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

The Venus' Tear

Buddha

Floating Vessel

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

Zoku Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen

Blind Devotion

Princess Sen in Edo

The Song Lantern

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Beauty the Enemy

Jōen

The Precipice

The Golden Demon

The Twilight Story

The Makioka Sisters

Hunting Rifle

Okoto and Sasuke

The Swishing Sword

Love of the Princess

The Romance of Yushima

Bridge of Japan

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Equinox Flower

Jirocho Fuji

Picnic

Ghost Soup

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Madame Aki

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

The Great Wall

Nocturne of a Woman

What Price Love?

Thirst

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Secret of Naruto

Tange Sazen

Being Two Isn't Easy

An Actor's Revenge

Satan's Sword

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

The Demon of Mount Oe

Stop the Old Fox

Night Butterflies

A Woman's Testament

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Undercurrent