Mariko Okada
Acting
Born: January 11, 1933 (age 93) · Tokyo, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子, Okada Mariko, born 11 January 1933) is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida. Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruse's 1951 Dancing Girl, for whom she worked again in Husband and Wife, Floating Clouds and Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with Shochiku. In the following years, she starred in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon, Keisuke Kinoshita's Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense, and Heinosuke Gosho's Hunting Rifle. Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an avant-garde fashion. In later years, she appeared in films like Juzo Itami's Tampopo and Shinji Aoyama's My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005), her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mariko Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Tampopo
1985
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Late Autumn
1960
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Floating Clouds
1955
Eros + Massacre
1969
A Taxing Woman
1987
Heroic Purgatory
1970
Flowing
1956
Woman of the Lake
1966
Photos (3)
Movies (143)
Tampopo
Spaghetti Teacher
An Autumn Afternoon
Akiko
Proof of the Man
Kyoko Yasugi
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Akemi
The Fall of Ako Castle
Riku Ohishi
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Akemi
Late Autumn
Yuriko Sasaki
A Taxing Woman
Mitsuko Sugiura
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Akemi
Women in Prison
Kazuko Hirai, prisoner
Floating Clouds
Sei Mukai
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Two Wives
1967
Hunting Rifle
Midori Misugi
Confessions Among Actresses
Kyoko Ichimori
Heroic Purgatory
Nanako Shoda
Appassionata
Sei Shimamura
When It Rains, It Pours
Matsuko Abe
Adolescence
Mayumi Nishida
The Affair
Oriko
Scoundrel
1956
The Scent of Incense
Tomoko
The Geisha House
Hanaman's owner
Eros + Massacre
Noe Ito / Mako Ito
Frozen River
1976
Flowing
Nanako
Affair in the Snow
Yuriko Anzai
Hakuro no Shibijin
Kazuko Izawa
Wedding Season
1954
Rebels on the High Sea
Miki
Akitsu Hot Springs
Shinko
Impasse
Tatsuko Ibuki
Spring Dreams
Chizuko Okudaira
Love's Family Tree
1961
Woman of the Lake
Miyako Mizuki
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
1955
I Am a Cat
Hanako
Records of loyal vassals
Okatsu
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Women of Tokyo
Eiko Kurita
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Rika
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Kyoko Yasugi
Sing, Young People!
Mariko Okada
Farewell Rabaul
Sumiko Komatsu
A Story Written with Water
Shizuka Matsutani
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Husband and Wife
Kumiko, Shigekichi's sister
Beyond The Stars
Kosuzu
Eavesdropping Woman
1986
Ninjō misui
1957
Housewives Are Suing
1956
This Year's Love
1962
Morishige, where are you going?
Michiyo
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Yuri Ebihara
Talkative Company President
Mayumi Shoji
Kiriko no unmei
1962
Rainy Night Duel
Kikuko Kamo
Ai to kanashimi to
1962
Domineering
Hiroko Tadokoro
Double Wedding
Natsuko
Gendai Mushuku
Rie Kitami
Geisha Konatsu
Natsuko
The Lovers
Yoshi
All Sold Out
1956
Futari dake no toride
1963
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Navi
Mama's Diary
1954
Cross-Currents
Fujie Kaizuka
A Man Among Men
Michiko
Her Hoodlum Lover
Ruiko Miyahara
Escape from Hell
Kumi
The End of the Night
1953
A Roaring Trade
1962
Waterfront Blues
Maki Kamijo
No Time for Tears
Michiko
A Song of Little Men
1953
Doronko tengoku
1958
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The young woman
Mizu tamari
1961
An Edoite Judge
Koto
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
Women in the Mirror
Ai Kawase
Dancing Girl
Shinako
The Adorable Trio
Michiko Saeki
The Face
Akiko Mizuhara
The Lone Journey
Otaka
Hot Corner Murder
Aiko
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
The Time of Reckoning
Michiko Asai
Illusion of Blood
Oiwa
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi's niece
Netsuai sha
Yoriko Tsushima
White Fish
Kuniko
Shirai Gonpachi
Komurasaki
Okinawa Interlude
1959
Yakuza bayashi
1954
Tale of Scarlet Love
1963
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears
1954
Banana
1960
Price of Life
1971
Turtledove
1957
Farewell to the Summer Light
Naoko Toba
House of Many Pleasures
Suzuyo
The Luckiest Dai
1957
A Guide to Marriage
1952
ある落日
1959
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Saeko
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Akie Tsugawa
Runaway Bride
1956
A Meeting of Youths
Sadako Takagi
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Rika
Bot-chan
Madonna
The Estuary
1961
Umi no Chizu
Akiko
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Shūkin ryokō
1957
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
The Stronger Sex
1967
Hanayome no o noroke
Eiko Abe
People Waiting for Spring
Junko Murai
To Love and Forgive
1955
Flower in a Storm
1962
Grease Paint Serenade
Matsuko Takasuna
Bridge
1959
Hibi no haishin
1958
Young Love Conquers All
1955
Town of Seven Colors
1952
Niizuma no shitatari
1976
Ai no Noutan
1959
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
Monkey Business
Chie Katsura
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Kyoko Otaguro
Uzu
1961
Tatakai sunde higa kurete
1970
Kiri aru jyoji
1959
Arashi no naka no hōyō: Omokage wa Harukanari
1957
Lovetide
Sonoko
Family of Women
真山紀子
