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