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 (101)
Tokai toiu minato
1958
Symphony of Love
1958
Equinox Flower
Yukiko Sasaki
Duel at Noon
1957
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
Undercurrent
Kiwa Funaki
Picnic
Nurse
The Buried Treasure
1956
The Great Wall
Princess Chu
Shirazu no Yatarō
1954
The Birth of Judo
1955
Spark
1956
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Yôsen'in
Ginga no miyako
1957
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
1958
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
I Love You
1956
Atarashiki ten
1954
Driving Like Mad
1955
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
A Woman's Testament
1960
Night Butterflies
O-Kiku
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
The Romance of Yushima
1955
The Song Lantern
1960
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
The Precipice
1958
Woman of Fire
1954
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Hana no sando gasa
1954
The Twilight Story
1960
The Golden Demon
Miya
The Snowy Heron
1958
Made in Japan
Yoshiko Sunohara
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Buddha
Usha
Ten Women in Black
Futaba Kaze
An Actor's Revenge
Ohatsu
Jirocho Fuji
Oshin
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Itarō jishi
1955
Tenryū shibukigasa
1958
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Michiyo Sawada
Tange Sazen
1953
Love of the Princess
Yuhide
Satan's Sword
Omatsu
Bridge of Japan
Kiyoha Takinoya
Paper Pigeon
Masako Komaki
京化粧
1961
Jōen
1959
Princess Sen in Edo
Princess Sen
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
Omatsu
Secret of Naruto
1957
Ghost Soup
1992
Tsubakuro kasa
1955
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Miai Ryokou
1955
The Swishing Sword
1958
Nocturne of a Woman
1961
Mother
Yamanaka
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Yume de aritai
1962
Patterns of Love
1960
Pilgrimage at Night
Naoko
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Yuki no wataridori
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957
Stop the Old Fox
Tomi / Toyoharu
Thirst
1958
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Umematsu
Tange Sazen
1952
Hana no Inochi wo
1954
Beauty the Enemy
Kikue Yoshino
The Venus' Tear
1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
Hunting Rifle
Saiko Tagi
What Price Love?
Komako Shirokoya
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Madame Aki
Aki
Flowery Hood
1956
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Messenger from the Moon
Michiko Nonomiya
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Peony on the Skin
1959
The Path I Remember
Saya Ikeda
Musume no boken
1958
Blind Devotion
Natsuko
Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto
Floating Vessel
Ukifune
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
A Week in Hawaii
1959
Tōkyō no josei
1960
