Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Born January 11, 1933 (Age: 93) Tokyo, Japan

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子, Okada Mariko, born 11 January 1933) is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida. Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruse's 1951 Dancing Girl, for whom she worked again in Husband and Wife, Floating Clouds and Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with Shochiku. In the following years, she starred in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon, Keisuke Kinoshita's Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense, and Heinosuke Gosho's Hunting Rifle. Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an avant-garde fashion. In later years, she appeared in films like Juzo Itami's Tampopo and Shinji Aoyama's My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005), her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mariko Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子, Okada Mariko, born 11 January 1933) is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida. Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruse's 1951 Dancing Girl, for whom she worked again in Husband and Wife, Floating Clouds and Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with Shochiku. In the following years, she starred in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon, Keisuke Kinoshita's Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense, and Heinosuke Gosho's Hunting Rifle. Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an avant-garde fashion. In later years, she appeared in films like Juzo Itami's Tampopo and Shinji Aoyama's My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005), her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mariko Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography

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Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

2000 as Tokiko Matsuzaki Age: 67
Eavesdropping Woman

Eavesdropping Woman

1986 as Age: 53
Price of Life

Price of Life

1971 as Age: 38
Waterfront Blues

Waterfront Blues

1970 as Maki Kamijo Age: 37
喜劇 各駅停車

喜劇 各駅停車

1965 as Age: 32
Tale of Scarlet Love

Tale of Scarlet Love

1963 as Age: 30
Double Wedding

Double Wedding

1963 as Natsuko Age: 30
Futari dake no toride

Futari dake no toride

1963 as Age: 30
Escape from Hell

Escape from Hell

1963 as Kumi Age: 30
Zoku aizen katsura

Zoku aizen katsura

1962 as Age: 29
Records of loyal vassals

Records of loyal vassals

1962 as Okatsu Age: 29
Ai to kanashimi to

Ai to kanashimi to

1962 as Age: 29
Kiriko no unmei

Kiriko no unmei

1962 as Age: 29
Flower in a Storm

Flower in a Storm

1962 as Age: 29
This Year's Love

This Year's Love

1962 as Age: 29
A Roaring Trade

A Roaring Trade

1962 as Age: 28
Love's Family Tree

Love's Family Tree

1961 as Age: 28
Netsuai sha

Netsuai sha

1961 as Yoriko Tsushima Age: 28
The Estuary

The Estuary

1961 as Age: 28
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Enraptured

1961 as Senya Age: 28
Women of Tokyo

Women of Tokyo

1961 as Eiko Kurita Age: 28
Uzu

Uzu

1961 as Age: 28
Hunting Rifle

Hunting Rifle

1961 as Midori Misugi Age: 27
A Woman’s Uphill Slope

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

1960 as Akie Tsugawa Age: 27
Hot Corner Murder

Hot Corner Murder

1960 as Aiko Age: 27
Tokyo Omnibus

Tokyo Omnibus

1959 as Age: 26
Okinawa Interlude

Okinawa Interlude

1959 as Age: 26
Umi no Chizu

Umi no Chizu

1959 as Akiko Age: 26
ある落日

ある落日

1959 as Age: 26
Bridge

Bridge

1959 as Age: 26
Ai no Noutan

Ai no Noutan

1959 as Age: 26
People Waiting for Spring

People Waiting for Spring

1959 as Junko Murai Age: 25
The Days of Evil Women

The Days of Evil Women

1958 as Age: 25
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

1958 as Yuri Ebihara Age: 25
Hibi no haishin

Hibi no haishin

1958 as Age: 25
Hanayome no o noroke

Hanayome no o noroke

1958 as Eiko Abe Age: 24
Women in Prison

Women in Prison

1956 as Kazuko Hirai, prisoner Age: 23
Rebels on the High Sea

Rebels on the High Sea

1956 as Miki Age: 23
Morishige, where are you going?

Morishige, where are you going?

1956 as Michiyo Age: 23
Scoundrel

Scoundrel

1956 as Age: 23
Shirai Gonpachi

Shirai Gonpachi

1956 as Komurasaki Age: 23
Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride

1956 as Age: 23
Rainy Night Duel

Rainy Night Duel

1956 as Kikuko Kamo Age: 23
Young Love Conquers All

Young Love Conquers All

1955 as Age: 22
To Love and Forgive

To Love and Forgive

1955 as Age: 22
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

1955 as Saeko Age: 22
The Lone Journey

The Lone Journey

1955 as Otaka Age: 22
House of Many Pleasures

House of Many Pleasures

1955 as Suzuyo Age: 22
Lovetide

Lovetide

1955 as Sonoko Age: 21
A Man Among Men

A Man Among Men

1955 as Michiko Age: 21
The End of the Night

The End of the Night

1953 as Age: 20