
Fujiko Yamamoto
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-12-11 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Itachibori, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Fujiko Yamamoto
Biography
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.
Acting
(1996)
Picnic
as Nurse
(1992)
(1963)
An Actor's Revenge
as Ohatsu
(1962)
The Great Wall
as Princess Chu
(1962)
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Ten Dark Women
as Futaba Kaze
(1961)
Buddha
as Usha
(1961)
Hunting Rifle
as Saiko Tagi
(1961)
Okoto and Sasuke
as Okoto
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Blind Devotion
as Natsuko
(1960)
(1960)
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as Omatsu
(1960)
(1960)
Satan's Sword
as Omatsu
(1960)
(1960)
What Price Love?
as Komako Shirokoya
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Princess Sen in Edo
as Princess Sen
(1959)
(1959)
Jirocho Fuji
as Oshin
(1959)
Stop the Old Fox
as Tomi / Toyoharu
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Beauty the Enemy
as Kikue Yoshino
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
The Path I Remember
as Saya Ikeda
(1958)
Equinox Flower
as Yukiko Sasaki
(1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Yôsen'in
(1958)
Mother
as Yamanaka
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
Night Butterflies
as O-Kiku
(1957)
(1957)
Love of the Princess
as Yuhide
(1957)
(1957)
Floating Vessel
as Ukifune
(1956)
(1956)
Bridge of Japan
as Kiyoha Takinoya
(1956)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Umematsu
(1956)
Night River
as Kiwa Funaki
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Michiyo Sawada
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
The Messenger from the Moon
as Michiko Nonomiya
(1954)
The Golden Demon
as Miya
(1953)
(1953)
Made in Japan
as Yoshiko Sunohara
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)