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 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
163 acting credits
Acting · 163
Akō Rōshi
1964
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
Hissatsu Shigotonin
1979
Yojimbo
1961
Throne of Blood
1957
Shogun's Samurai
1978
The Lower Depths
1957
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
The Orphan Brother
1961
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Buddha
1961
Suspicion
1982
Sisters of the Gion
1936
Osaka Elegy
1936
If Indeed One Loves
1955
Black River
1957
Flowing
1956
Hiroshima
1953
How Sorrowful
1956
Kurosawa
2000
The Great Wall
1962
A Billionaire
1954
Kagebōshi
1950
大当り男一代
1956
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
Four Sisters
1962
Bonchi
1960
A Mother's Love
1950
Woman Boss
1970
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
荒木又右衛門
1955
Farewell to Dream
1956
The Body
1962
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
Sure Death
1984
Down Town
1957
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
Glory on the Summit
1962
The Shop Curtain
1958
Actress
1947
Wild Lion
1953
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
The Sword
1945
The Horse Boy
1957
The Stand in Hakone
1952
Miniature
1953
音楽大進軍
1943
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955
Chutaro of Banba
1955
A Matter of Valour
1957
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
The Big Ambition
1955
Christ in Bronze
1955
The Man Who Waited
1942
Namida no hanamichi
1956
Secret
1960
Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin
1981
Princess Sen in Edo
1960
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
The Hidden Treasure
1959
The Way of Drama
1944
The Elegant Swordsman
1934
Deep River Melody
1960
The Downfall of Osen
1935
The Seasons of Love
1958
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
1960
The Song Lantern
1943
風来物語任侠篇
1959
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
The Siege of Osaka
1937
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
Onna keizu
1942
Arashi Tatsunari
1982
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
振袖釼法
1955
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Love in the Mountains
1959
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
The Killing of Otsuya
1951
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951
Such is Life
1955
Chushingura
1954
Three Loves
1954
Until Victory Day
1945
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
Devil’s Statue
1952
Goodbye to Glory
1960
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002
Satsuma-bikyaku
1951
Lord for a Night
1946
風雲金毘羅山
1950
Karatachi no hana
1954
The Snake Princess
1940
Keshô yuki
1940
Yukiko and Natsuyo
1941
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952
Miss Okichi
1935
The Mandarin Room
1956
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
1934
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
1979
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
江戸いろは祭
1953
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Castle of Revenge
1952
Five Men of Edo
1951
Happy Daughter
1934
Pineapple Butai
1959
In Search of Mother
1931
Growing Up
1955
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954
The Greatest Man in the World
1932
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Musashibo Benkei
1942
The Fighting Firemen
1939
Shanghai Moon
1941
Four Marriages
1944
365 Nights
1962
Suronin Chuya
1930
Bangaku no issho
1933
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
1932
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
1932
Burden of Love
1955
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
The Day Before
1939
Mission Accomplished
1960
The Revenge Champion
1931
Home Sweet Home
1951
Oyuki the Virgin
1935
Modern People
1952
Fencing Master
1950
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
Schoolgirl Records
1941
A Man from Akagi
1950
誰よりも金を愛す
1961
Hinoki Butai
1946
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Ishigassen
1955
Mother and Child
1956
The Shrikes
1961
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
1951
Professional Killer
1932
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
Ameyuki-san
1979
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
The Comb of Oroku
1935
Man of Edo
1959
假名手本忠臣蔵
1962
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
Koi rōka
1949
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
Samurai Nippon
1957
The Sculpture of Master Choji
1943
Disappearance in the Night
1959