Personal Info
Known Credits
140
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1917-02-05 (108 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known For
Исудзу Ямада
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
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1982 --
Suspicion
| Tokie Horiuchi
1982 --
Arashi Tatsunari
| Tatsu
1978 --
Shogun's Samurai
| Oeyo
1975 --
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
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1970 --
Woman Boss
|
1962 --
The Body
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1962 --
The Great Wall
| Dowager Empress
1962 --
365 Nights
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1962 --
Glory on the Summit
| Taka Hirooka
1962 --
Four Sisters
| Tatsuko Katagiri
1961 --
Buddha
| Kalideva
1961 --
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
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1961 --
The Orphan Brother
| Yashio (voice)
1961 --
Yojimbo
| Orin
1961 --
The Shrikes
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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
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1960 --
Deep River Melody
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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
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1960 --
Princess Sen in Edo
| Kisaragi
1959 --
Pineapple Butai
| Shigeyo (Mother)
1959 --
風来物語任侠篇
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1959 --
Love in the Mountains
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1959 --
The Hidden Treasure
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1958 --
The Days of Evil Women
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1958 --
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
| Chizuin
1958 --
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
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1958 --
The Undefeated Woman
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1958 --
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
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1958 --
The Shop Curtain
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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
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1957 --
Tokyo Twilight
| Kisako Soma
1957 --
The Horse Boy
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1957 --
Throne of Blood
| Lady Asaji Washizu
1956 --
Flowing
| Otsuta
1956 --
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
| Shinako
1956 --
How Sorrowful
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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
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1955 --
Such is Life
| Oharu
1955 --
Christ in Bronze
| Kimika
1955 --
荒木又右衛門
| 妻みね
1955 --
Minamoto Yoshitsune
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1955 --
振袖釼法
| 母つじ
1955 --
Ai Sureba Koso
| Yaeko (segment 3)
1955 --
Growing Up
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1955 --
The Big Ambition
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1955 --
Chutaro of Banba
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1955 --
Burden of Love
| Some Kaita
1954 --
Three Loves
| Mother
1954 --
A Billionaire
| Hanakuma
1954 --
Hirate Miki the Swordman
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1954 --
Chushingura
| Oishi Riku
1953 --
Hiroshima
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1953 --
Wild Lion
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1953 --
At the End of the Clouds
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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
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1952 --
Tsukigata Hanpeita
| Somehachi
1952 --
Devil’s Statue
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1952 --
Castle of Revenge
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1952 --
The Stand in Hakone
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1952 --
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
| Harue Yasukawa
1951 --
Satsuma-bikyaku
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1951 --
Five Men of Edo
| Okane, Chobei's wife
1951 --
Fireworks Over the Sea
| Kaoru Uozumi
1951 --
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
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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
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1950 --
風雲金毘羅山
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1950 --
Fencing Master
| Oharu
1950 --
A Mother's Love
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1950 --
The Motherland Far Far Away
| Masako
1950 --
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
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1950 --
Kagebōshi
| お夏
1947 --
Actress
| Sumako Matsui
1946 --
Lord for a Night
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1945 --
The Sword
| Sasae Onoda
1945 --
Until Victory Day
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1944 --
Four Marriages
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1944 --
The Way of Drama
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1943 --
音楽大進軍
| Isuzu Yamada
1943 --
The Song Lantern
| O-Sode
1943 --
Kantaro of Ina
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1942 --
Onna keizu
| Otsuta
1942 --
The Man Who Waited
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1942 --
Musashibo Benkei
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1941 --
The Battle of Kawanakajima
| Oshino
1941 --
Schoolgirl Records
|
1941 --
Yukiko and Natsuyo
| Natsuyo
1941 --
Shanghai Moon
|
1941 --
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
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1940 --
The Snake Princess
| Oshima
1940 --
Keshô yuki
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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
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1934 --
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
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1933 --
Bangaku no issho
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1933 --
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
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1932 --
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
| Oichi
1932 --
Professional Killer
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1932 --
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
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1932 --
The Greatest Man in the World
| Oyae
1931 --
The Revenge Champion
|
1931 --
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
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1931 --
In Search of Mother
| Otose
1930 --
Suronin Chuya
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