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Fukumi Kuroda

Japanese actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ906047 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fukumi Kuroda (黒田 福美, Kuroda Fukumi; born July 21, 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress.

Career

Fukumi Kuroda appeared in the films such as Shohei Imamura's History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess, Juzo Itami's Tampopo, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home.

Filmography

Film

Tampopo (1985) - Man in White Suit's mistress

Sweet Home (1989) - Asuka

Zansatsu Seyo Setsunaki Mono, Sore wa Ai (1990)

Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990) - Kiyoka a geisha

Shirayuri Gakuen Yokyubu (1992)

Ahiru no Uta ga Kikoete Kuruyo (1993) - 'Yamanashi-Ya' no tsuma

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) - Mrs. Kobayashi

Karaoke (1999)

Dodge Go! Go! (2002) - Headmaster

Lakeside Murder Case (2004) - Kazue Fujima

Sunshine Days (2008)

Zero Focus (2009)

Tôku no sora (2010)

Banana to gurôbu to jinbeezame (2013) - Mariko domoto

Tokyo teyande (2013)

Reason of Life (2015) - Yoshimi Tachibana

Shasen Henkō (TBA)

Television

Dengeki Sentai Changeman (1985-1986) - Queen Ahames

The Kindaichi Case Files (1995)

Tsukisoibito no Uta (1998) - Sakazaki (head nurse)

Stained Glass (2004)

Muscle Girl!

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Fukumi Kuroda” is japanese actress. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Fukumi, Kuroda and Japanese, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 1985, 1989, 1990—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1956-06-21, 1956-07-21—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. For this dossier, Fukumi, Kuroda and Japanese is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “japanese actress” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q906047. VIAF identifies the subject as 168877842. The Library of Congress control number is no2011034008. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956, 1985, 1989 and 1990.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Fukumi Kuroda” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.