Fujiko Yamamoto
Acting
Born: December 11, 1931 (age 94) · Itachibori, Nishi, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
Fujiko Yamamoto (山本富士子, Yamamoto Fujiko) (born 11 December 1931) is a Japanese stage, film and television actress. She was the winner of the first Miss Nippon Grand Prix in 1950, and appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963, including works by directors Yasujirō Ozu, Kon Ichikawa, Shirō Toyoda and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Yamamoto was born on 11 December 1931 in Nishi ward, Osaka. In 1953, she made her film debut at Daiei Film, and became one of the studio's top actresses. Yamamoto was considered one of Japan's most beautiful women, with, in the words of film historian Catherine Russell, "noble" features that represented the classic ideal of Japanese beauty. As such, she was well-suited for costumed parts in the era's popular period dramas, with her less-frequent modern roles (in films like Ozu's Equinox Flower and Ichikawa's Being Two Isn't Easy) often shot in "movie star" closeups that placed her apart from the films' contemporary storytelling. In 1963, when her contract came up for renewal, she insisted on changes. The head of Daiei, Masaichi Nagata, refused, dismissed her, and prevented her from finding work at other film studios via the Five-Company Agreement. After the Daiei dismissal, Yamamoto acted in the TV series Toshiba Sunday Theatre and on Fuji TV. Even though she has appeared frequently on stage and on television, she has not appeared in a film since then.
Known for
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Movies (79)
Picnic
Nurse
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Equinox Flower
Yukiko Sasaki
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Yôsen'in
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Ten Dark Women
Futaba Kaze
A Woman's Testament
1960
Blind Devotion
Natsuko
An Actor's Revenge
Ohatsu
Hunting Rifle
Saiko Tagi
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Great Wall
Princess Chu
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo
Buddha
Usha
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
Satan's Sword
Omatsu
Undercurrent
Kiwa Funaki
Hana no Inochi wo
1954
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
Omatsu
Jōen
1959
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Beauty the Enemy
Kikue Yoshino
Stop the Old Fox
Tomi / Toyoharu
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Bridge of Japan
Kiyoha Takinoya
Tange Sazen
1952
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Patterns of Love
1960
Peony on the Skin
1959
The Twilight Story
1960
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Michiyo Sawada
Pilgrimage at Night
Naoko
Jirocho Fuji
Oshin
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Ghost Soup
1992
The Swishing Sword
1958
The Golden Demon
Miya
Nocturne of a Woman
1961
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
The Venus' Tear
1962
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957
Love of the Princess
Yuhide
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
What Price Love?
Komako Shirokoya
Princess Sen in Edo
Princess Sen
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
The Snowy Heron
1958
The Song Lantern
1960
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955
Night Butterflies
O-Kiku
Yume de aritai
1962
The Precipice
1958
Miai Ryokou
1955
The Path I Remember
Saya Ikeda
Tange Sazen
1953
Musume no boken
1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Flowery Hood
1956
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Messenger from the Moon
Michiko Nonomiya
Floating Vessel
Ukifune
Paper Pigeon
Masako Komaki
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Thirst
1958
Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Made in Japan
Yoshiko Sunohara
Madame Aki
Aki
京化粧
1961
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Umematsu
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Mother
Yamanaka
