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.
★9.0
MOVIE1961
Blind Devotion
as Natsuko
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Hunting Rifle
as Saiko Tagi
★9.0
MOVIE1954
The Golden Demon
as Miya
★7.4
MOVIE1959
Jirocho Fuji
as Oshin
MOVIE1955
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
MOVIE1959
Paper Pigeon
as Masako Komaki
★6.8
MOVIE1996
Picnic
as Nurse
★7.0
MOVIE1960
What Price Love?
as Komako Shirokoya
★6.9
MOVIE1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo
MOVIE1960
Patterns of Love
MOVIE1954
Hana no Inochi wo
★7.0
MOVIE1962
The Great Wall
as Princess Chu
★7.4
MOVIE1958
Equinox Flower
as Yukiko Sasaki
★6.2
MOVIE1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Yôsen'in
★5.8
MOVIE1961
Ten Dark Women
as Futaba Kaze
★6.6
MOVIE1963
An Actor's Revenge
as Ohatsu
MOVIE1958
Mother
as Yamanaka
★6.2
MOVIE1956
Undercurrent
as Kiwa Funaki
★7.7
MOVIE1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
★10.0
MOVIE1957
Floating Vessel
as Ukifune
★10.0
MOVIE1953
Zoku Tange Sazen
★6.8
MOVIE1992
Ghost Soup
★6.6
MOVIE1960
Satan's Sword
as Omatsu
★5.0
MOVIE1958
The Snowy Heron
★9.0
MOVIE1958
The Precipice
★6.4
MOVIE1960
A Woman's Testament
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
★10.0
MOVIE1961
Buddha
as Usha
★6.5
MOVIE1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
MOVIE1958
Tokyo Eyes
★6.5
MOVIE1957
Night Butterflies
as O-Kiku
★7.0
MOVIE1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Umematsu
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Madame Aki
as Aki
★8.5
MOVIE1960
The Twilight Story
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Okoto and Sasuke
as Okoto
★10.0
MOVIE1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Michiyo Sawada
MOVIE1959
Pilgrimage at Night
MOVIE1954
The Messenger from the Moon
as Michiko Nonomiya
MOVIE1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Nocturne of a Woman
★7.0
MOVIE1958
Thirst
★6.5
MOVIE1960
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
as Omatsu
★7.8
MOVIE1956
Bridge of Japan
as Kiyoha Takinoya
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Jōen
★6.5
MOVIE1959
Stop the Old Fox
as Tomi / Toyoharu
★9.0
MOVIE1960
Princess Sen in Edo
as Princess Sen
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Tange Sazen
MOVIE1956
Flowery Hood 2
★9.0
MOVIE1960
The Song Lantern
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Secret of Naruto
★8.5
MOVIE1959
The Makioka Sisters
MOVIE1961
Refresher Course for Wives
MOVIE1961
京化粧
★8.0
MOVIE1958
The Swishing Sword
★7.5
MOVIE1959
Beauty the Enemy
as Kikue Yoshino
★10.0
MOVIE1952
Tange Sazen
★5.0
MOVIE1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
MOVIE1962
Yume de aritai
★8.0
MOVIE1955
The Romance of Yushima
MOVIE1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
MOVIE1955
Miai Ryokou
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
MOVIE1956
Flowery Hood
MOVIE1959
Peony on the Skin
MOVIE1958
Musume no boken
MOVIE1953
Made in Japan
as Yoshiko Sunohara
MOVIE1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
MOVIE1959
The Path I Remember
as Saya Ikeda
MOVIE1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
MOVIE1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
MOVIE1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
★10.0
MOVIE1962
The Venus' Tear
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Love of the Princess
as Yuhide