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Isuzu Yamada
Born · February 5, 1917
Died · July 9, 2012 (95 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Bio
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
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Self
0.0
2002
Kurosawa
Self
6.7
2000
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Oriku
6.0
1985
Sure Death
5.8
1984
Suspicion
Tokie Horiuchi
6.7
1982
Arashi Tatsunari
Tatsu
0.0
1982
新必殺仕事人
(1 episode)
0.0
1981
Hissatsu Shigotonin
Otowa · (333 episodes)
0.0
1979
Shogun's Samurai
Oeyo
7.1
1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
6.8
1975
Woman Boss
0.0
1970
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Joban · (52 episodes)
0.0
1966
Akō Rōshi
Riku · (52 episodes)
7.5
1964
The Body
6.5
1962
The Great Wall
Dowager Empress
6.0
1962
365 Nights
0.0
1962
Glory on the Summit
Taka Hirooka
0.0
1962
Four Sisters
Tatsuko Katagiri
6.0
1962
Buddha
Kalideva
0.0
1961
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
0.0
1961
The Orphan Brother
Yashio (voice)
6.6
1961
Yojimbo
Orin
8.1
1961
The Shrikes
0.0
1961
誰よりも金を愛す
0.0
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
Yodogami
7.4
1961
風来物語 あばれ飛車
0.0
1960
Deep River Melody
6.0
1960
The Lovelorn Geisha
6.6
1960
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Otoku
6.0
1960
Bonchi
Sei
7.0
1960
Secret
0.0
1960
Goodbye to Glory
Otake
0.0
1960
Mission Accomplished
0.0
1960
Princess Sen in Edo
Kisaragi
0.0
1960
Pineapple Butai
Shigeyo (Mother)
0.0
1959
風来物語任侠篇
0.0
1959
Love in the Mountains
0.0
1959
The Hidden Treasure
0.0
1959
The Days of Evil Women
0.0
1958
The Undefeated Woman
0.0
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
6.0
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Chizuin
6.0
1958
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
6.0
1958
The Shop Curtain
0.0
1958
The Seasons of Love
Urako
1.0
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
Natsu, the Foster Mother
0.0
1958
Down Town
Riyo Yazawa
0.0
1957
Black River
Landlady
6.9
1957
The Lower Depths
Osugi the Landlady
7.1
1957
A Matter of Valour
0.0
1957
Tokyo Twilight
Kisako Soma
7.7
1957
The Horse Boy
0.0
1957
Throne of Blood
Lady Asaji Washizu
7.9
1957
Flowing
Otsuta
7.1
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Shinako
6.7
1956
How Sorrowful
0.0
1956
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's mother, Kiyo
6.9
1956
涙の花道
江戸紫女将そよ
0.0
1956
大当り男一代
お吉
0.0
1956
Ishigassen
0.0
1955
Such is Life
Oharu
0.0
1955
Christ in Bronze
Kimika
0.0
1955
荒木又右衛門
妻みね
0.0
1955
Minamoto Yoshitsune
0.0
1955
振袖釼法
母つじ
0.0
1955
Ai Sureba Koso
Yaeko (segment 3)
0.0
1955
Growing Up
6.8
1955
The Big Ambition
0.0
1955
Chutaro of Banba
5.0
1955
Burden of Love
Some Kaita
6.8
1955
Three Loves
Mother
6.0
1954
A Billionaire
Hanakuma
5.7
1954
Hirate Miki the Swordman
0.0
1954
Chushingura
Oishi Riku
0.0
1954
Hiroshima
7.5
1953
Wild Lion
0.0
1953
At the End of the Clouds
0.0
1953
Miniature
Tamiko
8.0
1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Sayo Yamada
0.0
1953
江戸いろは祭
女房おなか
0.0
1953
Modern People
2.5
1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Somehachi
7.0
1952
Devil’s Statue
0.0
1952
Castle of Revenge
0.0
1952
The Stand in Hakone
0.0
1952
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Harue Yasukawa
0.0
1952
Satsuma-bikyaku
0.0
1951
Five Men of Edo
Okane, Chobei's wife
5.0
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Kaoru Uozumi
5.0
1951
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
0.0
1951
Home Sweet Home
Namiko, Kosaku's wife
6.8
1951
The Killing of Otsuya
Otsuya
0.0
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Misawa
0.0
1951
A Man from Akagi
0.0
1950
風雲金毘羅山
0.0
1950
Fencing Master
Oharu
6.0
1950
A Mother's Love
0.0
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
Masako
0.0
1950
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
0.0
1950
Kagebōshi
お夏
0.0
1950
Actress
Sumako Matsui
0.0
1947
Lord for a Night
8.0
1946
The Sword
Sasae Onoda
5.8
1945
Until Victory Day
0.0
1945
Four Marriages
0.0
1944
The Way of Drama
6.5
1944
音楽大進軍
Isuzu Yamada
0.0
1943
The Song Lantern
O-Sode
6.8
1943
Kantaro of Ina
0.0
1943
Onna keizu
Otsuta
0.0
1942
The Man Who Waited
0.0
1942
Musashibo Benkei
0.0
1942
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Oshino
0.0
1941
Schoolgirl Records
0.0
1941
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Natsuyo
6.0
1941
Shanghai Moon
0.0
1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
5.3
1941
The Snake Princess
Oshima
0.0
1940
Keshô yuki
0.0
1940
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Oshiho
0.0
1939
The Day Before
Osaki
0.0
1939
The Fighting Firemen
Koina
0.0
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
Ichiyo Higuchi
0.0
1939
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsuruhachi
6.3
1938
The Siege of Osaka
Senhime
0.0
1937
Sisters of the Gion
O-mocha
7.2
1936
Osaka Elegy
Ayako Murai
6.7
1936
Oyuki the Virgin
Oyuki
5.3
1935
Miss Okichi
Okichi
6.0
1935
The Comb of Oroku
Okinu
0.0
1935
The Downfall of Osen
Osen
7.6
1935
Happy Daughter
Michiko Yamada
0.0
1934
The Elegant Swordsman
0.0
1934
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
0.0
1934
Bangaku no issho
0.0
1933
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
0.0
1933
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Oichi
0.0
1932
Professional Killer
0.0
1932
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
0.0
1932
The Greatest Man in the World
Oyae
5.2
1932
The Revenge Champion
0.0
1931
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
0.0
1931
In Search of Mother
Otose
10.0
1931
Suronin Chuya
0.0
1930