Isuzu Yamada
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).
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Acting (127 movies)
Throne of Blood
1957
Bangaku no issho
1933
Yojimbo
1961
The Lower Depths
1957
Love in the Mountains
1959
Wild Lion
1953
Pineapple Butai
1959
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Osaka Elegy
1936
The Stand in Hakone
1952
Oyuki the Virgin
1935
Flowing
1956
A Man from Akagi
1950
The Great Wall
1962
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Sisters of the Gion
1936
Kurosawa
2000
Woman Boss
1970
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939
The Downfall of Osen
1935
The Sword
1945
A Billionaire
1954
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Kagebōshi
1950
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
風雲金毘羅山
1950
江戸いろは祭
1953
振袖釼法
1955
Arashi Tatsunari
1982
荒木又右衛門
1955
A Matter of Valour
1957
The Revenge Champion
1931
Modern People
1952
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
大当り男一代
1956
Namida no hanamichi
1956
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
風来物語任侠篇
1959
Home Sweet Home
1951
Miniature
1953
Keshô yuki
1940
Miss Okichi
1935
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
Fencing Master
1950
Suronin Chuya
1930
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
The Fighting Firemen
1939
Mission Accomplished
1960
Buddha
1961
Five Men of Edo
1951
Black River
1957
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Chutaro of Banba
1955
The Way of Drama
1944
Deep River Melody
1960
The Horse Boy
1957
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Bonchi
1960
The Song Lantern
1943
365 Nights
1962
Three Loves
1954
Lord for a Night
1946
The Man Who Waited
1942
Hiroshima
1953
音楽大進軍
1943
In Search of Mother
1931
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
Four Sisters
1962
Goodbye to Glory
1960
Suspicion
1982
Burden of Love
1955
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
Sure Death
1984
The Greatest Man in the World
1932
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Shogun's Samurai
1978
The Orphan Brother
1961
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002
The Days of Evil Women
1958
The Day Before
1939
The Seasons of Love
1958
The Hidden Treasure
1959
Schoolgirl Records
1941
Glory on the Summit
1962
Growing Up
1955
The Shop Curtain
1958
Farewell to Dream
1956
The Shrikes
1961
Devil’s Statue
1952
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