Isuzu Yamada
Acting
Born February 5, 1917 · Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Biography
Isuzu Yamada (山田 五十鈴, Yamada Isuzu, 5 February 1917 – 9 July 2012) was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career spanned seven decades. Yamada was born in Osaka as Mitsu Yamada, the daughter of Kusudu Yamada, a shinpa actor specialising in onnagata roles, and Ritsu, a geisha. Yamada debuted as a film actress in 1930 at age twelve, appearing in the Nikkatsu film Tsurugi wo koete. She soon became one of Nikkatsu's top actresses, but it was her portrayals of strong-willed modern girls in Kenji Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy and Sisters of the Gion in 1936 at the new Daiichi Eiga studio that earn…
Known For · 40 titles
Hissatsu Shigotonin
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Akō Rōshi
Yojimbo
Throne of Blood
Hana no jitsugetsu
The Shrikes
A Man from Akagi
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Home Sweet Home
The Comb of Oroku
Burden of Love
Schoolgirl Records
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
The Motherland Far Far Away
The Days of Evil Women
Four Marriages
Tokyo Twilight
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Hebi hime dōchū
Modern People
Kurosawa
Fencing Master
Actress
Shogun's Samurai
Five Men of Edo
The Orphan Brother
Oyuki the Virgin
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
The Revenge Champion
The Lower Depths
Ishigassen
Sisters of the Gion
Buddha
Flowing
Professional Killer
Disappearance in the Night
Bonchi
假名手本忠臣蔵