Acting
Isuzu Yamada
JA, EN cinema · 165 credits
Born
5 February 1917
Died
9 July 2012 (aged 95)
Birthplace
Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Also known as Исудзу Ямада · ایسوزو یامادا
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
Kurosawa
as Self
Suspicion
as Tokie Horiuchi
Ameyuki-san
as Waka Yamada
The Great Wall
as Dowager Empress
Four Sisters
as Tatsuko Katagiri
Glory on the Summit
as Taka Hirooka
The Body
Actor
Yojimbo
as Orin
Daredevil in the Castle
as Yodogami
Buddha
as Kalideva
The Orphan Brother
as Yashio (voice)
Bonchi
as Sei
Princess Sen in Edo
as Kisaragi
Pineapple Butai
as Shigeyo (Mother)
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Natsu, the Foster Mother
眠狂四郎無頼控 魔剣地獄
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Actor, as Chizuin
The Seasons of Love
as Urako
Throne of Blood
as Lady Asaji Washizu
The Lower Depths
as Osugi the Landlady
Tokyo Twilight
as Kisako Soma
Black River
as Mikiko, Landlady
Downtown
as Riyo Yazawa
The Shadow Daughter
as Okinu
Flowing
as Otsuta
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Shinako
Namida no hanamichi
as 江戸紫女将そよ
Farewell to Dream
as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
The Mandarin Room
as Inako
振袖釼法
as 母つじ
荒木又右衛門
as 妻みね
Christ in Bronze
as Kimika
Burden of Love
as Some Kaita
If Indeed One Loves
as Yaeko (segment 3)
A Billionaire
as Hanakuma
Three Loves
as Mother
Chushingura
as Oishi Riku
江戸いろは祭
as 女房おなか
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Sayo Yamada
Miniature
as Tamiko
Hiroshima
as Mineh Obah
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
as Harue Yasukawa
Home Sweet Home
as Namiko, Kosaku's wife
Five Men of Edo
as Okane, Chobei's wife
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Kaoru Uozumi
Fencing Master
as Oharu
Actress
as Sumako Matsui
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
as Sasae Onoda
The Song Lantern
as O-Sode
音楽大進軍
as Isuzu Yamada
雪子と夏代
1941
Yukiko and Natsuyo
as Natsuyo
樋口一葉
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
as Ichiyo Higuchi
The Day Before
as Osaki
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsuruhachi
The Siege of Osaka
as Senhime
Osaka Elegy
as Ayako Murai
Sisters of the Gion
as O-mocha
Oyuki the Virgin
as Oyuki
Miss Okichi
as Okichi
嬉しい娘
1934
Happy Daughter
as Michiko Yamada
In Search of Mother
as Otose
