
Isuzu Yamada
Known for: Acting
Born: February 5, 1917
Died: July 9, 2012
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 Ke…
Known for

Osaka Elegy
1936

Oyuki the Virgin
1935

Sisters of the Gion
1936

The Downfall of Osen
1935

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953

A Boy and Three Mothers
1958

Keshô yuki
1940

Miss Okichi
1935
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939

Three Loves
1954

Hiroshima
1953

The Days of Evil Women
1958

The Seasons of Love
1958

Down Town
1957

Shanghai Moon
1941

Actress
1947

Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952

Ishigassen
1955

The Mandarin Room
1956

Mother and Child
1956

Hear My Mother's Cry
1959

Koi rōka
1949

Throne of Blood
1957

The Lower Depths
1957

Love in the Mountains
1959

Wild Lion
1953

Flowing
1956

A Man from Akagi
1950

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938

The Lovelorn Geisha
1960

Kagebōshi
1950

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950

風雲金毘羅山
1950

振袖釼法
1955

荒木又右衛門
1955

The Revenge Champion
1931

Modern People
1952

The Motherland Far Far Away
1950

Home Sweet Home
1951

Fencing Master
1950

The Way of Drama
1944
The Snake Princess
1940

Deep River Melody
1960
Such is Life
1955

The Horse Boy
1957

Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Yukiko and Natsuyo
1941

The Man Who Waited
1942
The Elegant Swordsman
1934

The Orphan Brother
1961

The Shop Curtain
1958

Devil’s Statue
1952

The Killing of Otsuya
1951

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960

Satsuma-bikyaku
1951

Musashibo Benkei
1942

Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954

The Shadow Daughter
1957
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
1951

Hinoki Butai
1946
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939

Man of Edo
1959
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
1932

A Billionaire
1954

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956

Arashi Tatsunari
1982

Miniature
1953

Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951

The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951

The Fighting Firemen
1939

Five Men of Edo
1951

In Search of Mother
1931

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941

Burden of Love
1955
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
1932

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002

The Day Before
1939

Chushingura
1954

Samurai Nippon
1957

Koga Manshion
1949

Yojimbo
1961

Tokyo Twilight
1957

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939

Until Victory Day
1945

江戸いろは祭
1953

A Matter of Valour
1957

Christ in Bronze
1955

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958

Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955

365 Nights
1962

Four Marriages
1944

The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959

Disappearance in the Night
1959

Ameyuki-san
1979

The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945

Daredevil in the Castle
1961

大当り男一代
1956

Mission Accomplished
1960

Fireworks Over the Sea
1951

The Song Lantern
1943

Lord for a Night
1946

The Greatest Man in the World
1932

The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941

Farewell to Dream
1956

If Indeed One Loves
1955

Karatachi no hana
1954

假名手本忠臣蔵
1962

The Undefeated Woman
1958

Suronin Chuya
1930
How Sorrowful
1956

Bonchi
1960
Onna keizu
1942

Princess Sen in Edo
1960

Sakiko-san chotto
1963

Pineapple Butai
1959

Black River
1957

The Stand in Hakone
1952

The Great Wall
1962
Happy Daughter
1934

Namida no hanamichi
1956

風来物語任侠篇
1959

Kantaro of Ina
1943

Secret
1960

The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931

Sure Death
1984

Growing Up
1955

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961

The Body
1962

Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956

Bangaku no issho
1933

Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933

音楽大進軍
1943

Goodbye to Glory
1960

The Siege of Osaka
1937

Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
1960

The Shrikes
1961

Castle of Revenge
1952

Woman Boss
1970

風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
1934

Chutaro of Banba
1955

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
1979

The Sculpture of Master Choji
1943
The Comb of Oroku
1935
Professional Killer
1932
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958

At the End of the Clouds
1953

Kurosawa
2000
A Mother's Love
1950

Glory on the Summit
1962

Schoolgirl Records
1941

Shogun's Samurai
1978

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975

Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985

The Hidden Treasure
1959

Four Sisters
1962
誰よりも金を愛す
1961

Suspicion
1982

The Big Ambition
1955

Buddha
1961

Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966

Akō Rōshi
1964

Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin
1981

Hissatsu Shigotonin
1979