
Fujiko Yamamoto
Known for ActingBorn 1931-12-11 (age 94)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.Read more
Movies & web series
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The Venus' Tear
1962 · Movie
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Buddha
1961 · Movie
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Floating Vessel
1957 · Movie
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Movie
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Zoku Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
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Tange Sazen
1952 · Movie
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Blind Devotion
1961 · Movie
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Princess Sen in Edo
1960 · Movie
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The Song Lantern
1960 · Movie
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959 · Movie
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Beauty the Enemy
1959 · Movie
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Jōen
1959 · Movie
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The Precipice
1958 · Movie
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The Golden Demon
1954 · Movie
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The Twilight Story
1960 · Movie
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The Makioka Sisters
1959 · Movie
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Hunting Rifle
1961 · Movie
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Okoto and Sasuke
1961 · Movie
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The Swishing Sword
1958 · Movie
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Love of the Princess
1957 · Movie
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The Romance of Yushima
1955 · Movie
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Bridge of Japan
1956 · Movie
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Movie
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Equinox Flower
1958 · Movie
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Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Movie
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Picnic
1996 · Movie
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Ghost Soup
1992 · Movie
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Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
1998 · Series
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Madame Aki
1963 · Movie
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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962 · Movie
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The Great Wall
1962 · Movie
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Nocturne of a Woman
1961 · Movie
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What Price Love?
1960 · Movie
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Thirst
1958 · Movie
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Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957 · Movie
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Movie
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Secret of Naruto
1957 · Movie
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Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
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Being Two Isn't Easy
1962 · Movie
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An Actor's Revenge
1963 · Movie
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Satan's Sword
1960 · Movie
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960 · Movie
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The Demon of Mount Oe
1960 · Movie
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Stop the Old Fox
1959 · Movie
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Night Butterflies
1957 · Movie
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A Woman's Testament
1960 · Movie
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Movie
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Undercurrent
1956 · Movie