Mariko Okada
Born
January 11, 1933 (92 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子, Okada Mariko, born 11 January 1933) is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida.
Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruse's 1951 Dancing Girl, for whom she worked again in Husband and Wife, Floating Clouds and Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with Shochiku. In the following years, she starred in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon, Keisuke Kinoshita's Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense, and Heinosuke Gosho's Hunting Rifle.
Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an avant-garde fashion. In later years, she appeared in films like Juzo Itami's Tampopo and Shinji Aoyama's My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005), her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television.
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Known For
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
Self
2008
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Navi
2005
Hakuro no Shibijin
Kazuko Izawa
2004
Women in the Mirror
Ai Kawase
2003
Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide
Tokiko Matsuzaki
2000
The Geisha House
Hanaman's owner
1999
The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder
Asakura Takako
1998
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
丹後・宮津殺人岬
(1 episode)
1988
A Taxing Woman
Mitsuko Sugiura
1987
Tōchō suru onna
1986
Tampopo
Spaghetti Teacher
1985
Appassionata
Sei Shimamura
1984
I Lived, But...
Self
1983
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Teruko Momiji · (1 episode)
1983
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Kazuko Izawa · (1 episode)
1983
Domineering
Hiroko Tadokoro
1982
鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人
(1 episode)
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Kyoko Yasugi
1979
The Fall of Ako Castle
Riku Ohishi
1978
Proof of the Man
Kyoko Yasugi
1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
Niizuma no shitatari
1976
Frozen River
1976
I Am a Cat
Hanako
1975
Genroku Taiheiki
Riku · (52 episodes)
1975
Cross-Currents
Fujie Kaizuka
1972
Confessions Among Actresses
Kyoko Ichimori
1971
Price of Life
1971
Waterfront Blues
Maki Kamijo
1970
Heroic Purgatory
Nanako Shoda
1970
Eros + Massacre
Noe Ito / Mako Ito
1969
Farewell to the Summer Light
Naoko Toba
1968
The Time of Reckoning
1968
Affair in the Snow
Yuriko Anzai
1968
Impasse
Tatsuko Ibuki
1967
The Affair
Oriko
1967
Two Wives
1967
Three Sisters
Nagai Mura · (52 episodes)
1967
Woman of the Lake
Miyako Mizuki
1966
A Story Written with Water
Shizuka Matsutani
1965
喜劇 各駅停車
1965
Illusion of Blood
Oiwa
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The Scent of Incense
Tomoko
1964
Tale of Scarlet Love
1963
Double Wedding
Natsuko
1963
Futari dake no toride
1963
Escape from Hell
Kumi
1963
Sing, Young People
Mariko Okada
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
Akiko
1962
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Records of loyal vassals
Okatsu
1962
Ai to kanashimi to
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
Shinko
1962
Kiriko no unmei
1962
Flower in a Storm
1962
This Year's Love
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
Netsuai sha
Yoriko Tsushima
1961
The Estuary
1961
Enraptured
Senya
1961
Women of Tokyo
Eiko Kurita
1961
Uzu
1961
Hunting Rifle
Midori Misugi
1961
Late Autumn
Yukiko Sasaki
1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Akie Tsugawa
1960
Hot Corner Murder
Aiko
1960
Spring Dreams
Chizuko Okudaira
1960
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Okinawa Interlude
1959
Umi no Chizu
Akiko
1959
ある落日
1959
Bridge
1959
Ai no Noutan
1959
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Yuri Ebihara
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Rika
1958
The Adorable Trio
Michiko Saeki
1957
Shūkin ryokō
1957
When It Rains, It Pours
Matsuko Abe
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Rika
1957
The Face
Akiko Mizuhara
1957
Talkative Company President
Mayumi Shoji
1957
Flowing
Nanako
1956
Women in Prison
Kazuko Hirai, prisoner
1956
Rebels on the High Sea
Miki
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
Michiyo
1956
Scoundrel
1956
Nigetekita hanayome
1956
Shirai Gonpachi
Komurasaki
1956
Rainy Night Duel
Kikuko Kamo
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Akemi
1956
To Love and Forgive
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Saeko
1955
The Lone Journey
Otaka
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Akemi
1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Suzuyo
1955
No Time for Tears
Michiko
1955
Floating Clouds
Sei Mukai
1955
Lovetide
Sonoko
1955
A Man Among Men
Michiko
1955
Wedding Season
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Akemi
1954
Yakuza bayashi
1954
Farewell Rabaul
Sumiko Komatsu
1954
The Lovers
Yoshi
1953
Girls in the Orchard
1953
White Fish
Kuniko
1953
Bot-chan
Madonna
1953
The End of the Night
1953
An Edoite Judge
Koto
1953
Husband and Wife
Kumiko, Shigekichi's sister
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The young woman
1953
The Whisper of Spring
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi's Sister
1952
Adolescence
Mayumi Nishida
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Dancing Girl
Shinako
1951
Downtown Story
(13 episodes)