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Isuzu Yamada (1917–2012)

Actress

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Daughter of an actor and a geisha, she was trained as a musician on the three-stringed traditional Japanese shamisen. Her acting career began at the age of fourteen. She joined the Nikkatsu studio in Kyoto in 1930, because her mother was a friend of the chief executive. International fame came through her roles in several films by Akira Kurosawa... See more trivia »

Born:

Mitsu Yamada
in Osaka, Japan

Died:

(age 95) in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan
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1987 Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Oriku
 
1985 Hissatsu shigotonin V (TV series)
Oriku
 
1984 Hissatsu!: Sure Death!
'Shamisen Shop' Oriku
 
1982 Suspicion
Tokie Horiuchi
 
1979 Hissatsu shigotonin (TV series)
Otowa
– Sono shigoto no irai hikiukeru noka? (1979) … Otowa
– Mondo o ayatsuru bachi no oto wa dare ka? (1979) … Otowa
 
1979 Ameyuki san (TV movie)
 
1978 The Shogun's Samurai
Oeyo (Mother)
 
1970 Onna kumichô
 
1967 Ô-oku maruhi monogatari
 
1964 Because I Love You (TV movie)
 
1964 The Body
Proprietress of Sex Club
 
1962 Shin shikôtei
Dowager Empress
 
1962 Glory on the Summit
 
1961 Buddha
Kalideva
 
1961 The Littlest Warrior
Yashio (voice)
 
1961 Yojimbo
Orin
 
1961 Dare yori-mo kane o aisu
 
1961 Daredevil in the Castle
Yodogami
 
1961 Mozu
 
1960 Evening Stream
 
1960 Bonchi
Sei
 
1960 Sen-hime goten
 
1960 Pineapple butai
Shigeyo (Mother)
 
1959 Shura zakura
 
1958 Akujo no kisetsu
Taeko Sugawara
 
1958 The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Chizuin
 
1958 A Boy and Three Mothers
Natsu , the Foster Mother
 
1958 Noren
 
1957 Shitamachi
 
1957 The Lower Depths
Osugi the Landlady
 
1957 A Matter of Valor
 
1957 Hikage no musume
 
1957 Tokyo Twilight
Kisako Soma
 
1957 Onna dake no machi
 
1957 Throne of Blood
Lady Asaji Washizu
 
1957 Samurai Nippon
 
1957 Black River
 
1956 Oshidori no mon
 
1956 Flowing
Otsuta
 
1956 A Cat, Two Women, and One Man
First wife
 
1956 Boshizô
Yukiko Izumi
 
1956 Christ in Bronze
 
1955 Ishigassen
Hiroko
 
1955 Takekurabe
 
1955 Burden of Love
 
1955 Aisureba koso
Yaeko (segment 3)
 
1955 Jinsei tombo gaeri
 
1954 A Billionaire
Hanakuma
 
1954 Karatachi no hana
Toyo Nakano
 
1954 Jigoku no kengô Hirate Miki
Ogin
 
1954 Mittsu no ai
 
1953 Hiroshima
 
1953 Shukuzu
Tamiko
 
1953 Onna kanja himon - Akô rôshi
Yôzen'in
 
1953 Onna hitori daichi o yuku
 
1953 Edo iroha matsuri
 
1952 Gendai-jin
 
1952 Tsukigata Hanpeita
 
1952 Zoku Akôjô
Aguri
 
1952 Akôjô
Aguri
 
1952 Hakone fûunroku
 
1952 Haha nareba onna nareba
 
1952 Demon's Image
 
1951 Five Men of Edo
Okane, Chobei's wife
 
1951 Fireworks Over the Sea
Kaoru Uozumi
 
1951 Oboro kago
 
1951 Waga ya wa tanoshi
Namiko, Kosaku's wife
 
1950 Midare-boshi Kôjin-yama
Okiku
 
1950 Tateshi Danpei
 
1950 A Mother's Love
 
1950 The Motherland Far Far Away
Masako
 
1949 Koiokamibi
 
1947 Tôhô sen'ichi-ya
 
1947 Joyu
 
1946 Aru yo no tonosama
 
1945 Meitô bijomaru
Sasae Onoda
 
1945 Until Victory Day (short)
 
1944 Yottsu no kekkon
Hiroko
 
1944 Shibaidô
 
1943 Himetaru kakugo
Oshizu
 
1943 Meijin Chôji-bori
Outa
 
1943 Ongaku dai-shingun
 
1943 The Song Lantern
O-Sode
 
1943 Ina no Kantarô
Oshin
 
1942 Zoku onna keizu
Otsuta
 
1942 Onna keizu
Otsuta
 
1942 Matte ita otoko
 
1942 Musashibo Benkei
Koshikibu
 
1941 Kawanakajima kassen
Oshino
 
1941 Jogakusei-ki
 
1941 Shanghai Moon
Jing Lusi
 
1941 Kino kieta otoko
Kotomi
 
1940 Zoku Hebihime sama
Oshima
 
1940 Niitsuma kagami part1
Fumiyo Shichiri
 
1940 Hebihime-sama
Oshima
 
1940 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Koiguruma no maki
Oshiho
 
1939 Sono zenya
Osaki
 
1939 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Oshiho
 
1939 Kenka tobi - Kôhen
Koina
 
1939 Kenka tobi - Zempen
Koina
 
1939 Higuchi Ichiyo
 
1939 Chûshingura: Kôhen
 
1939 Chûshingura: Zenpen
O-Karu
 
1939 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Hayate-hen
Oshiho
 
1939 Tange Sazen: sekigan no maki
 
1938 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Yoto-hen (short)
Oshiho
 
1938 Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsurujiro
 
1937 Yoshida Palace
Princess Fujio, Lord Nobutoshi's Daughter
 
1936 Sisters of the Gion
O-Mocha
 
1936 Shijû-hachi-nin me
Oshino
 
1936 Osaka Elegy
Ayako Murai
 
1935 Ojo Okichi
Okichi
 
1935 Maria no Oyuki
Oyuki
 
1935 Oroku-gushi
Okinu
 
1935 Orizuru Osen
Osen
 
1934 Kensetsu no hitobito
Chieko
 
1934 The Pass of Love and Hate
Outa
 
1934 Chûshingura - Ninjô-hen; Fukushû-hen
 
1934 Ureshii musume
 
1934 Tange Sazen: Kengeki no maki
Hagino
 
1934 Budo taikan
 
1933 Bangaku no issho
 
1933 Kôya no hate - Zempen
Yoshie - Ogawa's fiancée
 
1933 Kôya no hate - Kanketsu-hen
Yoshie - Ogawa's fiancée
 
1932 Kokushi muso
Oyae
 
1932 Yamiuchi tosei
Oshizu
 
1931 Junkyokesshi: Nihon nijuroku seijin
 
1931 Adauchi senshu
 
1930 Nikkatsu on Parade (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2000 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
– Kurosawa (2000) … Herself
 
1991 Tetsuko's Room (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #16.1 (1991) … Herself
 
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (documentary)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2013 The 36th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create (video documentary short)
Herself
 
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Trivia:

Daughter of an actor and a geisha, she was trained as a musician on the three-stringed traditional Japanese shamisen. Her acting career began at the age of fourteen. She joined the Nikkatsu studio in Kyoto in 1930, because her mother was a friend of the chief executive. International fame came through her roles in several films by Akira Kurosawa... See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Aquarius