Acting
Fujiko Yamamoto
Fujiko Yamamoto (山本富士子, Yamamoto Fujiko) (born 11 December 1931) is a Japanese stage, film and television actress. She was the winner of the first Miss Nippon Grand Prix in 1950, and appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963, including works by directors Yasujirō Ozu, Kon Ichikawa, Shirō Toyoda and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Yamamoto was born on 11 December 1931 in Nishi ward, Osaka. In 1953, she made her film debut at Daiei Film, and became one of the studio's top actresses. Yamamoto was considered one of Japan's most beautiful women, with, in the words of film historian Catherine Russell, "noble" features that represented the classic ideal of Japanese beauty. As such, she was well-suited for costumed parts in the era's popular period dramas, with her less-frequent modern roles (in films like Ozu's Equinox Flower and Ichikawa's Being Two Isn't Easy) often shot in "movie star" closeups that placed her apart from the films' contemporary storytelling. In 1963, when her contract came up for renewal, she insisted on changes. The head of Daiei, Masaichi Nagata, refused, dismissed her, and prevented her from finding work at other film studios via the Five-Company Agreement. After the Daiei dismissal, Yamamoto acted in the TV series Toshiba Sunday Theatre and on Fuji TV. Even though she has appeared frequently on stage and on television, she has not appeared in a film since then.
Filmography
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
Series · 1998
Picnic
Film · 1996
Ghost Soup
Film · 1992
An Actor's Revenge
Film · 1963
Madame Aki
Film · 1963
Yume de aritai
Film · 1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Film · 1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Film · 1962
The Great Wall
Film · 1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Film · 1962
The Venus' Tear
Film · 1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
Film · 1962
Buddha
Film · 1961
Ten Women in Black
Film · 1961
Hunting Rifle
Film · 1961
Okoto and Sasuke
Film · 1961
Blind Devotion
Film · 1961
Refresher Course for Wives
Film · 1961
Nocturne of a Woman
Film · 1961
京化粧
Film · 1961
What Price Love?
Film · 1960
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
Film · 1960
Satan's Sword
Film · 1960
The Twilight Story
Film · 1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
Film · 1960
Patterns of Love
Film · 1960
Princess Sen in Edo
Film · 1960
A Woman's Testament
Film · 1960
The Song Lantern
Film · 1960
Yoru wa usotsuki
Film · 1960
Jirocho Fuji
Film · 1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Film · 1959
The Makioka Sisters
Film · 1959
Stop the Old Fox
Film · 1959
Beauty the Enemy
Film · 1959
The Path I Remember
Film · 1959
Pilgrimage at Night
Film · 1959
Peony on the Skin
Film · 1959
Jōen
Film · 1959
Paper Pigeon
Film · 1959
A Week in Hawaii
Film · 1959
Musume no boken
Film · 1958
The Precipice
Film · 1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Film · 1958
Equinox Flower
Film · 1958
The Snowy Heron
Film · 1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Film · 1958
The Swishing Sword
Film · 1958
Tokyo Eyes
Film · 1958
Mother
Film · 1958
Thirst
Film · 1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
Film · 1958
Symphony of Love
Film · 1958
Tenryū shibukigasa
Film · 1958
Tokai toiu minato
Film · 1958
Night Butterflies
Film · 1957
Secret of Naruto
Film · 1957
Love of the Princess
Film · 1957
Floating Vessel
Film · 1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Film · 1957
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Film · 1957
Ginga no miyako
Film · 1957
Zoku ginga no miyako
Film · 1957
Duel at Noon
Film · 1957
Yuki no wataridori
Film · 1957
Bridge of Japan
Film · 1956
Undercurrent
Film · 1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Film · 1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Film · 1956
Flowery Hood 2
Film · 1956
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
Film · 1956
Flowery Hood
Film · 1956
Bara no kōdōkan
Film · 1956
The Buried Treasure
Film · 1956
Spark
Film · 1956
Studio wa ōsawagi
Film · 1956
I Love You
Film · 1956
Miai Ryokou
Film · 1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Film · 1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Film · 1955
The Romance of Yushima
Film · 1955
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
Film · 1955
Itarō jishi
Film · 1955
Driving Like Mad
Film · 1955
The Birth of Judo
Film · 1955
Tsubakuro kasa
Film · 1955
The Golden Demon
Film · 1954
The Messenger from the Moon
Film · 1954
Hana no Inochi wo
Film · 1954
Hana no sando gasa
Film · 1954
Shirazu no Yatarō
Film · 1954
Woman of Fire
Film · 1954
Atarashiki ten
Film · 1954
Haru no uzumaki
Film · 1954
Made in Japan
Film · 1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
Film · 1953
Zoku Tange Sazen
Film · 1953
Tange Sazen
Film · 1953
Coming Up of Kodokan
Film · 1953
Seki no yatappe
Film · 1953
Hana no kenkajō
Film · 1953
Shunsetsu no mon
Film · 1953
Asakusa monogatari
Film · 1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Film · 1953
Tange Sazen
Film · 1952