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.
Filmography
all 65
Movies 64
TV Shows 1
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (1998)
Picnic (1996)
Ghost Soup (1992)
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
The Great Wall (1962)
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (1962)
The Venus' Tear (1962)
仲良し音頭・日本一だよ (1962)
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)
Yume de aritai (1962)
The Actress and the Three Rascals (1962)
Buddha (1961)
Okoto and Sasuke (1961)
Refresher Course for Wives (1961)
Ten Dark Women (1961)
Blind Devotion (1961)
Nocturne of a Woman (1961)
Hunting Rifle (1961)
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God (1960)
Satan's Sword (1960)
What Price Love? (1960)
The Twilight Story (1960)
Patterns of Love (1960)
The Song Lantern (1960)
The Demon of Mount Oe (1960)
Princess Sen in Edo (1960)
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)
Stop the Old Fox (1959)
Pilgrimage at Night (1959)
Beauty the Enemy (1959)
Jirocho Fuji (1959)
The Path I Remember (1959)
The Makioka Sisters (1959)
Peony on the Skin (1959)
The Snowy Heron (1958)
Musume no boken (1958)
Equinox Flower (1958)
The Swishing Sword (1958)
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko (1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
The Precipice (1958)
Secret of Naruto (1957)
Floating Vessel (1957)
Night Butterflies (1957)
Love of the Princess (1957)
スタジオはてんやわんや (1957)
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi (1957)
Flowery Hood 2 (1956)
Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)
Bridge of Japan (1956)
Night River (1956)
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin (1956)
Flowery Hood (1956)
Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956)
Miai Ryokou (1955)
The Romance of Yushima (1955)
The Dancer and Two Warriors (1955)
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955)
The Messenger from the Moon (1954)
The Golden Demon (1954)
Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
Made in Japan (1953)
Tange Sazen (1952)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1931-12-11 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceOsaka, Japan
RelativesYamamoto Yoshitsune
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As山本富士子, Фудзико Ямамото
AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Golden Arrow Award
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