Fujiko Yamamoto
Acting
1931-12-11 · 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.
Filmography
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
1998 · Series
Picnic
1996 · Movie
Ghost Soup
1992 · Movie
Madame Aki
1963 · Movie
An Actor's Revenge
1963 · Movie
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962 · Movie
The Great Wall
1962 · Movie
The Venus' Tear
1962 · Movie
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962 · Movie
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962 · Movie
Yume de aritai
1962 · Movie
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962 · Movie
京化粧
1961 · Movie
Buddha
1961 · Movie
Okoto and Sasuke
1961 · Movie
Refresher Course for Wives
1961 · Movie
Ten Dark Women
1961 · Movie
Blind Devotion
1961 · Movie
Nocturne of a Woman
1961 · Movie
Hunting Rifle
1961 · Movie
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
1960 · Movie
Satan's Sword
1960 · Movie
What Price Love?
1960 · Movie
The Twilight Story
1960 · Movie
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960 · Movie
Patterns of Love
1960 · Movie
The Song Lantern
1960 · Movie
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960 · Movie
A Woman's Testament
1960 · Movie
Princess Sen in Edo
1960 · Movie
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959 · Movie
Stop the Old Fox
1959 · Movie
Pilgrimage at Night
1959 · Movie
Beauty the Enemy
1959 · Movie
Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Movie
The Path I Remember
1959 · Movie
Paper Pigeon
1959 · Movie
Jōen
1959 · Movie
The Makioka Sisters
1959 · Movie
Peony on the Skin
1959 · Movie
The Snowy Heron
1958 · Movie
Musume no boken
1958 · Movie
Equinox Flower
1958 · Movie
The Swishing Sword
1958 · Movie
Thirst
1958 · Movie
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958 · Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Movie
The Precipice
1958 · Movie
Mother
1958 · Movie
Tokyo Eyes
1958 · Movie
Secret of Naruto
1957 · Movie
Floating Vessel
1957 · Movie
Night Butterflies
1957 · Movie
Love of the Princess
1957 · Movie
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957 · Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957 · Movie
Flowery Hood 2
1956 · Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Movie
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Movie
Undercurrent
1956 · Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956 · Movie
Flowery Hood
1956 · Movie
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Movie
Miai Ryokou
1955 · Movie
The Romance of Yushima
1955 · Movie
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955 · Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Movie
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955 · Movie
Itarō jishi
1955 · Movie
Haru no uzumaki
1954 · Movie
Atarashiki ten
1954 · Movie
Woman of Fire
1954 · Movie
The Messenger from the Moon
1954 · Movie
Shirazu no Yatarō
1954 · Movie
Hana no Inochi wo
1954 · Movie
The Golden Demon
1954 · Movie
Hana no sando gasa
1954 · Movie
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953 · Movie
Made in Japan
1953 · Movie
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953 · Movie
Asakusa monogatari
1953 · Movie
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
Shunsetsu no mon
1953 · Movie
Hana no kenkajō
1953 · Movie
Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
Seki no yatappe
1953 · Movie
Coming Up of Kodokan
1953 · Movie
Tange Sazen
1952 · Movie