Isuzu Yamada
Acting
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).
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Filmography of
Isuzu Yamada
Self
... 2000
... 1985
... 1984
Tokie Horiuchi
... 1982
Tatsu
... 1982
Oeyo
... 1978
... 1970
... 1962
Dowager Empress
... 1962
... 1962
Taka Hirooka
... 1962
Tatsuko Katagiri
... 1962
Kalideva
... 1961
Yashio (voice)
... 1961
Orin
... 1961
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Yodogami
... 1961
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Sei
... 1960
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Otake
... 1960
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Kisaragi
... 1960
Shigeyo (Mother)
... 1959
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Chizuin
... 1958
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Urako
... 1958
Natsu, the Foster Mother
... 1958
Riyo Yazawa
... 1957
Landlady
... 1957
Osugi the Landlady
... 1957
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... 1957
Kisako Soma
... 1957
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Lady Asaji Washizu
... 1957
... 1956
Otsuta
... 1956
Shinako
... 1956
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... 1956
Seiji's mother, Kiyo
... 1956
江戸紫女将そよ
... 1956
お吉
... 1956
... 1955
Oharu
... 1955
Kimika
... 1955
妻みね
... 1955
... 1955
母つじ
... 1955
Yaeko (segment 3)
... 1955
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Some Kaita
... 1955
Mother
... 1954
Hanakuma
... 1954
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Oishi Riku
... 1954
Mineh Obah
... 1953
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Tamiko
... 1953
Sayo Yamada
... 1953
女房おなか
... 1953
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Somehachi
... 1952
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Harue Yasukawa
... 1952
... 1951
Okane, Chobei's wife
... 1951
Kaoru Uozumi
... 1951
... 1951
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Namiko, Kosaku's wife
... 1951
Otsuya
... 1951
Misawa
... 1951
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Oharu
... 1950
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Masako
... 1950
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お夏
... 1950
Sumako Matsui
... 1947
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Sasae Onoda
... 1945
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Isuzu Yamada
... 1943
O-Sode
... 1943
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Otsuta
... 1942
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Oshino
... 1941
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Natsuyo
... 1941
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Oshima
... 1940
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Osaki
... 1939
Koina
... 1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
... 1939
Tsuruhachi
... 1938
Senhime
... 1937
O-mocha
... 1936
Ayako Murai
... 1936
Oyuki
... 1935
Okichi
... 1935
Okinu
... 1935
Osen
... 1935
Michiko Yamada
... 1934
... 1934
... 1934
... 1933
... 1933
... 1932
... 1932
... 1932
... 1932
... 1931
... 1931
Otose
... 1931
... 1930