Sumiko Sakamoto

Sumiko Sakamoto

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sumiko Sakamoto was born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them "The Ballad of Narayama," winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, in which her brilliant portrayal of an elderly mother not only earned her a kiss from Orson Welles, but also the Japanese Best Actress Award from Nihon Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Osaka, Japan, 1936-11-25

Died: 2021-01-23

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	Travel with Ghost	Osumi	0
2	1963	Tenamonya Sandogasa		0
3	1963	Legends of Honor		0
4	1964	Homeless Dog		0
5	1964	Escape from Japan	Mitsuko	59
6	1964	Clamouring Canines	Machiko	0
7	1964	The Call of Flesh		0
8	1965	Rampaging Dog		0
9	1965	Trigger Happy Romeo	Tsuruko	0
10	1966	Silence Has No Wings		70
11	1966	The Pornographers	Haru Masuda	73
12	1966	Return of Gun Dog		45
13	1966	Fearless Comrades		0
14	1966	Stray Dog		0
15	1967	Quick-Draw Dog		0
16	1967	The Shogun and His Mistresses	Tami	20
17	1967	The Silent Gun	Tamako Tamamura	0
18	1967	Young Boss: Leader's Flesh		0
19	1978	Sometimes... Like a Prostitute	Woman in Reception	51
20	1983	The Ballad of Narayama	Orin	75
21	1986	Be Free!	Mutsuko's mother	0
22	1995	The Stairway to the Distant Past	Minato Mary	70
23	1996	Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin		0
24	1997	My Father's Dragon	Lioness (voice)	60
25	2001	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge	Masako Yamada	66
26	2005	The Buried Forest	Granny	64

No.	Year	Title	Role
1	1978	Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako
2	1978	Watashi wa umi	石沢松子
3	1981	Precious Moments
4	1993	Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

Sumiko Sakamoto

Film

Television