- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Died
- July 9, 2012
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 …
Filmography
movieAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002 · Self
movieKurosawa
2000 · Self
movieSure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985 · Oriku
movieSure Death
1984
movieSuspicion
1982 · Tokie Horiuchi
movieArashi Tatsunari
1982 · Tatsu
tvShin Hissatsu Shigotonin
1981
movieJapanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
1979
tvHissatsu Shigotonin
1979 · Otowa
movieAmeyuki-san
1979 · Waka Yamada
movieShogun's Samurai
1978 · Oeyo
movieKenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Self
movieWoman Boss
1970
tvMinamoto no Yoshitsune
1966 · Joban
tvAkō Rōshi
1964 · Riku
movieSakiko-san chotto
1963 · 中川しの
movieThe Body
1962
movieThe Great Wall
1962 · Dowager Empress
movie365 Nights
1962
movie假名手本忠臣蔵
1962
movieGlory on the Summit
1962 · Taka Hirooka
movieFour Sisters
1962 · Tatsuko Katagiri
movieBuddha
1961 · Kalideva
movieCase of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
movieThe Orphan Brother
1961 · Yashio (voice)
movieYojimbo
1961 · Orin
movieThe Shrikes
1961
誰よりも金を愛す
movie誰よりも金を愛す
1961
movieDaredevil in the Castle
1961 · Yodogami
movie風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
movieDeep River Melody
1960
movieOnatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
1960
movieThe Lovelorn Geisha
1960
movieHanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960 · Otoku
movieBonchi
1960 · Sei
movieSecret
1960
movieGoodbye to Glory
1960 · Otake
movieMission Accomplished
1960
moviePrincess Sen in Edo
1960 · Kisaragi
moviePineapple Butai
1959 · Shigeyo (Mother)
movieDisappearance in the Night
1959
movie風来物語任侠篇
1959
movieLove in the Mountains
1959
movieMan of Edo
1959
movieHear My Mother's Cry
1959
movieThe Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
movieThe Hidden Treasure
1959
movieThe Days of Evil Women
1958
movieThe Undefeated Woman
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
movieThe Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 · , Chizuin
movieTaikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
movieThe Shop Curtain
1958
movieThe Seasons of Love
1958 · Urako
movieA Boy and Three Mothers
1958 · Natsu, the Foster Mother
movieSamurai Nippon
1957
movieDown Town
1957 · Riyo Yazawa
movieBlack River
1957 · Landlady
movieThe Lower Depths
1957 · Osugi the Landlady
movieA Matter of Valour
1957
movieThe Shadow Daughter
1957
movieTokyo Twilight
1957 · Kisako Soma
movieThe Horse Boy
1957
movieThrone of Blood
1957 · Lady Asaji Washizu
movieThe Mandarin Room
1956
movieFlowing
1956 · Otsuta
movieShozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · Shinako
movieFive Patriots of Kyoto
1956
How Sorrowful
movieHow Sorrowful
1956
movieMother and Child
1956
movieFarewell to Dream
1956 · Seiji's mother, Kiyo
movieNamida no hanamichi
1956 · 江戸紫女将そよ
movie大当り男一代
1956 · お吉
movieIshigassen
1955
Such is Life
movieSuch is Life
1955 · Oharu
movieChrist in Bronze
1955 · Kimika
movie荒木又右衛門
1955 · 妻みね
movieMinamoto Yoshitsune
1955
movie振袖釼法
1955 · 母つじ
movieIf Indeed One Loves
1955 · Yaeko (segment 3)
movieGrowing Up
1955
movieThe Big Ambition
1955
movieChutaro of Banba
1955
movieBurden of Love
1955 · Some Kaita
movieThree Loves
1954 · Mother
movieA Billionaire
1954 · Hanakuma
movieKaratachi no hana
1954
movieHirate Miki the Swordman
1954
movieChushingura
1954 · Oishi Riku
movieHiroshima
1953 · Mineh Obah
movieWild Lion
1953
movieAt the End of the Clouds
1953
movieMiniature
1953 · Tamiko
movieA Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953 · Sayo Yamada
movie江戸いろは祭
1953 · 女房おなか
movieModern People
1952
movieTsukigata Hanpeita
1952 · Somehachi
movieDevil’s Statue
1952
movieCastle of Revenge
1952
movieThe Stand in Hakone
1952
movieBecome a Mother, Become a Woman
1952 · Harue Yasukawa
movieSatsuma-bikyaku
1951
movieFive Men of Edo
1951 · Okane, Chobei's wife
movieFireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Kaoru Uozumi
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
movie木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
1951
movieKurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951
movieHome Sweet Home
1951 · Namiko, Kosaku's wife
movieThe Killing of Otsuya
1951 · Otsuya
movieThe Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 · Misawa
movieA Man from Akagi
1950
movie風雲金毘羅山
1950
movieFencing Master
1950 · Oharu
A Mother's Love
movieA Mother's Love
1950
movieThe Motherland Far Far Away
1950 · Masako
movieZoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
movieKagebōshi
1950 · お夏
movieKoga Manshion
1949
movieKoi rōka
1949
movieActress
1947 · Sumako Matsui
movieLord for a Night
1946
movieHinoki Butai
1946
movieThe Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945 · Sasae Onoda
movieUntil Victory Day
1945
movieFour Marriages
1944
movieThe Way of Drama
1944
movieThe Sculpture of Master Choji
1943 · Outa
movie音楽大進軍
1943 · Isuzu Yamada
movieThe Song Lantern
1943 · O-Sode
movieKantaro of Ina
1943
Onna keizu
movieOnna keizu
1942 · Otsuta
movieThe Man Who Waited
1942
movieMusashibo Benkei
1942
movieThe Battle of Kawanakajima
1941 · Oshino
movieSchoolgirl Records
1941
Yukiko and Natsuyo
movieYukiko and Natsuyo
1941 · Natsuyo
movieShanghai Moon
1941
movieThe Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941
The Snake Princess
movieThe Snake Princess
1940 · Oshima
movieKeshô yuki
1940
movieShinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939 · Oshiho
movieThe Day Before
1939 · Osaki
movieThe Fighting Firemen
1939 · Koina
Ichiyo Higuchi
movieIchiyo Higuchi
1939 · Ichiyo Higuchi
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
movieThe New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939
movieTsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Tsuruhachi
movieThe Siege of Osaka
1937 · Senhime
movieSisters of the Gion
1936 · O-mocha
movieOsaka Elegy
1936 · Ayako Murai
movieMiss Okichi
1935 · Okichi
movieOyuki the Virgin
1935 · Oyuki
The Comb of Oroku
movieThe Comb of Oroku
1935 · Okinu
movieThe Downfall of Osen
1935 · Osen
Happy Daughter
movieHappy Daughter
1934 · Michiko Yamada
The Elegant Swordsman
movieThe Elegant Swordsman
1934
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
movieMartial Arts Encyclopedia
1934
movieBangaku no issho
1933
movieTange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
movieBanquet Under the Midnight Sun
1932 · Oichi
Professional Killer
movieProfessional Killer
1932
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
movieYataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
1932
movieThe Greatest Man in the World
1932 · Oyae
movieThe Revenge Champion
1931
movieThe 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
movieIn Search of Mother
1931 · Otose
movieSuronin Chuya
1930