Kurosawa
2000 · 7.0/10
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Isuzu Yamada
Actor · born 5 February 1917 · Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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 earned her popularity and critical acclaim. Moving to Shinkō Kinema and then to Toho, she became a star with Mikio Naruse's Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938).
Where to start: Yojimbo (1961).
As actor 99
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985 · 7.0/10
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Sure Death
1984 · 6.5/10
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Suspicion
1982 · 7.0/10
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Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
1978 · 7.0/10
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · 7.2/10
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Woman Boss
1970 · 8.0/10
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The Body
1962 · 7.3/10
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The Great Wall
1962 · 7.5/10
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Glory on the Summit
1962 · 9.0/10
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Four Sisters
1962 · 6.0/10
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Buddha
1961 · 10.0/10
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Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961 · 7.0/10
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The Orphan Brother
1961 · 6.3/10
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Yojimbo
1961 · 8.1/10
Absolute Cinema誰よりも金を愛す
誰よりも金を愛す
1961 · 9.0/10
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Daredevil in the Castle
1961 · 7.5/10
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Deep River Melody
1960 · 6.0/10
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The Lovelorn Geisha
1960 · 6.9/10
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Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960 · 6.0/10
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Bonchi
1960 · 7.7/10
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Princess Sen in Edo
1960 · 9.0/10
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Pineapple Butai
1959 · 10.0/10
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The Hidden Treasure
1959 · 7.0/10
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The Days of Evil Women
1958 · 7.0/10
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The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 · 6.5/10
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Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958 · 6.5/10
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The Shop Curtain
1958 · 8.0/10
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The Seasons of Love
1958 · 3.8/10
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A Boy and Three Mothers
1958 · 7.0/10
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Downtown
1957 · 7.7/10
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Black River
1957 · 7.0/10
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The Lower Depths
1957 · 7.1/10
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A Matter of Valour
1957 · 8.0/10
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The Shadow Daughter
1957 · 8.0/10
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Tokyo Twilight
1957 · 7.7/10
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Throne of Blood
1957 · 7.9/10
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The Mandarin Room
1956 · 8.0/10
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Flowing
1956 · 7.2/10
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · 6.7/10
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Farewell to Dream
1956 · 7.1/10
NewSuch is Life
Such is Life
1955 · 10.0/10
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Christ in Bronze
1955 · 9.0/10
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If Indeed One Loves
1955 · 10.0/10
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Growing Up
1955 · 7.2/10
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Chutaro of Banba
1955 · 5.0/10
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Burden of Love
1955 · 6.8/10
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Three Loves
1954 · 7.3/10
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A Billionaire
1954 · 6.8/10
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Karatachi no hana
1954 · 10.0/10
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Hiroshima
1953 · 7.4/10
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Miniature
1953 · 7.8/10
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A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953 · 7.0/10
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江戸いろは祭
1953 · 10.0/10
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Modern People
1952 · 3.2/10
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952 · 7.0/10
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Devil’s Statue
1952 · 8.0/10
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The Stand in Hakone
1952 · 7.0/10
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Five Men of Edo
1951 · 6.0/10
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Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 · 5.4/10
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Isuzu Yamada movie?
By viewer score, Yojimbo (1961) at 8.1/10.
What are Isuzu Yamada’s most popular movies?
Yojimbo, Throne of Blood, Tokyo Twilight.
How many movies has Isuzu Yamada made?
99 films on TMDB, 99 as actor.