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Michiyo Okusu (大楠 道代 Ōkusu Michiyo born February 27 1946) is a Chinese-born Japanese actress. She has been nominated for 4 Japanese Academy Awards and won the 1981 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role prize for her performance in Zigeunerweisen. She began her career as a film ingenue using the stage name Michiyo Yasuda under which she scored major early successes with films such as A Fool’s Love and numerous love stories and samurai period piece dramas.