Isuzu Yamada
Feb 5, 1917 — Jul 9, 2012 (95 years)
Osaka, Osaka, Japan
68 Movies
3 Series
Isuzu Yamada has spent over 96 years in front of the camera, with more than 71 film and TV credits. her Orin in 'Yojimbo' ranks among the most remembered of her filmography. Drama has been her most frequent territory.
95R.I.P.
68Movies
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Isuzu Yamada
68 Movies
3 Series
Isuzu Yamada has spent over 96 years in front of the camera, with more than 71 film and TV credits. her Orin in 'Yojimbo' ranks among the most remembered of her filmography. Drama has been her most frequent territory.
95 R.I.P.
R.I.P.
68
Movies
3
Series
Movies
Yojimbo
1961
Throne of Blood
1957
Burden of Love
1955
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
Home Sweet Home
1951
The Orphan Brother
1961
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Oyuki the Virgin
1935
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Flowing
1956
Sisters of the Gion
1936
The Lower Depths
1957
Black River
1957
Osaka Elegy
1936
Hiroshima
1953
The Great Wall
1962
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Suspicion
1982
Bonchi
1960
A Billionaire
1954
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
The Seasons of Love
1958
Miniature
1953
The Song Lantern
1943
The Downfall of Osen
1935
Farewell to Dream
1956
Fencing Master
1950
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945
The Greatest Man in the World
1932
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
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Oriku
1985
Film
Suspicion
Tokie Horiuchi
1982
Film
Hissatsu Shigotonin
Otowa
1979–
TV
Shogun's Samurai
Oeyo
1978
Film
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Joban
1966–
TV
Akō Rōshi
Riku
1964–
TV
Sakiko-san chotto
中川しの
1963
Film
The Great Wall
Dowager Empress
1962
Film
Glory on the Summit
Taka Hirooka
1962
Film
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Is Isuzu Yamada still alive?
Isuzu Yamada passed away on July 9, 2012 at age 95.
What are the most famous roles of Isuzu Yamada?
Isuzu Yamada is best known for roles in Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, Tokyo Twilight.
How many movies has Isuzu Yamada been in?
Over a 82-year career (since 1930), Isuzu Yamada has appeared in 161 movies and 4 TV shows.
What was Isuzu Yamada's first movie?
The career of Isuzu Yamada began with Suronin Chuya (1930).
What is Isuzu Yamada's most recent movie or series?
Isuzu Yamada's most recent release is Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood', which premiered on October 25, 2002.
What TV shows has Isuzu Yamada appeared in?
On television, Isuzu Yamada has appeared in Akō Rōshi, Hissatsu Shigotonin, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin.
Isuzu Yamada
1917-02-05 · Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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).Isuzu Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia