Isuzu Yamada
Acting
- Born:
- 1917-02-05
- Died:
- 2012-07-09
- Place of birth:
- Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Kurosawa
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Sure Death
Suspicion
Arashi Tatsunari
Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
Hissatsu Shigotonin
Ameyuki-san
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Woman Boss
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Akō Rōshi
Sakiko-san chotto
The Body
The Great Wall
365 Nights
假名手本忠臣蔵
Glory on the Summit
Four Sisters
Buddha
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
The Orphan Brother
Yojimbo
The Shrikes
誰よりも金を愛す
Daredevil in the Castle
Wanderer's Story: Checkmate
Deep River Melody
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
The Lovelorn Geisha
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Bonchi
Secret
Goodbye to Glory
Mission Accomplished
Princess Sen in Edo
Pineapple Butai
Disappearance in the Night
A Gambler as I Am
Love in the Mountains
Man of Edo
Hear My Mother's Cry
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
The Hidden Treasure
The Days of Evil Women
The Undefeated Woman
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
The Shop Curtain
The Seasons of Love
A Boy and Three Mothers
Samurai Nippon
Downtown
Black River
The Lower Depths
A Matter of Valour
The Shadow Daughter
Tokyo Twilight
The Horse Boy
Throne of Blood
The Mandarin Room
Flowing
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Five Patriots of Kyoto
How Sorrowful
Mother and Child
Farewell to Dream
Namida no hanamichi
大当り男一代
Ishigassen
Such is Life
Christ in Bronze
荒木又右衛門
Minamoto Yoshitsune
振袖釼法
If Indeed One Loves
Growing Up
The Big Ambition
Chutaro of Banba
Burden of Love
Three Loves
A Billionaire
Karatachi no hana
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Chushingura
Hiroshima
Wild Lion
At the End of the Clouds
Miniature
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
江戸いろは祭
Modern People
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Devil’s Statue
Castle of Revenge
The Stand in Hakone
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Satsuma-bikyaku
Five Men of Edo
Fireworks Over the Sea
Orizuru kasa
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
Home Sweet Home
The Killing of Otsuya
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
A Man from Akagi
風雲金毘羅山
Fencing Master
A Mother's Love
The Motherland Far Far Away
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Kagebōshi
Hebi hime dōchū
Koga Manshion
Hana no jitsugetsu
Koi rōka
Actress
Lord for a Night
Hinoki Butai
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Until Victory Day
Four Marriages
The Way of Drama
The Sculpture of Master Choji
音楽大進軍
The Song Lantern
Kantaro of Ina
Onna keizu
The Man Who Waited
Musashibo Benkei
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Schoolgirl Records
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Shanghai Moon
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
The Snake Princess
Keshô yuki
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
The Day Before
The Fighting Firemen
Ichiyo Higuchi
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
The Siege of Osaka
Sisters of the Gion
Osaka Elegy
Miss Okichi
Oyuki the Virgin
The Comb of Oroku
The Downfall of Osen
Happy Daughter
The Elegant Swordsman
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Bangaku no issho
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Professional Killer
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
The Greatest Man in the World
The Revenge Champion
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
In Search of Mother
Suronin Chuya
Zoku hebi hime dōchū