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.
An Actor's Revenge
as OhatsuIn Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their...
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Equinox Flower
as Yukiko SasakiWataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter...
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Picnic
as NurseBelieving that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru...
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as OmatsuThe sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of...
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Secret of Naruto
as uncreditedFrom the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima...
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Buddha
as UshaAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Yôsen'inJapan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for...
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Ghost Soup
as uncreditedIt's Christmas Eve in Tokyo as Ichiro is moving into his new apartment one month ahead of...
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Being Two Isn't Easy
as ChiyoThe days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point...
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Satan's Sword
as OmatsuThe Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41...
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Ten Dark Women
as Futaba KazeKaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him....
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The Messenger from the Moon
as Michiko NonomiyaAdaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.
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A Woman's Testament
as uncreditedThe first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for...
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The Great Wall
as Princess ChuIn 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his...
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Bridge of Japan
as Kiyoha TakinoyaIchikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until...
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The Golden Demon
as MiyaTokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the...
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Night Butterflies
as O-KikuA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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Hunting Rifle
as Saiko TagiStory of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
as uncreditedA demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider!...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as UmematsuDuring the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing...
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The Twilight Story
as uncreditedIn this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing...
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Jūdai no yūwaku
as uncreditedFilm directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
as uncreditedKitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The...
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The Snowy Heron
as uncreditedThe story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a...
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Pilgrimage at Night
as uncreditedAdapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a...
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Beauty the Enemy
as Kikue YoshinoIn a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are...
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The Romance of Yushima
as uncreditedHayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much...
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as uncreditedThe story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike...
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Blind Devotion
as NatsukoLate romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
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Night River
as Kiwa FunakiIn Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
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Patterns of Love
as uncreditedOmnibus picture, consisting of three stories.
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Miai Ryokou
as uncreditedA chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more...
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
as uncreditedA studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
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The Precipice
as uncreditedKosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New...
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What Price Love?
as Komako ShirokoyaSet in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a...
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Princess Sen in Edo
as Princess SenA gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange...
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Tange Sazen
as uncreditedDrama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period...
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Michiyo SawadaA Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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Floating Vessel
as UkifuneFloating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke...
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The Makioka Sisters
as uncredited1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
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Stop the Old Fox
as Tomi / ToyoharuHistorical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the...
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Jirocho Fuji
as OshinLegendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as OkotoOne of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
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Love of the Princess
as YuhideA story of aristocratic star-crossed love.
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Nocturne of a Woman
as uncreditedA woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she...
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Tokyo Eyes
as uncreditedA beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young...
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The Swishing Sword
as uncreditedA beautiful girl who seeks revenge, disguises herself by dressing up in men's clothes, geisha,...
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The Song Lantern
as uncreditedThe title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The...
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Made in Japan
as Yoshiko SunoharaA love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo...
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Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
as Kyouhei's MotherThree millennia after the first invasion of the Space Pirates Barban, a new set of Gingamen —...
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