Isuzu Yamada
Acting
Born: February 5, 1917 · Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died: July 9, 2012 (aged 95)
Highest Rated
Biography
Isuzu Yamada (山田 五十鈴, Yamada Isuzu, 5 February 1917 – 9 July 2012) was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career spanned seven decades. Yamada was born in Osaka as Mitsu Yamada, the daughter of Kusudu Yamada, a shinpa actor specialising in onnagata roles, and Ritsu, a geisha. Yamada debuted as a film actress in 1930 at age twelve, appearing in the Nikkatsu film Tsurugi wo koete. She soon became one of Nikkatsu's top actresses, but it was her portrayals of strong-willed modern girls in Kenji Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy and Sisters of the Gion in 1936 at the new Daiichi Eiga studio that earned her popularity and critical acclaim. Moving to Shinkō Kinema and then to Toho, she became a star with Mikio Naruse's Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938). During the second half of the 1950s, Yamada's main attention shifted towards the stage, but she still appeared in a number of distinguished films like Naruse's Flowing (1956), Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Twilight (1957) and Akira Kurosawa's The Lower Depths (1957) and Throne of Blood (1957). Other directors she worked with during this decade include Keisuke Kinoshita, Kaneto Shindō and Shirō Toyoda. In addition to her theatre engagements, she appeared on television, including the long-running Hissatsu series. Her last TV appearance was in 2002. Yamada died from multiple organ failure in Tokyo on 9 July 2012 at the age of 95. She was married four times, to actor Ichirō Tsukita, to producer Kazuo Takimura, to actor Yoshi Katō, and to actor Tsutomu Shimomoto. Her daughter with Tsukita, Michiko, became known as the actress Michiko Saga (1935–1992). Description above from the Wikipedia article Isuzu Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movies (142)
Yojimbo
Orin
Throne of Blood
Lady Asaji Washizu
Tokyo Twilight
Kisako Soma
The Lower Depths
Osugi the Landlady
Castle of Revenge
1952
The Motherland Far Far Away
Masako
Sakiko-san chotto
中川しの
Sure Death
1984
Shogun's Samurai
Oeyo
Bonchi
Sei
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Otoku
A Man from Akagi
1950
Sisters of the Gion
O-mocha
Schoolgirl Records
1941
Osaka Elegy
Ayako Murai
Suspicion
Tokie Horiuchi
Home Sweet Home
Namiko, Kosaku's wife
Four Marriages
1944
The Great Wall
Dowager Empress
Burden of Love
Some Kaita
Daredevil in the Castle
Yodogami
Flowing
Otsuta
Satsuma-bikyaku
1951
Buddha
Kalideva
Lord for a Night
1946
Ameyuki-san
Waka Yamada
Oyuki the Virgin
Oyuki
Christ in Bronze
Kimika
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956
Black River
Landlady
The Body
1962
Hiroshima
Mineh Obah
Four Sisters
Tatsuko Katagiri
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Five Men of Edo
Okane, Chobei's wife
The Orphan Brother
Yashio (voice)
風来物語任侠篇
1959
大当り男一代
お吉
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
365 Nights
1962
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
If Indeed One Loves
Yaeko (segment 3)
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Sayo Yamada
振袖釼法
母つじ
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Misawa
The Shrikes
1961
Woman Boss
1970
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Downtown
Riyo Yazawa
A Boy and Three Mothers
Natsu, the Foster Mother
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Shinako
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Sasae Onoda
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Deep River Melody
1960
The Stand in Hakone
1952
Three Loves
Mother
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Modern People
1952
Miniature
Tamiko
A Billionaire
Hanakuma
Wild Lion
1953
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsuruhachi
Goodbye to Glory
Otake
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Oshiho
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Oshino
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's mother, Kiyo
Fireworks Over the Sea
Kaoru Uozumi
The Mandarin Room
Inako
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951
Orizuru kasa
1951
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959
The Downfall of Osen
Osen
Man of Edo
1959
Kagebōshi
お夏
荒木又右衛門
妻みね
The Fighting Firemen
Koina
The Day Before
Osaki
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Oriku
The Shadow Daughter
Okinu
假名手本忠臣蔵
1962
Namida no hanamichi
江戸紫女将そよ
Koga Manshion
1949
Chutaro of Banba
1955
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Somehachi
Glory on the Summit
Taka Hirooka
Arashi Tatsunari
Tatsu
Fencing Master
Oharu
Bangaku no issho
1933
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Harue Yasukawa
Samurai Nippon
1957
Disappearance in the Night
1959
The Seasons of Love
Urako
The Way of Drama
1944
Princess Sen in Edo
Kisaragi
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Ishigassen
1955
Pineapple Butai
Shigeyo (Mother)
The Shop Curtain
1958
The Killing of Otsuya
Otsuya
Actress
Sumako Matsui
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
The Song Lantern
O-Sode
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955
Musashibo Benkei
1942
Keshô yuki
1940
The Greatest Man in the World
Oyae
Until Victory Day
1945
The Revenge Champion
1931
Growing Up
1955
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
Kantaro of Ina
1943
音楽大進軍
Isuzu Yamada
Chushingura
Oishi Riku
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Outa
Devil’s Statue
1952
Love in the Mountains
1959
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
風雲金毘羅山
1950
Hinoki Butai
1946
Mission Accomplished
1960
The Siege of Osaka
Senhime
Karatachi no hana
1954
Mother and Child
1956
The Man Who Waited
1942
Miss Okichi
Okichi
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
1979
Suronin Chuya
1930
The Horse Boy
1957
江戸いろは祭
女房おなか
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
The Hidden Treasure
1959
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
1952
A Matter of Valour
1957
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
1960
The Big Ambition
1955
Koi rōka
1949
Secret
1960
In Search of Mother
Otose
Shanghai Moon
1941
