Cast
Fujiko Yamamoto
Acting
Cast
Fujiko Yamamoto
Known for
Acting
Born
1931-12-11
From
Itachibori, Nishi, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Also known as 山本富士子, Фудзико Ямамото
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.
Picnic
as Nurse
Ten Dark Women
as Futaba Kaze
Equinox Flower
as Yukiko Sasaki
Buddha
as Usha
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
An Actor's Revenge
as Ohatsu
Satan's Sword
as Omatsu
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Yôsen'in
Bridge of Japan
as Kiyoha Takinoya
The Makioka Sisters
Hunting Rifle
as Saiko Tagi
The Great Wall
as Princess Chu
Undercurrent
as Kiwa Funaki
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo
The Twilight Story
Secret of Naruto
Jirocho Fuji
as Oshin
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as Omatsu
What Price Love?
as Komako Shirokoya
Blind Devotion
as Natsuko
The Precipice
Jōen
Patterns of Love
The Golden Demon
as Miya
Princess Sen in Edo
as Princess Sen
Night Butterflies
as O-Kiku
Mother
as Yamanaka
The Romance of Yushima
The Snowy Heron
The Demon of Mount Oe
Okoto and Sasuke
as Okoto
Stop the Old Fox
as Tomi / Toyoharu
Ghost Soup
Peony on the Skin
Tange Sazen
The Messenger from the Moon
as Michiko Nonomiya
Beauty the Enemy
as Kikue Yoshino
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Musume no boken
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
A Woman's Testament
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Umematsu
Pilgrimage at Night
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Tokyo Eyes
Thirst
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Refresher Course for Wives
Nocturne of a Woman
Tange Sazen
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Michiyo Sawada
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
Flowery Hood 2
Flowery Hood
Zoku Tange Sazen
The Song Lantern
京化粧
Madame Aki
as Aki
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
The Actress and the Three Rascals
Miai Ryokou
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
The Swishing Sword
Made in Japan
as Yoshiko Sunohara
Love of the Princess
as Yuhide
Jūdai no yūwaku
The Venus' Tear
Yume de aritai
The Path I Remember
as Saya Ikeda
Floating Vessel
as Ukifune
Paper Pigeon
as Masako Komaki