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Yuko Takeuchi’s five best films: remembering the popular Japanese actress, found dead at 40

Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi was found dead at her family home in Tokyo on Sunday morning by her husband, the actor Taiki Nakabayashi.The cause of death is presumed to be suicide, making the 40-year-old mother of two the latest in a string of high-profile performers in Japan to take their own lives in recent months, following the deaths of Sei Ashina earlier this month and Haruma Miura in July.A prolific film and television actress, Takeuchi found fame in the 1996 Fuji TV drama Cyborg, and…

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