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