Equinox Flower, Being Two Isn't Easy, An Actor's Revenge, The Loyal 47 Ronin, A Woman's Testament
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Fujiko Yamamoto(山本 富士子,Yamamoto Fujiko) (born 11 December 1931) is a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She won the first Grand Prix of Miss Nippon in 1950.
Yamamoto was born on December 11, 1931, in Nishi-ku, Osaka, to a cotton wholesaler located in Senba. Raised in Izumi and then Izumiōtsu, she attended Hamadera Elementary School and began learning traditional Japanese dance from Rokunosuke Hanayagi (花柳禄之助) of the Rokuju Hanayagi (花柳禄寿) school. She graduated from what is now Kyoto Ōki High School.
She won the first Miss Nippon beauty contest in 1950. In 1953 she made her film debut at the Daiei Studios. She became one of Daiei's top actresses.
In 1963, when her contract came up for renewal, she insisted on changes. The head of Daiei, Masaichi Nagata, refused, unilaterally fired her, and then invoked an agreement between the major studios to prevent her from working again in film. Even though she has appeared frequently on stage and on television, she has not appeared in a film since then.
Family
She married the composer Takeharu Yamamoto in 1962, and in 1968, gave birth to a son, Shigeharu Yamamoto. He is now the president of two companies (TVC and 1 to 1) and co-founder of avinoc.
Awards
1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress
1961 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress
Filmography
Actress
2001
Getting Wild with Our Monkey
1963
1963 nen Daiei Star Hana no nengajô (Short)
1963
Yushu heiya as
Aki
1963
An Actor's Revenge as
Ohatsu
1962
Being Two Isn't Easy as
Chiyo
1962
The Great Wall as
Princess Chu
1962
Nagadosu chûshingura
1962
Hôseki dorobô as
Sayoko Murasaki
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni as
Misako
1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1961
Kyôgeshô
1961
Okoto to Sasuke as
Okoto
1961
Onna wa yoru kesshô suru
1961
Buddha as
Usha
1961
Refresher Course for Wives as
Matsuyo Yamamura
1961
Satan's Sword 3: The Final Chapter (uncredited)
1961
Ten Dark Women as
Futaba Kaze
1961
Midaregami as
Natsuko
1961
Ryôjû as
Saiko
1960
Sen-hime goten as
Princess Sen
1960
Satan's Sword II as
Omatsu
1960
Satan's Sword as
Omatsu
1960
Shirakoya Komako as
Komako Shirakoya
1960
The Twilight Story as
Oyuki
1960
Joyô as
Okume
1960
Uta andon as
Osode
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe as
Princess Nagisa
1960
Tokyo no josei
1960
A Woman's Testament as
Tsuneko
1959
Jôen as
Koume
1959
Utamaro wo meguru gonin no onna
1959
Kagerô ezu as
Tomi / Toyoharu
1959
Anyakôro as
Naoko, Kensaku's wife
1959
Bibô ni tsumi ari as
Kikue Yoshino
1959
Jirôchô Fuji as
Oshin
1959
Itsuka kita michi as
Saya Ikeda
1959
Yoru no togyo as
Masako Komaki
1959
Sasameyuki as
Yukiko
1959
Hitohada botan
1958
Haru kôrô no hana no en as
Isako Tsukushi
1958
Kawaki
1958
Musume no boken
1958
Shirasagi as
Oshino
1958
Tokai to iu minato as
Chisato Sawada / Masae (Yukari)
1958
Equinox Flower as
Yukiko Sasaki
1958
The Swishing Sword
1958
Haha as
Yamanaka
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin as
Yôsen'in
1958
The Precipice as
Minako
1957
Yuki no wataridori
1957
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957
Naruto hichô as
Yone Igaya
1957
Night Butterflies as
Okiku
1957
Ukifune as
Ukifune
1957
Suzakumon as
Yuhide, Kazunomiya's waiting woman
1957
Zoku ginga no Miyako
1957
Studio wa ten'yawan'ya (Short)
1957
Ginga no miyako
1956
Sparks as
Nobuko Kôzaki
1956
Yoru no kawa as
Kiwa
1956
Kimi o aisu
1956
The Flowery Hood Part II
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki as
Umematsu
1956
Bridge of Japan as
Kiyoha Takinoya
1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Studio wa ôsawagi
1956
The Flowery Hood
1956
Koi to kin
1956
Shin, Heike monogatari: Yoshinaka o meguru sannin no onna as
Yamabuki
1956
Bara no kôdôkan as
Kikuryu
1955
Onna keizu: Yushima no shiraume
1955
Miai ryokô
1955
The Dancer and the Two Warriors
1955
Tsubakuro gasa
1955
Bara ikutabika as
Michiyo Sawada
1955
Fûsetsu kôdôkan
1955
Hi no bakusô
1955
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi as
Tamiko Inoue
1955
Itarô jishi
1954
Atarashiki ten
1954
Hi no onna
1954
Messenger from the Moon
1954
Shirazu no yatarô
1954
Hana no inochi o
1954
Konjiki yasha as
Miya
1954
Hana no sando gasa
1953
Tange Sazen as
Oen
1953
Jûdai no yûwaku
1953
Nippon sei
1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikaekin: Iro no ookami
1953
Zoku Tange Sazen as
Oen
1953
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Hana no kenkajô
1953
Seki no yatappe
1953
Hana no kôdôkan
1953
Kinsei mei shôbu monogatari: Hana no Kôdôkan as
Omitsu
Soundtrack
1958
Tokai to iu minato (performer: "Tokai to iu minato", "Yakusoku shimashô")
Self
2017
Tetsuko no heya (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 July 2017 (2017) - Self
Archive Footage
2023
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Fleurs d'équinoxe de Yasujiro Ozu (2023)
