Acting
Fujiko Yamamoto
Born Dec 11, 1931 · Itachibori, Nishi, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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.
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Acting
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
1998
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Kids
Picnic
1996
Drama · Adventure
Ghost Soup
1992
Comedy · Drama · TV Movie
Madame Aki
1963
Drama
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Drama
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
Drama · Comedy
The Great Wall
1962
Drama · History
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
Comedy
京化粧
1961
Buddha
1961
Drama
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Comedy
Ten Women in Black
1961
Comedy · Drama
Blind Devotion
1961
Romance · Drama
Nocturne of a Woman
1961
Drama
Hunting Rifle
1961
Drama
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
1960
Drama · Action · History
Satan's Sword
1960
Action
What Price Love?
1960
Drama
The Twilight Story
1960
Drama · Romance
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
Patterns of Love
1960
Drama
The Song Lantern
1960
Drama
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
Horror · Fantasy
Tōkyō no josei
1960
Romance · Drama
Princess Sen in Edo
1960
Drama
A Woman's Testament
1960
Drama
A Week in Hawaii
1959
Drama · Romance
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Drama · History
Stop the Old Fox
1959
Mystery · History
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Drama
Beauty the Enemy
1959
Drama · Romance
Jirocho Fuji
1959
Drama
The Path I Remember
1959
Drama
Paper Pigeon
1959
Jōen
1959
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Drama
Peony on the Skin
1959
Drama
The Snowy Heron
1958
Drama
Musume no boken
1958
Tokai toiu minato
1958
Drama
Equinox Flower
1958
Comedy · Drama
The Swishing Sword
1958
Drama
Thirst
1958
Comedy
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Tenryū shibukigasa
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Drama · History
The Precipice
1958
Drama · Mystery · Romance
Mother
1958
Drama
Symphony of Love
1958
Drama · Romance
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
1958
Yuki no wataridori
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
Drama · Action
Duel at Noon
1957
Action
Night Butterflies
1957
Drama
Floating Vessel
1957
Drama
Love of the Princess
1957
Drama · History · Romance
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Ginga no miyako
1957
Romance
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957
Action · History
I Love You
1956
Romance
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Drama
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Action · Romance · History
Bridge of Japan
1956
Romance · Drama
Undercurrent
1956
Drama · Romance
Flowery Hood
1956
Drama
Spark
1956
Drama
The Buried Treasure
1956
Comedy
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Romance · Drama
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
Miai Ryokou
1955
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Drama
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Drama
Tsubakuro kasa
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
The Birth of Judo
1955
Driving Like Mad
1955
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955
Drama
Itarō jishi
1955
Drama
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Atarashiki ten
1954
Drama
Woman of Fire
1954
Romance · Drama · Action
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
Shirazu no Yatarō
1954
Hana no Inochi wo
1954
The Golden Demon
1954
Drama
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Made in Japan
1953
Drama · Romance
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Mystery
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Drama
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Hana no kenkajō
1953
Tange Sazen
1953
Action
Tange Sazen
1952
History · Action · Adventure