Isuzu Yamada
Born in Osaka, Osaka, Japan — Feb 05 1917• Died Jul 09 2012
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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…
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Joban
Hissatsu Shigotonin
Otowa
Akō Rōshi
Riku
Throne of Blood
Lady Asaji Washizu
Yojimbo
Orin
Daredevil in the Castle
Yodogami
Shogun's Samurai
Oeyo
Down Town
Riyo Yazawa
The Lower Depths
Osugi the Landlady
Tokyo Twilight
Kisako Soma
Buddha
Kalideva
The Great Wall
Dowager Empress
Suspicion
Tokie Horiuchi
Four Sisters
Tatsuko Katagiri
Flowing
Otsuta
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Misawa
The Body
At the End of the Clouds
The Stand in Hakone
大当り男一代
お吉
A Billionaire
Hanakuma
Black River
Landlady
The Orphan Brother
Yashio (voice)
The Lovelorn Geisha
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
Oriku
荒木又右衛門
妻みね
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Self
Woman Boss
Osaka Elegy
Ayako Murai
Christ in Bronze
Kimika
A Matter of Valour
The Seasons of Love
Urako
Glory on the Summit
Taka Hirooka
Lord for a Night
Onna keizu
Otsuta
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Sayo Yamada
The Hidden Treasure
Goodbye to Glory
Otake
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Somehachi
風来物語任侠篇
The Snake Princess
Oshima
The Man Who Waited
If Indeed One Loves
Yaeko (segment 3)
The Song Lantern
O-Sode
Modern People
音楽大進軍
Isuzu Yamada
Deep River Melody
Miniature
Tamiko
Kagebōshi
お夏
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Shinako
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Oshino
Princess Sen in Edo
Kisaragi
The Killing of Otsuya
Otsuya
Bonchi
Sei
Hiroshima
Mineh Obah
How Sorrowful
The Way of Drama
Sure Death
Castle of Revenge
The Horse Boy
Kurosawa
Self
In Search of Mother
Otose
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Harue Yasukawa
Mission Accomplished
江戸いろは祭
女房おなか
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
Burden of Love
Some Kaita
365 Nights
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsuruhachi
Five Men of Edo
Okane, Chobei's wife
Sisters of the Gion
O-mocha
Devil’s Statue
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
The Undefeated Woman
The Downfall of Osen
Osen
Chutaro of Banba
Such is Life
Oharu
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
Oshiho
Pineapple Butai
Shigeyo (Mother)
The Shadow Daughter
The Siege of Osaka
Senhime
Farewell to Dream
Seiji's mother, Kiyo
Satsuma-bikyaku
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
The Comb of Oroku
Okinu
Minamoto Yoshitsune
誰よりも金を愛す
Musashibo Benkei
Love in the Mountains
Kantaro of Ina
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Fireworks Over the Sea
Kaoru Uozumi
Growing Up
Chushingura
Oishi Riku
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
The Sword
Sasae Onoda
The Elegant Swordsman
Secret
Until Victory Day
The Day Before
Osaki
The Fighting Firemen
Koina
Three Loves
Mother
The Revenge Champion
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
振袖釼法
母つじ
Yukiko and Natsuyo
Natsuyo
Home Sweet Home
Namiko, Kosaku's wife
Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin
Fencing Master
Oharu
The Big Ambition
Namida no hanamichi
江戸紫女将そよ
Actress
Sumako Matsui
The Mandarin Room
Suronin Chuya
A Mother's Love
The Shop Curtain
The Days of Evil Women
Wild Lion
A Boy and Three Mothers
Natsu, the Foster Mother
The Shrikes
風雲金毘羅山
風来物語 あばれ飛車
Hirate Miki the Swordman
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
A Man from Akagi
The Motherland Far Far Away
Masako
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Ichiyo Higuchi
Ichiyo Higuchi
The Greatest Man in the World
Oyae
Four Marriages
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
Miss Okichi
Okichi
Arashi Tatsunari
Tatsu
Keshô yuki
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Otoku
Hinoki Butai
Karatachi no hana
Oyuki the Virgin
Oyuki
Bangaku no issho
Ishigassen
Happy Daughter
Michiko Yamada
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
Mother and Child
Shanghai Moon
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Oichi
Schoolgirl Records
Sakiko-san chotto
中川しの
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
假名手本忠臣蔵
Professional Killer
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love