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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 5, 1917
Died
July 9, 2012
Place of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Исудзу Ямада
- ایسوزو یامادا
Isuzu Yamada
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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
Known For
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Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002
6.7
Self
Kurosawa
2000
6.0
Oriku
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
5.8
Sure Death
1984
6.7
Tokie Horiuchi
Suspicion
1982
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Tatsu
Arashi Tatsunari
1982
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新必殺仕事人
1981
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Otowa
Hissatsu Shigotonin
1979
7.1
Oeyo
Shogun's Samurai
1978
6.8
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Credits
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
as Self
2002
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Kurosawa
as Self
2000
6.7
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as Oriku
1985
6.0
Sure Death
1984
5.8
Suspicion
as Tokie Horiuchi
1982
6.7
Arashi Tatsunari
as Tatsu
1982
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新必殺仕事人
1981
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Hissatsu Shigotonin
as Otowa
1979
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Shogun's Samurai
as Oeyo
1978
7.1
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
6.8
Woman Boss
1970
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Joban
1966
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Akō Rōshi
as Riku
1964
7.5
The Body
1962
6.5
The Great Wall
as Dowager Empress
1962
6.0
365 Nights
1962
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Glory on the Summit
as Taka Hirooka
1962
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Four Sisters
as Tatsuko Katagiri
1962
6.0
Buddha
as Kalideva
1961
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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
7.0
The Orphan Brother
as Yashio (voice)
1961
6.1
Yojimbo
as Orin
1961
8.1
The Shrikes
1961
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誰よりも金を愛す
1961
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Daredevil in the Castle
as Yodogami
1961
7.4
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
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Deep River Melody
1960
6.0
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
1960
0.0
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
6.6
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as Otoku
1960
6.0
Bonchi
as Sei
1960
7.0
Secret
1960
0.0
Goodbye to Glory
as Otake
1960
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Mission Accomplished
1960
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Princess Sen in Edo
as Kisaragi
1960
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Pineapple Butai
as Shigeyo (Mother)
1959
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風来物語任侠篇
1959
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Love in the Mountains
1959
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The Hidden Treasure
1959
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The Days of Evil Women
1958
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🎬
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
6.0
🎬
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Chizuin
1958
6.0
The Undefeated Woman
1958
0.0
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
6.0
The Shop Curtain
1958
0.0
The Seasons of Love
as Urako
1958
1.0
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Natsu, the Foster Mother
1958
0.0
Down Town
as Riyo Yazawa
1957
0.0
Black River
as Landlady
1957
6.9
The Lower Depths
as Osugi the Landlady
1957
7.1
A Matter of Valour
1957
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Tokyo Twilight
as Kisako Soma
1957
7.7
The Horse Boy
1957
0.0
Throne of Blood
as Lady Asaji Washizu
1957
7.9
Flowing
as Otsuta
1956
7.1
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Shinako
1956
6.7
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How Sorrowful
1956
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Farewell to Dream
as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
1956
6.9
Namida no hanamichi
as 江戸紫女将そよ
1956
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大当り男一代
as お吉
1956
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Ishigassen
1955
0.0
🎬
Such is Life
as Oharu
1955
0.0
🎬
Christ in Bronze
as Kimika
1955
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荒木又右衛門
as 妻みね
1955
0.0
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955
0.0
振袖釼法
as 母つじ
1955
0.0
Ai Sureba Koso
as Yaeko (segment 3)
1955
0.0
Growing Up
1955
6.8
The Big Ambition
1955
0.0
Chutaro of Banba
1955
5.0
Burden of Love
as Some Kaita
1955
6.8
Three Loves
as Mother
1954
6.0
A Billionaire
as Hanakuma
1954
5.7
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954
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Chushingura
as Oishi Riku
1954
0.0
Hiroshima
as Mineh Obah
1953
7.6
Wild Lion
1953
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At the End of the Clouds
1953
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Miniature
as Tamiko
1953
8.0
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Sayo Yamada
1953
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江戸いろは祭
as 女房おなか
1953
0.0
Modern People
1952
2.5
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
1952
7.0
Devil’s Statue
1952
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Castle of Revenge
1952
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The Stand in Hakone
1952
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Become a Mother, Become a Woman
as Harue Yasukawa
1952
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Satsuma-bikyaku
1951
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Five Men of Edo
as Okane, Chobei's wife
1951
5.0
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Kaoru Uozumi
1951
5.0
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951
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Home Sweet Home
as Namiko, Kosaku's wife
1951
6.8
The Killing of Otsuya
as Otsuya
1951
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The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Misawa
1951
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A Man from Akagi
1950
0.0
風雲金毘羅山
1950
0.0
Fencing Master
as Oharu
1950
6.0
🎬
A Mother's Love
1950
0.0
The Motherland Far Far Away
as Masako
1950
0.0
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
0.0
Kagebōshi
as お夏
1950
0.0
Actress
as Sumako Matsui
1947
0.0
Lord for a Night
1946
8.0
The Sword
as Sasae Onoda
1945
5.8
🎬
Until Victory Day
1945
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Four Marriages
1944
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The Way of Drama
1944
6.5
音楽大進軍
as Isuzu Yamada
1943
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The Song Lantern
as O-Sode
1943
6.8
Kantaro of Ina
1943
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🎬
Onna keizu
as Otsuta
1942
0.0
The Man Who Waited
1942
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Musashibo Benkei
1942
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The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Oshino
1941
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Schoolgirl Records
1941
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🎬
Yukiko and Natsuyo
as Natsuyo
1941
6.0
Shanghai Moon
1941
0.0
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
5.3
🎬
The Snake Princess
as Oshima
1940
0.0
Keshô yuki
1940
0.0
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Oshiho
1939
0.0
The Day Before
as Osaki
1939
0.0
The Fighting Firemen
as Koina
1939
0.0
🎬
Ichiyo Higuchi
as Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
0.0
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsuruhachi
1938
6.3
The Siege of Osaka
as Senhime
1937
0.0
Sisters of the Gion
as O-mocha
1936
7.2
Osaka Elegy
as Ayako Murai
1936
6.7
Oyuki the Virgin
as Oyuki
1935
5.3
Miss Okichi
as Okichi
1935
6.0
🎬
The Comb of Oroku
as Okinu
1935
0.0
The Downfall of Osen
as Osen
1935
7.6
🎬
Happy Daughter
as Michiko Yamada
1934
0.0
🎬
The Elegant Swordsman
1934
0.0
🎬
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
1934
0.0
Bangaku no issho
1933
0.0
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
0.0
🎬
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
as Oichi
1932
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🎬
Professional Killer
1932
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Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
1932
0.0
The Greatest Man in the World
as Oyae
1932
5.2
The Revenge Champion
1931
0.0
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
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In Search of Mother
as Otose
1931
10.0
Suronin Chuya
1930
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