Isuzu Yamada
162 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 5, 1917
- Died
- Jul 9, 2012 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Also known as
- Исудзу Ямада · ایسوزو یامادا
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).
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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).
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Isuzu Yamada: movies and TV shows
Acting (166)
- Upcoming
- 1985 Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as Oriku
- 1984
- 1982 Suspicion
as Tokie Horiuchi
- 1982 Arashi Tatsunari
as Tatsu
- 1981
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Ameyuki-san
as Waka Yamada
- 1978
- 1970
- 1966
- 1964
- 1963 Sakiko-san chotto
as 中川しの
- 1962
- 1962 The Great Wall
as Dowager Empress
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Glory on the Summit
as Taka Hirooka
- 1962 Four Sisters
as Tatsuko Katagiri
- 1961 Buddha
as Kalideva
- 1961
- 1961 The Orphan Brother
as Yashio (voice)
- 1961 Yojimbo
as Orin
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Daredevil in the Castle
as Yodogami
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as Otoku
- 1960 Bonchi
as Sei
- 1960
- 1960 Goodbye to Glory
as Otake
- 1960
- 1960 Princess Sen in Edo
as Kisaragi
- 1959 Pineapple Butai
as Shigeyo (Mother)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Chizuin
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Seasons of Love
as Urako
- 1958 A Boy and Three Mothers
as Natsu, the Foster Mother
- 1957
- 1957 Downtown
as Riyo Yazawa
- 1957 Black River
as Mikiko, landlady
- 1957 The Lower Depths
as Osugi the Landlady
- 1957
- 1957 The Shadow Daughter
as Okinu
- 1957 Tokyo Twilight
as Kisako Soma
- 1957
- 1957 Throne of Blood
as Lady Asaji Washizu
- 1956 The Mandarin Room
as Inako
- 1956 Flowing
as Otsuta
- 1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Shinako
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Farewell to Dream
as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
- 1956 Namida no hanamichi
as 江戸紫女将そよ
- 1956 大当り男一代
as お吉
- 1955
- 1955 Such is Life
as Oharu
- 1955 Christ in Bronze
as Kimika
- 1955 荒木又右衛門
as 妻みね
- 1955
- 1955 振袖釼法
as 母つじ
- 1955 If Indeed One Loves
as Yaeko (segment 3)
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Burden of Love
as Some Kaita
- 1954 Three Loves
as Mother
- 1954 A Billionaire
as Hanakuma
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Chushingura
as Oishi Riku
- 1953 Hiroshima
as Mineh Obah
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Miniature
as Tamiko
- 1953 A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Sayo Yamada
- 1953 江戸いろは祭
as 女房おなか
- 1952
- 1952 Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Become a Mother, Become a Woman
as Harue Yasukawa
- 1951
- 1951 Five Men of Edo
as Okane, Chobei's wife
- 1951 Fireworks Over the Sea
as Kaoru Uozumi
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 Home Sweet Home
as Namiko, Kosaku's wife
- 1951 The Killing of Otsuya
as Otsuya
- 1951 The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Misawa
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Fencing Master
as Oharu
- 1950
- 1950 The Motherland Far Far Away
as Masako
- 1950
- 1950 Kagebōshi
as お夏
- 1949
- 1949
- 1949
- 1949
- 1947 Actress
as Sumako Matsui
- 1946
- 1946
- 1945 The Famous Sword Bijomaru
as Sasae Onoda
- 1945
- 1944
- 1944
- 1943 The Sculpture of Master Choji
as Outa
- 1943 音楽大進軍
as Isuzu Yamada
- 1943 The Song Lantern
as O-Sode
- 1943
- 1942 Onna keizu
as Otsuta
- 1942
- 1942
- 1941 The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Oshino
- 1941
- 1941 Yukiko and Natsuyo
as Natsuyo
- 1941
- 1941
- 1940 The Snake Princess
as Oshima
- 1940
- 1939 Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Oshiho
- 1939 The Day Before
as Osaki
- 1939 The Fighting Firemen
as Koina
- 1939 Ichiyo Higuchi
as Ichiyo Higuchi
- 1939
- 1938 Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsuruhachi
- 1937 The Siege of Osaka
as Senhime
- 1936 Sisters of the Gion
as O-mocha
- 1936 Osaka Elegy
as Ayako Murai
- 1935 Miss Okichi
as Okichi
- 1935 Oyuki the Virgin
as Oyuki
- 1935 The Comb of Oroku
as Okinu
- 1935 The Downfall of Osen
as Osen
- 1934 Happy Daughter
as Michiko Yamada
- 1934
- 1934
- 1933
- 1933
- 1932 Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
as Oichi
- 1932
- 1932
- 1932 The Greatest Man in the World
as Oyae
- 1931
- 1931
- 1931 In Search of Mother
as Otose
- 1930
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2002
- 2000
- 1975