Actor
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 Ke ...

Known For
Acting
2002 -- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood' | Self
2000 -- Kurosawa | Self
1985 -- Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! | Oriku
1984 -- Sure Death |
1982 -- Suspicion | Tokie Horiuchi
1982 -- Arashi Tatsunari | Tatsu
1978 -- Shogun's Samurai | Oeyo
1975 -- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director |
1970 -- Woman Boss |
1962 -- The Body |
1962 -- The Great Wall | Dowager Empress
1962 -- 365 Nights |
1962 -- Glory on the Summit | Taka Hirooka
1962 -- Four Sisters | Tatsuko Katagiri
1961 -- Buddha | Kalideva
1961 -- Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia |
1961 -- The Orphan Brother | Yashio (voice)
1961 -- Yojimbo | Orin
1961 -- The Shrikes |
1961 -- 誰よりも金を愛す |
1961 -- Daredevil in the Castle | Yodogami
1960 -- 風来物語 あばれ飛車 |
1960 -- Deep River Melody |
1960 -- The Lovelorn Geisha |
1960 -- Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage | Otoku
1960 -- Bonchi | Sei
1960 -- Secret |
1960 -- Goodbye to Glory | Otake
1960 -- Mission Accomplished |
1960 -- Princess Sen in Edo | Kisaragi
1959 -- Pineapple Butai | Shigeyo (Mother)
1959 -- 風来物語任侠篇 |
1959 -- Love in the Mountains |
1959 -- The Hidden Treasure |
1958 -- The Days of Evil Women |
1958 -- The Spell of the Hidden Gold | Chizuin
1958 -- The Spell of the Hidden Gold |
1958 -- The Undefeated Woman |
1958 -- Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi |
1958 -- The Shop Curtain |
1958 -- The Seasons of Love | Urako
1958 -- A Boy and Three Mothers | Natsu, the Foster Mother
1957 -- Down Town | Riyo Yazawa
1957 -- Black River | Landlady
1957 -- The Lower Depths | Osugi the Landlady
1957 -- A Matter of Valour |
1957 -- Tokyo Twilight | Kisako Soma
1957 -- The Horse Boy |
1957 -- Throne of Blood | Lady Asaji Washizu
1956 -- Flowing | Otsuta
1956 -- Shozo, a Cat and Two Women | Shinako
1956 -- How Sorrowful |
1956 -- Farewell to Dream | Seiji's mother, Kiyo
1956 -- 涙の花道 | 江戸紫女将そよ
1956 -- 大当り男一代 | お吉
1955 -- Ishigassen |
1955 -- Such is Life | Oharu
1955 -- Christ in Bronze | Kimika
1955 -- 荒木又右衛門 | 妻みね
1955 -- Minamoto Yoshitsune |
1955 -- 振袖釼法 | 母つじ
1955 -- Ai Sureba Koso | Yaeko (segment 3)
1955 -- Growing Up |
1955 -- The Big Ambition |
1955 -- Chutaro of Banba |
1955 -- Burden of Love | Some Kaita
1954 -- Three Loves | Mother
1954 -- A Billionaire | Hanakuma
1954 -- Hirate Miki the Swordman |
1954 -- Chushingura | Oishi Riku
1953 -- Hiroshima |
1953 -- Wild Lion |
1953 -- At the End of the Clouds |
1953 -- Miniature | Tamiko
1953 -- A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land | Sayo Yamada
1953 -- 江戸いろは祭 | 女房おなか
1952 -- Modern People |
1952 -- Tsukigata Hanpeita | Somehachi
1952 -- Devil’s Statue |
1952 -- Castle of Revenge |
1952 -- The Stand in Hakone |
1952 -- Become a Mother, Become a Woman | Harue Yasukawa
1951 -- Satsuma-bikyaku |
1951 -- Five Men of Edo | Okane, Chobei's wife
1951 -- Fireworks Over the Sea | Kaoru Uozumi
1951 -- Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask |
1951 -- Home Sweet Home | Namiko, Kosaku's wife
1951 -- The Killing of Otsuya | Otsuya
1951 -- The Inner Palace Conspiracy | Misawa
1950 -- A Man from Akagi |
1950 -- 風雲金毘羅山 |
1950 -- Fencing Master | Oharu
1950 -- A Mother's Love |
1950 -- The Motherland Far Far Away | Masako
1950 -- Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu |
1950 -- Kagebōshi | お夏
1947 -- Actress | Sumako Matsui
1946 -- Lord for a Night |
1945 -- The Sword | Sasae Onoda
1945 -- Until Victory Day |
1944 -- Four Marriages |
1944 -- The Way of Drama |
1943 -- 音楽大進軍 | Isuzu Yamada
1943 -- The Song Lantern | O-Sode
1943 -- Kantaro of Ina |
1942 -- Onna keizu | Otsuta
1942 -- The Man Who Waited |
1942 -- Musashibo Benkei |
1941 -- The Battle of Kawanakajima | Oshino
1941 -- Schoolgirl Records |
1941 -- Yukiko and Natsuyo | Natsuyo
1941 -- Shanghai Moon |
1941 -- The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday |
1940 -- The Snake Princess | Oshima
1940 -- Keshô yuki |
1939 -- Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki | Oshiho
1939 -- The Day Before | Osaki
1939 -- The Fighting Firemen | Koina
1939 -- Ichiyo Higuchi | Ichiyo Higuchi
1938 -- Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro | Tsuruhachi
1937 -- The Siege of Osaka | Senhime
1936 -- Sisters of the Gion | O-mocha
1936 -- Osaka Elegy | Ayako Murai
1935 -- Oyuki the Virgin | Oyuki
1935 -- Miss Okichi | Okichi
1935 -- The Comb of Oroku | Okinu
1935 -- The Downfall of Osen | Osen
1934 -- Happy Daughter | Michiko Yamada
1934 -- The Elegant Swordsman |
1934 -- Martial Arts Encyclopedia |
1933 -- Bangaku no issho |
1933 -- Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen |
1932 -- Banquet Under the Midnight Sun | Oichi
1932 -- Professional Killer |
1932 -- Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings |
1932 -- The Greatest Man in the World | Oyae
1931 -- The Revenge Champion |
1931 -- The 26 Martyrs of Japan |
1931 -- In Search of Mother | Otose
1930 -- Suronin Chuya |
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