Mariko Okada
Known for
Mariko Okada is a Japanese actress born in 1933 in Tokyo. She made her film debut in 1951 and became one of the leading actresses of the golden age of Japanese cinema, appearing in Yasujiro Ozus Late Autumn (1960). She went on to become the artistic muse and wife of director Yoshishige Yoshida, starting with Akitsu Springs (1962), collaborating with him on numerous acclaimed films. Their marriage lasted until Yoshidas death in 2022. Okada remains one of the most respected figures of postwar Japanese cinema.
Mariko Okada
84 Movies
3 Series
Mariko Okada is a Japanese actress born in 1933 in Tokyo. She made her film debut in 1951 and became one of the leading actresses of the golden age of Japanese cinema, appearing in Yasujiro Ozus Late Autumn (1960). She went on to become the artistic muse and wife of director Yoshishige Yoshida, starting with Akitsu Springs (1962), collaborating with him on numerous acclaimed films. Their marriage lasted until Yoshidas death in 2022. Okada remains one of the most respected figures of postwar Japanese cinema.
Movies
Plays Spaghetti Teacher
Tampopo
1985
Plays Akiko
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Plays Akemi
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Plays Yuriko Sasaki
Late Autumn
1960
Plays Matsuko Abe
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Plays Kazuko Hirai, prisoner
Women in Prison
1956
Plays Kyoko Yasugi
Proof of the Man
1977
Plays Riku Ohishi
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Plays Akemi
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Plays Sei Mukai
Floating Clouds
1955
Plays Sei Shimamura
Appassionata
1984
Plays Akemi
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Plays Noe Ito / Mako Ito
Eros + Massacre
1969
Plays Mitsuko Sugiura
A Taxing Woman
1987
Plays Hanako
I Am a Cat
1975
Plays Nanako
Flowing
1956
Plays Madonna
Bot-chan
1953
Plays Hanaman's owner
The Geisha House
1999
Producer
Plays Shinko
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Plays Kyoko Yasugi
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Plays Kyoko Ichimori
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
Plays Sumiko Komatsu
Farewell Rabaul
1954
Plays Nanako Shoda
Heroic Purgatory
1970
Plays Tatsuko Ibuki
Impasse
1967
Plays Chizuko Okudaira
Spring Dreams
1960
Plays Tomoko
The Scent of Incense
1964
Plays Rika
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Plays Mariko Okada
Sing, Young People!
1963
Plays Rika
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Plays Kumi
Escape from Hell
1963
Plays Navi
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005
Plays Ai Kawase
Women in the Mirror
2003
Plays Oiwa
Illusion of Blood
1965
Plays Hiroko Tadokoro
Domineering
1982
Plays Shizuka Matsutani
A Story Written with Water
1965
Plays Shinako
Dancing Girl
1951
Plays Miyako Mizuki
Woman of the Lake
1966
Plays Oriko
The Affair
1967
Plays Naoko Toba
Farewell to the Summer Light
1968
Plays Mayumi Nishida
Adolescence
1952
Plays Yuriko Anzai
Affair in the Snow
1968
Plays Kumiko, Shigekichi's sister
Husband and Wife
1953
Plays Fujie Kaizuka
Cross-Currents
1972
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Full Filmography
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Navi
2005
Film
Hakuro no Shibijin
Kazuko Izawa
2004
Film
Women in the Mirror
Ai Kawase
2003
Film
The Geisha House
Hanaman's owner
1999
Film
A Taxing Woman
Mitsuko Sugiura
1987
Film
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Teruko Momiji · 1 episode
1985
TV
Tampopo
Spaghetti Teacher
1985
Film
Appassionata
Sei Shimamura
1984
Film
Domineering
Hiroko Tadokoro
1982
Film
Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Mariko Okada and where are they from?
Mariko Okada is 93 years old, born on January 11, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan.
What are the most famous roles of Mariko Okada?
Mariko Okada is best known for roles in Tampopo, An Autumn Afternoon, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto.
How many movies has Mariko Okada been in?
Over a 75-year career (since 1951), Mariko Okada has appeared in 84 movies and 3 TV shows.
What was Mariko Okada's first movie?
The career of Mariko Okada began with Dancing Girl (1951).
What is Mariko Okada's most recent movie or series?
Mariko Okada's most recent release is Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?, which premiered on April 9, 2008.
What TV shows has Mariko Okada appeared in?
On television, Mariko Okada has appeared in Three Sisters, Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series, Genroku Taiheiki, 鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人.
Mariko Okada
1933-01-11 · Tokyo, Japan
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.Mariko Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.