Isuzu Yamada
Born February 05, 1917 (Age: 109)
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Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Isuzu Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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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Filmography
Arashi Tatsunari
1982
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as Tatsu
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Age: 65
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
1979
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as
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Age: 62
Woman Boss
1970
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as
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Age: 52
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
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as 中川しの
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Age: 45
The Body
1962
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as
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Age: 45
假名手本忠臣蔵
1962
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as
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Age: 45
365 Nights
1962
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as
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Age: 45
Glory on the Summit
1962
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as Taka Hirooka
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Age: 45
Four Sisters
1962
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as Tatsuko Katagiri
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Age: 45
Buddha
1961
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as Kalideva
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Age: 44
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
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as
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Age: 44
The Orphan Brother
1961
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as Yashio (voice)
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Age: 44
Yojimbo
1961
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as Orin
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Age: 44
The Shrikes
1961
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as
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Age: 44
No Image
誰よりも金を愛す
1961
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as
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Age: 43
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
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as Yodogami
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Age: 43
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
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as
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Age: 43
Deep River Melody
1960
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as
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Age: 43
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
1960
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as
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Age: 43
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
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as Otoku
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Age: 43
Bonchi
1960
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as Sei
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Age: 43
Secret
1960
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as
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Age: 43
Goodbye to Glory
1960
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as Otake
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Age: 43
Mission Accomplished
1960
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as
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Age: 43
Princess Sen in Edo
1960
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as Kisaragi
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Age: 42
Pineapple Butai
1959
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as Shigeyo (Mother)
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Age: 42
風来物語任侠篇
1959
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as
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Age: 42
Love in the Mountains
1959
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as
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Age: 42
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
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as
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Age: 42
The Hidden Treasure
1959
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as
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Age: 42
The Days of Evil Women
1958
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as
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Age: 41
No Image
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
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as Chizuin
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Age: 41
The Undefeated Woman
1958
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as
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Age: 41
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
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as
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Age: 41
The Shop Curtain
1958
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as
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Age: 41
The Seasons of Love
1958
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as Urako
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Age: 41
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
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as Natsu, the Foster Mother
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Age: 41
The Mandarin Room
1956
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as
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Age: 39
No Image
How Sorrowful
1956
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as
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Age: 39
Mother and Child
1956
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as
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Age: 39
Namida no hanamichi
1956
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as 江戸紫女将そよ
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Age: 39
大当り男一代
1956
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as お吉
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Age: 38
Ishigassen
1955
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as
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Age: 38
No Image
Such is Life
1955
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as Oharu
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Age: 38
荒木又右衛門
1955
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as 妻みね
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Age: 38
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955
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as
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Age: 38
振袖釼法
1955
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as 母つじ
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Age: 38
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
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as Yaeko (segment 3)
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Age: 38
Growing Up
1955
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as
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Age: 38
The Big Ambition
1955
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as
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Age: 38
Chutaro of Banba
1955
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as
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Age: 38
Burden of Love
1955
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as Some Kaita
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Age: 38
Karatachi no hana
1954
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as
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Age: 37
江戸いろは祭
1953
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as 女房おなか
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Age: 35
風雲金毘羅山
1950
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as
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Age: 33
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
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as
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Age: 32
Kagebōshi
1950
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as お夏
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Age: 32
No Image
Until Victory Day
1945
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as
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Age: 27
No Image
Onna keizu
1942
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as Otsuta
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Age: 25
The Man Who Waited
1942
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as
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Age: 25
Musashibo Benkei
1942
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as
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Age: 24
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
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as Oshino
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Age: 24
Schoolgirl Records
1941
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as
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Age: 24
No Image
Yukiko and Natsuyo
1941
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as Natsuyo
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Age: 24
Shanghai Moon
1941
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as
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Age: 24
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
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as
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Age: 23
No Image
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
1932
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as Oichi
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Age: 15
No Image
Professional Killer
1932
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as
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Age: 15
No Image
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
1932
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as
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Age: 15
The Greatest Man in the World
1932
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as Oyae
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Age: 14
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
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as
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Age: 14
In Search of Mother
1931
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as Otose
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Age: 14