Isuzu Yamada
Known for Acting · 165 credits
- Born
- 1917-02-05
- Died
- 2012-07-09
- Place of birth
- Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Also known as
- Исудзу Ямада · ایسوزو یامادا
Biography
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (161)
Yojimbo
1961
as Orin
Burden of Love
1955
as Some Kaita
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
as Self
The Shrikes
1961
Throne of Blood
1957
as Lady Asaji Washizu
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
as Masako
A Man from Akagi
1950
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
as Otoku
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
1932
as Oichi
Home Sweet Home
1951
as Namiko, Kosaku's wife
Schoolgirl Records
1941
The Days of Evil Women
1958
The Comb of Oroku
1935
as Okinu
Ameyuki-san
1979
as Waka Yamada
Four Marriages
1944
The Orphan Brother
1961
as Yashio (voice)
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
as Chizuin
Oyuki the Virgin
1935
as Oyuki
Modern People
1952
The Sculpture of Master Choji
1943
as Outa
Actress
1947
as Sumako Matsui
Koga Manshion
1949
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Kisako Soma
Shogun's Samurai
1978
as Oeyo
The Revenge Champion
1931
Kurosawa
2000
as Self
Ishigassen
1955
Sisters of the Gion
1936
as O-mocha
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
as 中川しの
Five Men of Edo
1951
as Okane, Chobei's wife
Man of Edo
1959
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959
Koi rōka
1949
Hiroshima
1953
as Mineh Obah
The Great Wall
1962
as Dowager Empress
Suspicion
1982
as Tokie Horiuchi
Samurai Nippon
1957
The Lower Depths
1957
as Osugi the Landlady
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
The Body
1962
Flowing
1956
as Otsuta
Glory on the Summit
1962
as Taka Hirooka
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
Bonchi
1960
as Sei
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
as Yodogami
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
as Shinako
Black River
1957
as Landlady
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Osaka Elegy
1936
as Ayako Murai
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
as Oriku
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
as Somehachi
The Seasons of Love
1958
as Urako
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955
Disappearance in the Night
1959
Lord for a Night
1946
Yukiko and Natsuyo
1941
as Natsuyo
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Kaoru Uozumi
Chutaro of Banba
1955
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954
Sure Death
1984
Professional Killer
1932
A Billionaire
1954
as Hanakuma
Four Sisters
1962
as Tatsuko Katagiri
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Buddha
1961
as Kalideva
荒木又右衛門
1955
as 妻みね
At the End of the Clouds
1953
音楽大進軍
1943
as Isuzu Yamada
If Indeed One Loves
1955
as Yaeko (segment 3)
假名手本忠臣蔵
1962
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
1951
How Sorrowful
1956
Growing Up
1955
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
as Tsuruhachi
Princess Sen in Edo
1960
as Kisaragi
Christ in Bronze
1955
as Kimika
The Song Lantern
1943
as O-Sode
誰よりも金を愛す
1961
The Horse Boy
1957
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Mother and Child
1956
Such is Life
1955
as Oharu
Down Town
1957
as Riyo Yazawa
The Snake Princess
1940
as Oshima
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
Deep River Melody
1960
The Way of Drama
1944
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951
Farewell to Dream
1956
as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945
as Sasae Onoda
The Big Ambition
1955
A Mother's Love
1950
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
as Sayo Yamada
The Downfall of Osen
1935
as Osen
The Stand in Hakone
1952
Woman Boss
1970
The Mandarin Room
1956
The Day Before
1939
as Osaki
Goodbye to Glory
1960
as Otake
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Fencing Master
1950
as Oharu
Kagebōshi
1950
as お夏
Onna keizu
1942
as Otsuta
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Satsuma-bikyaku
1951
江戸いろは祭
1953
as 女房おなか
Suronin Chuya
1930
Miniature
1953
as Tamiko
The Man Who Waited
1942
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
The Greatest Man in the World
1932
as Oyae
風雲金毘羅山
1950
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002
as Self
Namida no hanamichi
1956
as 江戸紫女将そよ
The Elegant Swordsman
1934
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952
as Harue Yasukawa
About Isuzu Yamada
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 Gio… With 165 credits spanning from 1930 to 2002, Isuzu Yamada has appeared in 161 films and 4 TV shows.
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- Burden of Love (1955) — as Some Kaita
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- The Shrikes (1961)
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