Acting
Fujiko Yamamoto
JA cinema · 106 credits
Born
11 December 1931 (age 94)
Birthplace
Itachibori, Nishi, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Also known as 山本富士子 · Фудзико Ямамото
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
Picnic
as Nurse
An Actor's Revenge
as Ohatsu
Madame Aki
as Aki
The Great Wall
as Princess Chu
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo
Buddha
as Usha
Ten Women in Black
as Futaba Kaze
Hunting Rifle
as Saiko Tagi
Okoto and Sasuke
as Okoto
Blind Devotion
as Natsuko
What Price Love?
as Komako Shirokoya
Satan's Sword
as Omatsu
Princess Sen in Edo
as Princess Sen
Jirocho Fuji
as Oshin
Stop the Old Fox
as Tomi / Toyoharu
Beauty the Enemy
as Kikue Yoshino
The Path I Remember
as Saya Ikeda
Jōen
Actor
Paper Pigeon
as Masako Komaki
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Yôsen'in
Equinox Flower
as Yukiko Sasaki
Mother
as Yamanaka
Thirst
Actor
Night Butterflies
as O-Kiku
Love of the Princess
as Yuhide
Floating Vessel
as Ukifune
Bridge of Japan
as Kiyoha Takinoya
Undercurrent
as Kiwa Funaki
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Umematsu
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Michiyo Sawada
The Golden Demon
as Miya
The Messenger from the Moon
as Michiko Nonomiya
Made in Japan
as Yoshiko Sunohara
