
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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