Word: sachiko
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very rich man in yen," Shirley insists to doubting friends. "When he gets rolling, his business will make my operations look sick.") When Shirley made Around the World, she got to Japan herself; when she took time out to have a baby, she named her Stephanie Sachiko, to demonstrate that she shared Steve's love for the Orient. The baby slowed her down not a bit. She made Hot Spell, a good picture but not much of a box-office splash, showed up on the Sheepman set "somewhat trepidatious" for her first western. She was togged in immaculate jeans...
...oldest unmarried sister−must find a husband first. But Yukiko is a clinging vine who almost prefers clinging to her family. She is adept at flower-arranging, but she gets completely flustered if she has to answer the telephone. Through go-betweens, Sachiko, the No. 2 sister, sets up miai after miai−get-acquainted sessions with prospective suitors and their families. But Yukiko seems to be jinxed. In the meantime, Taeko, the youngest sister, who represents modern Japan's off-beat generation, scandalizes the family by running off with one man, then taking another lover, and finally...