 as Oyumi in Zenigata Heiji
Zenigata Heiji
is Japanese fictional character, the hero of a series of Japanese novels, films and TV programmes set in the Edo period of Japanese history. He is a policeman who catches criminals by throwing coins, the zeni of the title, thus Zenigata Heiji. The hero was created by novelist Kodō Nomura in 1937...

, with kabuki
Kabuki
is classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing , dance , and skill...

 actor Hashizō Ōkawa as the title character. Leaving the Edo period
Edo period
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, she played Itoko in the daytime drama series Akantare (1976–77). In addition to series, she has also been cast in numerous guest-star roles, among them Abarenbō Shōgun
Abarenbo Shogun
is a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shogun. The program started in 1978 under the title Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun...

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Tsuchida has also appeared on stage, in variety and quiz shows, and in commercials.

Tsuchida starred as Hu San-Niang in the 1977 mini-series,The Water Margin.

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This article incorporates material from 土田早苗 (Tsuchida Sanae) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved June 6, 2008.
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