
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
