Birthday
1917/02/05
Day of death
2012/07/09 (95 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
Исудзу Ямада
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...Read more
(1957) Throne of Blood
as Lady Asaji Washizu
(1933) Bangaku no issho
as ---
(1961) Yojimbo
as Orin
(1957) The Lower Depths
as Osugi the Landlady
(1959) Love in the Mountains
as ---
(1953) Wild Lion
as ---
(1959) Pineapple Butai
as Shigeyo (Mother)
(1932) Professional Killer
as ---
(1958) The Undefeated Woman
as ---
(1936) Osaka Elegy
as Ayako Murai
(1952) The Stand in Hakone
as ---
(1956) Flowing
as Otsuta
(1935) Oyuki the Virgin
as Oyuki
(1950) A Man from Akagi
as ---
(1962) The Great Wall
as Dowager Empress
(1931) The 26 Martyrs of Japan
as ---
(1957) Tokyo Twilight
as Kisako Soma
(1936) Sisters of the Gion
as O-mocha
(2000) Kurosawa
as Self
(1932) Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
as ---
(1970) Woman Boss
as ---
(1939) Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
as Oshiho
(1934) Happy Daughter
as Michiko Yamada
(1935) The Downfall of Osen
as Osen
(1945) The Sword
as Sasae Onoda
(1954) A Billionaire
as Hanakuma
(1945) Until Victory Day
as ---
(1938) Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Tsuruhachi
(1956) Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Shinako
(1961) Daredevil in the Castle
as Yodogami
(1960) The Lovelorn Geisha
as ---
(1950) Kagebōshi
as お夏
(1950) Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
as ---
(1950) 風雲金毘羅山
as ---
(1953) 江戸いろは祭
as 女房おなか
(1955) 振袖釼法
as 母つじ
(1982) Arashi Tatsunari
as Tatsu
(1955) 荒木又右衛門
as 妻みね
(1957) A Matter of Valour
as ---
(1931) The Revenge Champion
as ---
(1955) Christ in Bronze
as Kimika
(1952) Modern People
as ---
(1950) The Motherland Far Far Away
as Masako
(1958) Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
as ---
(1956) 大当り男一代
as お吉
(1956) 涙の花道
as 江戸紫女将そよ
(1953) A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Sayo Yamada
(1958) A Boy and Three Mothers
as Natsu, the Foster Mother
(1960) 風来物語 あばれ飛車
as ---
(1959) 風来物語任侠篇
as ---
(1958) The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as ---
(1951) Home Sweet Home
as Namiko, Kosaku's wife
(1953) Miniature
as Tamiko
(1940) Keshô yuki
as ---
(1935) Miss Okichi
as Okichi
(1955) Minamoto Yoshitsune
as ---
(1933) Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
as ---
(1950) Fencing Master
as Oharu
(1930) Suronin Chuya
as ---
(1943) Kantaro of Ina
as ---
(1951) Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
as ---
(1951) The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Misawa
(1939) The Fighting Firemen
as Koina
(1960) Mission Accomplished
as ---
(1961) Buddha
as Kalideva
(1951) Five Men of Edo
as Okane, Chobei's wife
(1957) Black River
as Landlady
(1935) The Comb of Oroku
as Okinu
(1951) Fireworks Over the Sea
as Kaoru Uozumi
(1955) Chutaro of Banba
as ---
(1950) A Mother's Love
as ---
(1956) How Sorrowful
as ---
(1944) The Way of Drama
as ---
(1961) 誰よりも金を愛す
as ---
(1940) The Snake Princess
as Oshima
(1960) Deep River Melody
as ---
(1955) Such is Life
as Oharu
(1939) Ichiyo Higuchi
as Ichiyo Higuchi
(1958) The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Chizuin
(1957) The Horse Boy
as ---
(1952) Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
(1960) Bonchi
as Sei
(1943) The Song Lantern
as O-Sode
(1962) 365 Nights
as ---
(1941) Yukiko and Natsuyo
as Natsuyo
(1954) Three Loves
as Mother
(1946) Lord for a Night
as ---
(1942) Onna keizu
as Otsuta
(1942) The Man Who Waited
as ---
(1953) Hiroshima
as ---
(1943) 音楽大進軍
as Isuzu Yamada
(1931) In Search of Mother
as Otose
(1941) The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
as ---
(1962) Four Sisters
as Tatsuko Katagiri
(1960) Goodbye to Glory
as Otake
(1982) Suspicion
as Tokie Horiuchi
(1955) Burden of Love
as Some Kaita
(1984) Sure Death
as ---
(1985) Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as Oriku
(1932) Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
as Oichi
(1932) The Greatest Man in the World
as Oyae
(1934) The Elegant Swordsman
as ---
(1941) The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Oshino
(1975) Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as ---
(1978) Shogun's Samurai
as Oeyo
(1961) The Orphan Brother
as Yashio (voice)
(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
as Self
(1958) The Days of Evil Women
as ---
(1939) The Day Before
as Osaki
(1958) The Seasons of Love
as Urako
(1959) The Hidden Treasure
as ---
(1941) Schoolgirl Records
as ---
(1962) Glory on the Summit
as Taka Hirooka
(1955) Growing Up
as ---
(1958) The Shop Curtain
as ---
(1956) Farewell to Dream
as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
(1961) The Shrikes
as ---
(1952) Devil’s Statue
as ---
(1960) Princess Sen in Edo
as Kisaragi
(1951) The Killing of Otsuya
as Otsuya
(1960) Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as Otoku
(1957) Down Town
as Riyo Yazawa
(1961) Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
as ---
(1944) Four Marriages
as ---
(1941) Shanghai Moon
as ---
(1962) The Body
as ---
(1955) The Big Ambition
as ---
(1947) Actress
as Sumako Matsui
(1955) Ai Sureba Koso
as Yaeko (segment 3)
(1954) Chushingura
as Oishi Riku
(1951) Satsuma-bikyaku
as ---
(1952) Become a Mother, Become a Woman
as Harue Yasukawa
(1952) Castle of Revenge
as ---
(1942) Musashibo Benkei
as ---
(1954) Hirate Miki the Swordman
as ---
(1953) At the End of the Clouds
as ---
(1937) The Siege of Osaka
as Senhime
(1960) Secret
as ---
(1955) Ishigassen
as ---
(1934) Martial Arts Encyclopedia
as ---
(1966) Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Joban
(1964) Akō Rōshi
as Riku
(1981) 新必殺仕事人
as ---
(1979) Hissatsu Shigotonin
as Otowa