Cast
Isuzu Yamada
Acting
Cast
Isuzu Yamada
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-02-05
From
Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died
2012-07-09
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). 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
Throne of Blood
as Lady Asaji Washizu
Yojimbo
as Orin
The Comb of Oroku
as Okinu
The Downfall of Osen
as Osen
Shogun's Samurai
as Oeyo
Four Sisters
as Tatsuko Katagiri
Daredevil in the Castle
as Yodogami
The Lower Depths
as Osugi the Landlady
The Orphan Brother
as Yashio (voice)
Tokyo Twilight
as Kisako Soma
Buddha
as Kalideva
The Hidden Treasure
Flowing
as Otsuta
Osaka Elegy
as Ayako Murai
Suspicion
as Tokie Horiuchi
Kurosawa
as Self
Oyuki the Virgin
as Oyuki
A Billionaire
as Hanakuma
Chutaro of Banba
The Motherland Far Far Away
as Masako
Actress
as Sumako Matsui
Five Men of Edo
as Okane, Chobei's wife
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Chizuin
The Great Wall
as Dowager Empress
Black River
as Landlady
Bonchi
as Sei
Four Marriages
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as Oriku
The Body
The Lovelorn Geisha
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Kaoru Uozumi
荒木又右衛門
as 妻みね
Miniature
as Tamiko
Sisters of the Gion
as O-mocha
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
The Elegant Swordsman
Woman Boss
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsuruhachi
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Shinako
Sure Death
The Snake Princess
as Oshima
The Days of Evil Women
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
振袖釼法
as 母つじ
If Indeed One Loves
as Yaeko (segment 3)
Hiroshima
as Mineh Obah
The Killing of Otsuya
as Otsuya
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
Onna keizu
as Otsuta
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Oshino
Princess Sen in Edo
as Kisaragi
The Revenge Champion
The Way of Drama
Castle of Revenge
Glory on the Summit
as Taka Hirooka
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Oshiho
365 Nights
Ichiyo Higuchi
as Ichiyo Higuchi
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Happy Daughter
as Michiko Yamada
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Misawa
Goodbye to Glory
as Otake
Christ in Bronze
as Kimika
The Sword
as Sasae Onoda
Such is Life
as Oharu
Ishigassen
A Man from Akagi
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
as Oichi
Kagebōshi
as お夏
The Seasons of Love
as Urako
音楽大進軍
as Isuzu Yamada
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Sayo Yamada
The Big Ambition
The Man Who Waited
Namida no hanamichi
as 江戸紫女将そよ
The Shrikes
A Matter of Valour
Mission Accomplished
How Sorrowful
Lord for a Night
The Song Lantern
as O-Sode
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
Farewell to Dream
as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
A Mother's Love
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
as Self
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Growing Up
The Horse Boy
At the End of the Clouds
Minamoto Yoshitsune
The Shop Curtain
Pineapple Butai
as Shigeyo (Mother)
江戸いろは祭
as 女房おなか
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as Otoku
Modern People
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Natsu, the Foster Mother
Burden of Love
as Some Kaita
誰よりも金を愛す
The Undefeated Woman
The Mandarin Room
The Shadow Daughter
Love in the Mountains
Devil’s Statue
Keshô yuki
Down Town
as Riyo Yazawa
Wild Lion
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
Chushingura
as Oishi Riku
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Deep River Melody
Arashi Tatsunari
as Tatsu
Satsuma-bikyaku
Secret
Miss Okichi
as Okichi
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Until Victory Day
The Stand in Hakone
風来物語任侠篇
Koi rōka
Three Loves
as Mother
風雲金毘羅山
The Fighting Firemen
as Koina
Hinoki Butai
Musashibo Benkei
Professional Killer
Home Sweet Home
as Namiko, Kosaku's wife
Shanghai Moon
大当り男一代
as お吉
The Siege of Osaka
as Senhime
The Day Before
as Osaki
Fencing Master
as Oharu
In Search of Mother
as Otose
Yukiko and Natsuyo
as Natsuyo
Karatachi no hana
The Sculpture of Master Choji
as Outa
Schoolgirl Records
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
as Harue Yasukawa
風来物語 あばれ飛車
Kantaro of Ina
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
Ameyuki-san
as Waka Yamada
Bangaku no issho
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
The Greatest Man in the World
as Oyae
假名手本忠臣蔵
Suronin Chuya
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
Samurai Nippon
Sakiko-san chotto
as 中川しの
Hear My Mother's Cry
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
Disappearance in the Night
Five Patriots of Kyoto
Mother and Child
