FrameThrower · Actors · Yukiko Todoroki
Yukiko Todoroki
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1943–1945
Born 11 September 1917 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan · died 11 May 1967
Yukiko Todoroki was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko (Turquoise or Turk). Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors Masahiro Makino and Koji Shima. Her son is Masayuki Makino, the principal of Okinawa Actors School. Anna Makino, a former member of idol group Super Monkey's, is her granddaughter.
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Yukiko takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day, 40% low key — the look of the work Yukiko takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 129 frames from Yukiko Todoroki's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.