Acting
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
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Film · 2002
Kurosawa
Film · 2000
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Film · 1985
Sure Death
Film · 1984
Arashi Tatsunari
Film · 1982
Suspicion
Film · 1982
Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin
Series · 1981
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
Film · 1979
Ameyuki-san
Film · 1979
Hissatsu Shigotonin
Series · 1979
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
Film · 1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Film · 1975
Woman Boss
Film · 1970
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Series · 1966
Akō Rōshi
Series · 1964
Sakiko-san chotto
Film · 1963
The Great Wall
Film · 1962
365 Nights
Film · 1962
Four Sisters
Film · 1962
Glory on the Summit
Film · 1962
The Body
Film · 1962
假名手本忠臣蔵
Film · 1962
Yojimbo
Film · 1961
Daredevil in the Castle
Film · 1961
Buddha
Film · 1961
誰よりも金を愛す
Film · 1961
The Orphan Brother
Film · 1961
The Shrikes
Film · 1961
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Film · 1961
The Lovelorn Geisha
Film · 1960
風来物語 あばれ飛車
Film · 1960
Mission Accomplished
Film · 1960
Deep River Melody
Film · 1960
Bonchi
Film · 1960
Goodbye to Glory
Film · 1960
Princess Sen in Edo
Film · 1960
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Film · 1960
Secret
Film · 1960
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
Film · 1960
Love in the Mountains
Film · 1959
Pineapple Butai
Film · 1959
A Gambler as I Am
Film · 1959
The Hidden Treasure
Film · 1959
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Film · 1959
Hear My Mother's Cry
Film · 1959
Disappearance in the Night
Film · 1959
Man of Edo
Film · 1959
The Undefeated Woman
Film · 1958
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Film · 1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
Film · 1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Film · 1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Film · 1958
The Days of Evil Women
Film · 1958
The Seasons of Love
Film · 1958
The Shop Curtain
Film · 1958
Throne of Blood
Film · 1957
The Lower Depths
Film · 1957
Tokyo Twilight
Film · 1957
A Matter of Valour
Film · 1957
Black River
Film · 1957
The Horse Boy
Film · 1957
Downtown
Film · 1957
The Shadow Daughter
Film · 1957
Samurai Nippon
Film · 1957
Flowing
Film · 1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Film · 1956
大当り男一代
Film · 1956
Namida no hanamichi
Film · 1956
How Sorrowful
Film · 1956
Farewell to Dream
Film · 1956
The Mandarin Room
Film · 1956
Mother and Child
Film · 1956
Five Patriots of Kyoto
Film · 1956
振袖釼法
Film · 1955
荒木又右衛門
Film · 1955
Christ in Bronze
Film · 1955
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Film · 1955
Chutaro of Banba
Film · 1955
Such is Life
Film · 1955
Burden of Love
Film · 1955
Growing Up
Film · 1955
The Big Ambition
Film · 1955
If Indeed One Loves
Film · 1955
Ishigassen
Film · 1955
A Billionaire
Film · 1954
Three Loves
Film · 1954
Chushingura
Film · 1954
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Film · 1954
Karatachi no hana
Film · 1954
Wild Lion
Film · 1953
江戸いろは祭
Film · 1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Film · 1953
Miniature
Film · 1953
Hiroshima
Film · 1953
At the End of the Clouds
Film · 1953
The Stand in Hakone
Film · 1952
Modern People
Film · 1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Film · 1952
Devil’s Statue
Film · 1952
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Film · 1952
Castle of Revenge
Film · 1952
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
Film · 1952
Home Sweet Home
Film · 1951
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
Film · 1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Film · 1951
Five Men of Edo
Film · 1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Film · 1951
The Killing of Otsuya
Film · 1951
Satsuma-bikyaku
Film · 1951
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
Film · 1951
Orizuru kasa
Film · 1951
A Man from Akagi
Film · 1950
Kagebōshi
Film · 1950
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Film · 1950
風雲金毘羅山
Film · 1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
Film · 1950
Fencing Master
Film · 1950
A Mother's Love
Film · 1950
Koi rōka
Film · 1949
Koga Manshion
Film · 1949
Hana no jitsugetsu
Film · 1949
Hebi hime dōchū
Film · 1949
Actress
Film · 1947
Lord for a Night
Film · 1946
Hinoki Butai
Film · 1946
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
Film · 1945
Until Victory Day
Film · 1945
The Way of Drama
Film · 1944
Four Marriages
Film · 1944
Kantaro of Ina
Film · 1943
The Song Lantern
Film · 1943
音楽大進軍
Film · 1943
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Film · 1943
Onna keizu
Film · 1942
The Man Who Waited
Film · 1942
Musashibo Benkei
Film · 1942
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Film · 1941
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Film · 1941
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Film · 1941
Schoolgirl Records
Film · 1941
Shanghai Moon
Film · 1941
Keshô yuki
Film · 1940
The Snake Princess
Film · 1940
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Film · 1939
The Fighting Firemen
Film · 1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
Film · 1939
The Day Before
Film · 1939
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
Film · 1939
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Film · 1938
The Siege of Osaka
Film · 1937
Osaka Elegy
Film · 1936
Sisters of the Gion
Film · 1936
Oyuki the Virgin
Film · 1935
The Downfall of Osen
Film · 1935
Miss Okichi
Film · 1935
The Comb of Oroku
Film · 1935
Happy Daughter
Film · 1934
The Elegant Swordsman
Film · 1934
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Film · 1934
Bangaku no issho
Film · 1933
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
Film · 1933
Professional Killer
Film · 1932
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
Film · 1932
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Film · 1932
The Greatest Man in the World
Film · 1932
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Film · 1931
The Revenge Champion
Film · 1931
In Search of Mother
Film · 1931
Suronin Chuya
Film · 1930
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Film