Isuzu Yamada
Acting
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
Known for
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movieSuspicion
1982
Tokie Horiuchi
movieAmeyuki-san
1979
Waka Yamada
tvAkō Rōshi
1964
Riku
movieThe Great Wall
1962
Dowager Empress
movieGlory on the Summit
1962
Taka Hirooka
movieFour Sisters
1962
Tatsuko Katagiri
movieBuddha
1961
Kalideva
movieThe Orphan Brother
1961
Yashio (voice)
movieYojimbo
1961
Orin
movieDaredevil in the Castle
1961
Yodogami
moviePrincess Sen in Edo
1960
Kisaragi
moviePineapple Butai
1959
Shigeyo (Mother)
movieA Boy and Three Mothers
1958
Natsu, the Foster Mother
movieDown Town
1957
Riyo Yazawa
movieBlack River
1957
Landlady
movieThe Lower Depths
1957
Osugi the Landlady
movieTokyo Twilight
1957
Kisako Soma
movieThrone of Blood
1957
Lady Asaji Washizu
movieFlowing
1956
Otsuta
movieFarewell to Dream
1956
Seiji's mother, Kiyo
movieNamida no hanamichi
1956
江戸紫女将そよ
movieIf Indeed One Loves
1955
Yaeko (segment 3)
movieBurden of Love
1955
Some Kaita
movieThree Loves
1954
Mother
movieA Billionaire
1954
Hanakuma
movieChushingura
1954
Oishi Riku
movieHiroshima
1953
Mineh Obah
movieMiniature
1953
Tamiko
movieA Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
Sayo Yamada
movie江戸いろは祭
1953
女房おなか
movieTsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Somehachi
movieBecome a Mother, Become a Woman
1952
Harue Yasukawa
movieFive Men of Edo
1951
Okane, Chobei's wife
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951
Kaoru Uozumi
movieHome Sweet Home
1951
Namiko, Kosaku's wife
movieActress
1947
Sumako Matsui
movieThe Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945
Sasae Onoda
movie音楽大進軍
1943
Isuzu Yamada
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
movieTsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
Tsuruhachi
movieThe Siege of Osaka
1937
Senhime
movieSisters of the Gion
1936
O-mocha
movieOsaka Elegy
1936
Ayako Murai
movieMiss Okichi
1935
Okichi
Happy Daughter
1934
Michiko Yamada
