Fujiko Yamamoto

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

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Kyouhei's Mother · (1 episode)

6.7

1998

Picnic

Picnic

Nurse

6.7

1996

Ghost Soup

Ghost Soup

6.5

1992

Yushu Heiya

Yushu Heiya

Aki

0.0

1963

An Actor's Revenge

An Actor's Revenge

Ohatsu

6.6

1963

Being Two Isn't Easy

Being Two Isn't Easy

Chiyo

6.8

1962

The Great Wall

The Great Wall

Princess Chu

6.0

1962

The Venus' Tear

The Venus' Tear

0.0

1962

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

0.0

1962

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

0.0

1962

Yume de aritai

Yume de aritai

0.0

1962

The Actress and the Three Rascals

The Actress and the Three Rascals

0.0

1962

京化粧

京化粧

0.0

1961

Buddha

Buddha

Usha

0.0

1961

Okoto and Sasuke

Okoto and Sasuke

Okoto

0.0

1961

Refresher Course for Wives

0.0

1961

Ten Dark Women

Ten Dark Women

Futaba Kaze

5.9

1961

Blind Devotion

Blind Devotion

Natsuko

0.0

1961

Nocturne of a Woman

Nocturne of a Woman

0.0

1961

Hunting Rifle

Hunting Rifle

Saiko Tagi

7.0

1961

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

Omatsu

6.6

1960

Satan's Sword

Satan's Sword

Omatsu

6.6

1960

What Price Love?

What Price Love?

Komako Shirokoya

0.0

1960

The Twilight Story

The Twilight Story

8.0

1960

Patterns of Love

Patterns of Love

0.0

1960

The Song Lantern

The Song Lantern

0.0

1960

The Demon of Mount Oe

The Demon of Mount Oe

5.8

1960

Princess Sen in Edo

Princess Sen in Edo

Princess Sen

0.0

1960

A Woman's Testament

A Woman's Testament

5.8

1960

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

0.0

1959

Stop the Old Fox

Stop the Old Fox

Tomi / Toyoharu

5.0

1959

Pilgrimage at Night

Pilgrimage at Night

0.0

1959

Beauty the Enemy

Beauty the Enemy

Kikue Yoshino

0.0

1959

Jirocho Fuji

Jirocho Fuji

Oshin

6.8

1959

The Path I Remember

The Path I Remember

Saya Ikeda

0.0

1959

Jōen

Jōen

0.0

1959

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

8.0

1959

Peony on the Skin

Peony on the Skin

0.0

1959

The Snowy Heron

The Snowy Heron

4.0

1958

Musume no boken

Musume no boken

0.0

1958

Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower

Yukiko Sasaki

7.4

1958

The Swishing Sword

The Swishing Sword

0.0

1958

Thirst

Thirst

0.0

1958

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

0.0

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Yôsen'in

6.0

1958

The Precipice

The Precipice

0.0

1958

Mother

Mother

Yamanaka

0.0

1958

Tokyo Eyes

Tokyo Eyes

0.0

1958

Secret of Naruto

Secret of Naruto

6.9

1957

Floating Vessel

Floating Vessel

Ukifune

0.0

1957

Night Butterflies

Night Butterflies

O-Kiku

6.3

1957

Love of the Princess

Love of the Princess

Yuhide

0.0

1957

Daiei Studio is Bustling

Daiei Studio is Bustling

0.0

1957

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

0.0

1957

Flowery Hood 2

Flowery Hood 2

0.0

1956

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Umematsu

7.0

1956

Bridge of Japan

Bridge of Japan

Kiyoha Takinoya

7.3

1956

Night River

Night River

Kiwa Funaki

6.2

1956

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

0.0

1956

Flowery Hood

Flowery Hood

0.0

1956

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

7.0

1956

Miai Ryokou

Miai Ryokou

0.0

1955

The Romance of Yushima

The Romance of Yushima

6.0

1955

The Dancer and Two Warriors

The Dancer and Two Warriors

5.0

1955

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

Michiyo Sawada

0.0

1955

The Messenger from the Moon

The Messenger from the Moon

Michiko Nonomiya

0.0

1954

The Golden Demon

The Golden Demon

Miya

0.0

1954

Jūdai no yūwaku

Jūdai no yūwaku

0.0

1953

Made in Japan

Made in Japan

Yoshiko Sunohara

0.0

1953

Zoku Tange Sazen

Zoku Tange Sazen

0.0

1953

Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen

0.0

1953

Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen

0.0

1952