Fujiko Yamamoto
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1931 (age 94)
- Birthplace
- Itachibori, Nishi, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
TV · as Kyouhei's Mother · 1 ep
An Actor's Revenge
Movie · as Ohatsu
Madame Aki
Movie · as Aki
Yume de aritai
Movie
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Movie
The Great Wall
Movie · as Princess Chu
Being Two Isn't Easy
Movie · as Chiyo
The Venus' Tear
Movie
The Actress and the Three Rascals
Movie
Buddha
Movie · as Usha
Ten Women in Black
Movie · as Futaba Kaze
Hunting Rifle
Movie · as Saiko Tagi
Okoto and Sasuke
Movie · as Okoto
Blind Devotion
Movie · as Natsuko
Refresher Course for Wives
Movie
Nocturne of a Woman
Movie
京化粧
Movie
Yoru wa ijiwaru
Movie
What Price Love?
Movie · as Komako Shirokoya
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
Movie · as Omatsu
Satan's Sword
Movie · as Omatsu
The Twilight Story
Movie
The Demon of Mount Oe
Movie
Patterns of Love
Movie
Princess Sen in Edo
Movie · as Princess Sen
A Woman's Testament
Movie
The Song Lantern
Movie
Yoru wa usotsuki
Movie
Tōkyō no josei
Movie
Jirocho Fuji
Movie · as Oshin
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie
The Makioka Sisters
Movie
Stop the Old Fox
Movie · as Tomi / Toyoharu
Beauty the Enemy
Movie · as Kikue Yoshino
The Path I Remember
Movie · as Saya Ikeda
Pilgrimage at Night
Movie · as Naoko
Peony on the Skin
Movie
Jōen
Movie
Paper Pigeon
Movie · as Masako Komaki
A Week in Hawaii
Movie
Musume no boken
Movie
The Precipice
Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie · as Yôsen'in
Equinox Flower
Movie · as Yukiko Sasaki
The Snowy Heron
Movie
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Movie
The Swishing Sword
Movie
Tokyo Eyes
Movie
Mother
Movie · as Yamanaka
Thirst
Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
Movie
Symphony of Love
Movie
Tenryū shibukigasa
Movie
Tokai toiu minato
Movie
Night Butterflies
Movie · as O-Kiku
Secret of Naruto
Movie
Love of the Princess
Movie · as Yuhide
Floating Vessel
Movie · as Ukifune
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Movie
Ginga no miyako
Movie
Zoku ginga no miyako
Movie
Duel at Noon
Movie
Yuki no wataridori
Movie
Bridge of Japan
Movie · as Kiyoha Takinoya
Undercurrent
Movie · as Kiwa Funaki
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie · as Umematsu
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
Movie
Flowery Hood 2
Movie
Flowery Hood
Movie
Bara no kōdōkan
Movie
The Buried Treasure
Movie
Spark
Movie
Studio wa ōsawagi
Movie
I Love You
Movie
Miai Ryokou
Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Movie · as Michiyo Sawada
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Movie
The Romance of Yushima
Movie
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
Movie
Itarō jishi
Movie
Driving Like Mad
Movie
The Birth of Judo
Movie
Tsubakuro kasa
Movie
The Golden Demon
Movie · as Miya
The Messenger from the Moon
Movie · as Michiko Nonomiya
Hana no Inochi wo
Movie
Hana no sando gasa
Movie
Shirazu no Yatarō
Movie
Woman of Fire
Movie
Atarashiki ten
Movie
Haru no uzumaki
Movie
Made in Japan
Movie · as Yoshiko Sunohara
Jūdai no yūwaku
Movie
Zoku Tange Sazen
Movie
Tange Sazen
Movie
Coming Up of Kodokan
Movie
Seki no yatappe
Movie
Hana no kenkajō
Movie
Shunsetsu no mon
Movie
Asakusa monogatari
Movie
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Movie
Tange Sazen
Movie