Isuzu Yamada

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: Acting

Born: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1917-02-05

Died: 2012-07-09

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	Suronin Chuya		0
2	1931	In Search of Mother	Otose	100
3	1931	The 26 Martyrs of Japan		0
4	1931	The Revenge Champion		0
5	1932	The Greatest Man in the World	Oyae	52
6	1932	Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings		0
7	1932	Professional Killer		0
8	1932	Banquet Under the Midnight Sun	Oichi	0
9	1933	Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen		0
10	1933	Bangaku no issho		0
11	1934	Martial Arts Encyclopedia		0
12	1934	The Elegant Swordsman		0
13	1934	Happy Daughter	Michiko Yamada	0
14	1935	The Downfall of Osen	Osen	76
15	1935	The Comb of Oroku	Okinu	0
16	1935	Miss Okichi	Okichi	60
17	1935	Oyuki the Virgin	Oyuki	53
18	1936	Osaka Elegy	Ayako Murai	67
19	1936	Sisters of the Gion	O-mocha	72
20	1937	The Siege of Osaka	Senhime	0
21	1938	Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro	Tsuruhachi	63
22	1939	Ichiyo Higuchi	Ichiyo Higuchi	0
23	1939	The Fighting Firemen	Koina	0
24	1939	The Day Before	Osaki	0
25	1939	Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki	Oshiho	0
26	1940	Keshô yuki		0
27	1940	The Snake Princess	Oshima	0
28	1941	The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday		53
29	1941	Shanghai Moon		0
30	1941	Yukiko and Natsuyo	Natsuyo	60
31	1941	Schoolgirl Records		0
32	1941	The Battle of Kawanakajima	Oshino	0
33	1942	Musashibo Benkei		0
34	1942	The Man Who Waited		0
35	1942	Onna keizu	Otsuta	0
36	1943	Kantaro of Ina		0
37	1943	The Song Lantern	O-Sode	68
38	1943	音楽大進軍	Isuzu Yamada	0
39	1944	The Way of Drama		65
40	1944	Four Marriages		0
41	1945	Until Victory Day		0
42	1945	The Sword	Sasae Onoda	58
43	1946	Lord for a Night		80
44	1947	Actress	Sumako Matsui	0
45	1950	Kagebōshi	お夏	0
46	1950	Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu		0
47	1950	The Motherland Far Far Away	Masako	0
48	1950	A Mother's Love		0
49	1950	Fencing Master	Oharu	60
50	1950	風雲金毘羅山		0
51	1950	A Man from Akagi		0
52	1951	The Inner Palace Conspiracy	Misawa	0
53	1951	The Killing of Otsuya	Otsuya	0
54	1951	Home Sweet Home	Namiko, Kosaku's wife	68
55	1951	Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask		0
56	1951	Fireworks Over the Sea	Kaoru Uozumi	50
57	1951	Five Men of Edo	Okane, Chobei's wife	50
58	1951	Satsuma-bikyaku		0
59	1952	Become a Mother, Become a Woman	Harue Yasukawa	0
60	1952	The Stand in Hakone		0
61	1952	Castle of Revenge		0
62	1952	Devil’s Statue		0
63	1952	Tsukigata Hanpeita	Somehachi	70
64	1952	Modern People		25
65	1953	江戸いろは祭	女房おなか	0
66	1953	A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land	Sayo Yamada	0
67	1953	Miniature	Tamiko	80
68	1953	At the End of the Clouds		0
69	1953	Wild Lion		0
70	1953	Hiroshima	Mineh Obah	76
71	1954	Chushingura	Oishi Riku	0
72	1954	Hirate Miki the Swordman		0
73	1954	Karatachi no hana		0
74	1954	A Billionaire	Hanakuma	57
75	1954	Three Loves	Mother	60
76	1955	Burden of Love	Some Kaita	68
77	1955	Chutaro of Banba		50
78	1955	The Big Ambition		0
79	1955	Growing Up		68
80	1955	Ai Sureba Koso	Yaeko (segment 3)	0
81	1955	振袖釼法	母つじ	0
82	1955	Minamoto Yoshitsune		0
83	1955	荒木又右衛門	妻みね	0
84	1955	Christ in Bronze	Kimika	0
85	1955	Such is Life	Oharu	0
86	1955	Ishigassen		0
87	1956	大当り男一代	お吉	0
88	1956	Namida no hanamichi	江戸紫女将そよ	0
89	1956	Farewell to Dream	Seiji's mother, Kiyo	69
90	1956	How Sorrowful		0
91	1956	Shozo, a Cat and Two Women	Shinako	67
92	1956	Flowing	Otsuta	71
93	1956	The Mandarin Room		0
94	1957	Throne of Blood	Lady Asaji Washizu	79
95	1957	The Horse Boy		0
96	1957	Tokyo Twilight	Kisako Soma	77
97	1957	The Shadow Daughter		0
98	1957	A Matter of Valour		0
99	1957	The Lower Depths	Osugi the Landlady	71
100	1957	Black River	Landlady	69
101	1957	Down Town	Riyo Yazawa	0
102	1958	A Boy and Three Mothers	Natsu, the Foster Mother	0
103	1958	The Seasons of Love	Urako	10
104	1958	The Shop Curtain		0
105	1958	Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi		60
106	1958	The Undefeated Woman		0
107	1958	The Spell of the Hidden Gold		60
108	1958	The Spell of the Hidden Gold	Chizuin	60
109	1958	The Days of Evil Women		0
110	1959	The Hidden Treasure		0
111	1959	Love in the Mountains		0
112	1959	風来物語任侠篇		0
113	1959	Pineapple Butai	Shigeyo (Mother)	0
114	1960	Princess Sen in Edo	Kisaragi	0
115	1960	Mission Accomplished		0
116	1960	Goodbye to Glory	Otake	0
117	1960	Secret		0
118	1960	Bonchi	Sei	70
119	1960	Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage	Otoku	60
120	1960	The Lovelorn Geisha		66
121	1960	Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher		0
122	1960	Deep River Melody		60
123	1960	風来物語あばれ飛車		0
124	1961	Daredevil in the Castle	Yodogami	74
125	1961	誰よりも金を愛す		0
126	1961	The Shrikes		0
127	1961	Yojimbo	Orin	81
128	1961	The Orphan Brother	Yashio (voice)	61
129	1961	Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia		70
130	1961	Buddha	Kalideva	0
131	1962	Four Sisters	Tatsuko Katagiri	60
132	1962	Glory on the Summit	Taka Hirooka	0
133	1962	365 Nights		0
134	1962	The Great Wall	Dowager Empress	60
135	1962	The Body		65
136	1970	Woman Boss		0
137	1975	Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director		68
138	1978	Shogun's Samurai	Oeyo	70
139	1982	Arashi Tatsunari	Tatsu	0
140	1982	Suspicion	Tokie Horiuchi	67
141	1984	Sure Death		58
142	1985	Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!	Oriku	60
143	2000	Kurosawa	Self	67
144	2002	Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Akō Rōshi	Riku	75
2	1966	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Joban	0
3	1979	Hissatsu Shigotonin	Otowa	0
4	1981	新必殺仕事人		0

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