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.
Fotos
Filme (104)
Madame Aki
1963 · Aki
An Actor's Revenge
1963 · Ohatsu
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962 · Chiyo
The Great Wall
1962 · Princess Chu
The Venus' Tear
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Yume de aritai
1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
京化粧
1961
Buddha
1961 · Usha
Okoto and Sasuke
1961 · Okoto
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Yoru wa ijiwaru
1961
Ten Women in Black
1961 · Futaba Kaze
Blind Devotion
1961 · Natsuko
Nocturne of a Woman
1961
Hunting Rifle
1961 · Saiko Tagi
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
1960 · Omatsu
Satan's Sword
1960 · Omatsu
What Price Love?
1960 · Komako Shirokoya
The Twilight Story
1960
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
Patterns of Love
1960
The Song Lantern
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
Tōkyō no josei
1960
Princess Sen in Edo
1960 · Princess Sen
A Woman's Testament
1960
A Week in Hawaii
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Stop the Old Fox
1959 · Tomi / Toyoharu
Pilgrimage at Night
1959 · Naoko
Beauty the Enemy
1959 · Kikue Yoshino
Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Oshin
The Path I Remember
1959 · Saya Ikeda
Paper Pigeon
1959 · Masako Komaki
Jōen
1959
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Peony on the Skin
1959
The Snowy Heron
1958
Musume no boken
1958
Tokai toiu minato
1958
Equinox Flower
1958 · Yukiko Sasaki
The Swishing Sword
1958
Thirst
1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Tenryū shibukigasa
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Yôsen'in
The Precipice
1958
Mother
1958 · Yamanaka
Symphony of Love
1958
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
1958
Yuki no wataridori
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
Duel at Noon
1957
Night Butterflies
1957 · O-Kiku
Floating Vessel
1957 · Ukifune
Love of the Princess
1957 · Yuhide
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Ginga no miyako
1957
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957
I Love You
1956
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Umematsu
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Kiyoha Takinoya
Undercurrent
1956 · Kiwa Funaki
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
Studio wa ōsawagi
1956
Flowery Hood
1956
Spark
1956
The Buried Treasure
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
Miai Ryokou
1955
The Romance of Yushima
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Tsubakuro kasa
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Michiyo Sawada
The Birth of Judo
1955
Driving Like Mad
1955
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955
Itarō jishi
1955
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Atarashiki ten
1954
Woman of Fire
1954
The Messenger from the Moon
1954 · Michiko Nonomiya
Shirazu no Yatarō
1954
Hana no Inochi wo
1954
The Golden Demon
1954 · Miya
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Made in Japan
1953 · Yoshiko Sunohara
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Tange Sazen
1953
Seki no yatappe
1953
Coming Up of Kodokan
1953
Tange Sazen
1952
