
Fujiko Yamamoto
Born
December 11, 1931 (93 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Itachibori, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
Kyouhei's Mother · (1 episode)
1998

Picnic
Nurse
1996

Ghost Soup
1992

Yushu Heiya
Aki
1963

An Actor's Revenge
Ohatsu
1963

Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo
1962

The Great Wall
Princess Chu
1962

The Venus' Tear
1962

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962

Yume de aritai
1962

The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962

京化粧
1961

Buddha
Usha
1961

Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto
1961
Refresher Course for Wives
1961

Ten Dark Women
Futaba Kaze
1961

Blind Devotion
Natsuko
1961

Nocturne of a Woman
1961

Hunting Rifle
Saiko Tagi
1961

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
Omatsu
1960

Satan's Sword
Omatsu
1960

What Price Love?
Komako Shirokoya
1960

The Twilight Story
1960

Patterns of Love
1960

The Song Lantern
1960

The Demon of Mount Oe
1960

Princess Sen in Edo
Princess Sen
1960

A Woman's Testament
1960

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959

Stop the Old Fox
Tomi / Toyoharu
1959

Pilgrimage at Night
1959

Beauty the Enemy
Kikue Yoshino
1959

Jirocho Fuji
Oshin
1959

The Path I Remember
Saya Ikeda
1959

Jōen
1959

The Makioka Sisters
1959

Peony on the Skin
1959

The Snowy Heron
1958

Musume no boken
1958

Equinox Flower
Yukiko Sasaki
1958

The Swishing Sword
1958

Thirst
1958

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin
Yôsen'in
1958

The Precipice
1958

Mother
Yamanaka
1958

Tokyo Eyes
1958

Secret of Naruto
1957

Floating Vessel
Ukifune
1957

Night Butterflies
O-Kiku
1957

Love of the Princess
Yuhide
1957

Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957

Flowery Hood 2
1956

Tsukigata Hanpeita
Umematsu
1956

Bridge of Japan
Kiyoha Takinoya
1956

Night River
Kiwa Funaki
1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956

Flowery Hood
1956

Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956

Miai Ryokou
1955

The Romance of Yushima
1955

The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Michiyo Sawada
1955

The Messenger from the Moon
Michiko Nonomiya
1954

The Golden Demon
Miya
1954

Jūdai no yūwaku
1953

Made in Japan
Yoshiko Sunohara
1953

Zoku Tange Sazen
1953

Tange Sazen
1953

Tange Sazen
1952