Isuzu Yamada
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1917
- Died
- July 9, 2012 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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
Known For
Filmography
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Movie · as Self
Kurosawa
Movie · as Self
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Movie · as Oriku
Sure Death
Movie
Arashi Tatsunari
Movie · as Tatsu
Suspicion
Movie · as Tokie Horiuchi
Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin
TV · 1 ep
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
Movie
Ameyuki-san
Movie · as Waka Yamada
Hissatsu Shigotonin
TV · as Otowa · 333 eps
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
Movie · as Oeyo
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie · as Self
Woman Boss
Movie
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
TV · as Joban · 52 eps
Akō Rōshi
TV · as Riku · 52 eps
Sakiko-san chotto
Movie · as 中川しの
The Great Wall
Movie · as Dowager Empress
365 Nights
Movie
Four Sisters
Movie · as Tatsuko Katagiri
Glory on the Summit
Movie · as Taka Hirooka
The Body
Movie
假名手本忠臣蔵
Movie
Yojimbo
Movie · as Orin
Daredevil in the Castle
Movie · as Yodogami
Buddha
Movie · as Kalideva
誰よりも金を愛す
Movie
The Orphan Brother
Movie · as Yashio (voice)
The Shrikes
Movie
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Movie
The Lovelorn Geisha
Movie
Wanderer's Story: Checkmate
Movie
Mission Accomplished
Movie
Deep River Melody
Movie
Bonchi
Movie · as Sei
Goodbye to Glory
Movie · as Otake
Princess Sen in Edo
Movie · as Kisaragi
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Movie · as Otoku
Secret
Movie
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
Movie
Love in the Mountains
Movie
Pineapple Butai
Movie · as Shigeyo (Mother)
A Gambler as I Am
Movie
The Hidden Treasure
Movie
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Movie
Hear My Mother's Cry
Movie
Disappearance in the Night
Movie
Man of Edo
Movie
The Undefeated Woman
Movie
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Movie
A Boy and Three Mothers
Movie · as Natsu, the Foster Mother
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Movie · as Chizuin
The Days of Evil Women
Movie
The Seasons of Love
Movie · as Urako
The Shop Curtain
Movie
Throne of Blood
Movie · as Lady Asaji Washizu
The Lower Depths
Movie · as Osugi the Landlady
Tokyo Twilight
Movie · as Kisako Soma
A Matter of Valour
Movie
Black River
Movie · as Mikiko, Landlady
The Horse Boy
Movie
Downtown
Movie · as Riyo Yazawa
The Shadow Daughter
Movie · as Okinu
Samurai Nippon
Movie
Flowing
Movie · as Otsuta
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Movie · as Shinako
大当り男一代
Movie · as お吉
Namida no hanamichi
Movie · as 江戸紫女将そよ
How Sorrowful
Movie
Farewell to Dream
Movie · as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
The Mandarin Room
Movie · as Inako
Mother and Child
Movie
Five Patriots of Kyoto
Movie
振袖釼法
Movie · as 母つじ
荒木又右衛門
Movie · as 妻みね
Christ in Bronze
Movie · as Kimika
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Movie
Chutaro of Banba
Movie
Such is Life
Movie · as Oharu
Burden of Love
Movie · as Some Kaita
Growing Up
Movie
The Big Ambition
Movie
If Indeed One Loves
Movie · as Yaeko (segment 3)
Ishigassen
Movie
A Billionaire
Movie · as Hanakuma
Three Loves
Movie · as Mother
Chushingura
Movie · as Oishi Riku
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Movie
Karatachi no hana
Movie
Wild Lion
Movie
江戸いろは祭
Movie · as 女房おなか
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Movie · as Sayo Yamada
Miniature
Movie · as Tamiko
Hiroshima
Movie · as Mineh Obah
At the End of the Clouds
Movie
The Stand in Hakone
Movie
Modern People
Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie · as Somehachi
Devil’s Statue
Movie
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Movie · as Harue Yasukawa
Castle of Revenge
Movie
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
Movie
Home Sweet Home
Movie · as Namiko, Kosaku's wife
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
Movie
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Movie · as Misawa
Five Men of Edo
Movie · as Okane, Chobei's wife
Fireworks Over the Sea
Movie · as Kaoru Uozumi
The Killing of Otsuya
Movie · as Otsuya
Satsuma-bikyaku
Movie
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
Movie
Orizuru kasa
Movie
A Man from Akagi
Movie
Kagebōshi
Movie · as お夏
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Movie
風雲金毘羅山
Movie
The Motherland Far Far Away
Movie · as Masako
Fencing Master
Movie · as Oharu
A Mother's Love
Movie
Koi rōka
Movie
Koga Manshion
Movie
Hana no jitsugetsu
Movie
Hebi hime dōchū
Movie
Actress
Movie · as Sumako Matsui
Lord for a Night
Movie
Hinoki Butai
Movie
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Movie · as Sasae Onoda
Until Victory Day
Movie
The Way of Drama
Movie
Four Marriages
Movie
Kantaro of Ina
Movie
The Song Lantern
Movie · as O-Sode
音楽大進軍
Movie · as Isuzu Yamada
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Movie · as Outa
Onna keizu
Movie · as Otsuta
The Man Who Waited
Movie
Musashibo Benkei
Movie
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Movie · as Natsuyo
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Movie
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Movie · as Oshino
Schoolgirl Records
Movie
Shanghai Moon
Movie
Keshô yuki
Movie
The Snake Princess
Movie · as Oshima
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Movie · as Oshiho
The Fighting Firemen
Movie · as Koina
Ichiyo Higuchi
Movie · as Ichiyo Higuchi
The Day Before
Movie · as Osaki
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
Movie
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Movie · as Tsuruhachi
The Siege of Osaka
Movie · as Senhime
Osaka Elegy
Movie · as Ayako Murai
Sisters of the Gion
Movie · as O-mocha
Oyuki the Virgin
Movie · as Oyuki
The Downfall of Osen
Movie · as Osen
Miss Okichi
Movie · as Okichi
The Comb of Oroku
Movie · as Okinu
Happy Daughter
Movie · as Michiko Yamada
The Elegant Swordsman
Movie
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Movie
Bangaku no issho
Movie
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
Movie
Professional Killer
Movie
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
Movie
The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · as Oyae
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Movie · as Oichi
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Movie
The Revenge Champion
Movie
In Search of Mother
Movie · as Otose
Suronin Chuya
Movie