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). During the second half of the 1950s, Yamada's main attention shifted towards the stage, but she still appeared in a number of distinguished films like Naruse's Flowing (1956), Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Twilight (1957) and Akira Kurosawa's The Lower Depths (1957) and Throne of Blood (1957). Other directors she worked with during this decade include Keisuke Kinoshita, Kaneto Shindō and Shirō Toyoda. In addition to her theatre engagements, she appeared on television, including the long-running Hissatsu series. Her last TV appearance was in 2002. Yamada died from multiple organ failure in Tokyo on 9 July 2012 at the age of 95. She was married four times, to actor Ichirō Tsukita, to producer Kazuo Takimura, to actor Yoshi Katō, and to actor Tsutomu Shimomoto. Her daughter with Tsukita, Michiko, became known as the actress Michiko Saga (1935–1992). Description above from the Wikipedia article Isuzu Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
162 movies · 4 shows
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002·0.0
Kurosawa
2000·7.0
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985·7.0
Sure Death
1984·6.5
Suspicion
1982·7.0
Arashi Tatsunari
1982·0.0
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya
1979·0.0
Ameyuki-san
1979·0.0
Shogun's Samurai
1978·7.0
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975·7.2
Woman Boss
1970·8.0
Sakiko-san chotto
1963·0.0
The Body
1962·7.3
The Great Wall
1962·7.0
365 Nights
1962·0.0
假名手本忠臣蔵
1962·0.0
Glory on the Summit
1962·9.0
Four Sisters
1962·6.0
Buddha
1961·10.0
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961·7.0
The Orphan Brother
1961·6.3
Yojimbo
1961·8.1
The Shrikes
1961·0.0
誰よりも金を愛す
1961·9.0
Daredevil in the Castle
1961·7.5
風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960·0.0
Deep River Melody
1960·6.0
Onatsu Detective Case: Mad Slasher
1960·0.0
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960·6.9
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960·6.0
Bonchi
1960·7.7
Secret
1960·0.0
Goodbye to Glory
1960·0.0
Mission Accomplished
1960·0.0
Princess Sen in Edo
1960·9.0
Pineapple Butai
1959·10.0
Disappearance in the Night
1959·0.0
風来物語任侠篇
1959·0.0
Love in the Mountains
1959·0.0
Man of Edo
1959·0.0
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959·0.0
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959·0.0
The Hidden Treasure
1959·7.0
The Days of Evil Women
1958·7.0
The Undefeated Woman
1958·0.0
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958·6.5
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958·6.5
The Shop Curtain
1958·8.0
The Seasons of Love
1958·3.0
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958·7.0
Samurai Nippon
1957·0.0
Down Town
1957·8.0
Black River
1957·6.9
The Lower Depths
1957·7.0
A Matter of Valour
1957·8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957·8.0
Tokyo Twilight
1957·7.7
The Horse Boy
1957·0.0
Throne of Blood
1957·7.9
The Mandarin Room
1956·8.0
Flowing
1956·7.2
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956·6.7
Five Patriots of Kyoto
1956·0.0
How Sorrowful
1956·0.0
Mother and Child
1956·0.0
Farewell to Dream
1956·7.1
Namida no hanamichi
1956·0.0
大当り男一代
1956·0.0
Ishigassen
1955·0.0
Such is Life
1955·10.0
Christ in Bronze
1955·9.0
荒木又右衛門
1955·0.0
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1955·0.0
振袖釼法
1955·0.0
If Indeed One Loves
1955·10.0
Growing Up
1955·7.2
The Big Ambition
1955·0.0
Chutaro of Banba
1955·5.0
Burden of Love
1955·7.1
Three Loves
1954·7.5
A Billionaire
1954·6.8
Karatachi no hana
1954·10.0
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954·0.0
Chushingura
1954·0.0
Hiroshima
1953·7.5
Wild Lion
1953·0.0
At the End of the Clouds
1953·0.0
Miniature
1953·7.8
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953·7.0
江戸いろは祭
1953·10.0
Modern People
1952·3.3
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952·7.0
Devil’s Statue
1952·8.0
Castle of Revenge
1952·0.0
The Stand in Hakone
1952·7.0
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952·0.0
Satsuma-bikyaku
1951·0.0
Five Men of Edo
1951·6.0
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951·5.4
木曽路の決闘 夏祭り三度笠
1951·0.0
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
1951·0.0
Home Sweet Home
1951·6.8
The Killing of Otsuya
1951·0.0
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951·8.0
A Man from Akagi
1950·0.0
風雲金毘羅山
1950·0.0
Fencing Master
1950·5.7
A Mother's Love
1950·0.0
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950·7.0
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950·0.0
Kagebōshi
1950·0.0
Hebi hime dōchū
1949·0.0
Koga Manshion
1949·0.0
Hana no jitsugetsu
1949·0.0
Koi rōka
1949·0.0
Actress
1947·7.0
Lord for a Night
1946·8.0
Hinoki Butai
1946·0.0
The Famous Sword Bijomaru
1945·6.0
Until Victory Day
1945·8.0
Four Marriages
1944·8.0
The Way of Drama
1944·7.0
The Sculpture of Master Choji
1943·0.0
音楽大進軍
1943·7.0
The Song Lantern
1943·7.3
Kantaro of Ina
1943·0.0
Onna keizu
1942·8.0
The Man Who Waited
1942·8.0
Musashibo Benkei
1942·9.0
The Battle of Kawanakajima
1941·7.0
Schoolgirl Records
1941·10.0
Yukiko and Natsuyo
1941·6.0
Shanghai Moon
1941·8.0
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
1941·6.5
The Snake Princess
1940·8.0
Keshô yuki
1940·0.0
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki
1939·8.0
The Day Before
1939·10.0
The Fighting Firemen
1939·0.0
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939·8.0
The New Tange Sazen: The Chapter of the Two-Armed Swordsman
1939·0.0
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938·6.6
The Siege of Osaka
1937·7.0
Sisters of the Gion
1936·7.1
Osaka Elegy
1936·6.7
Miss Okichi
1935·6.0
Oyuki the Virgin
1935·5.3
The Comb of Oroku
1935·0.0
The Downfall of Osen
1935·7.5
Happy Daughter
1934·10.0
The Elegant Swordsman
1934·0.0
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
1934·0.0
Bangaku no issho
1933·8.0
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933·7.0
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
1932·0.0
Professional Killer
1932·0.0
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
1932·0.0
The Greatest Man in the World
1932·5.6
The Revenge Champion
1931·7.0
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931·7.0
In Search of Mother
1931·10.0
Suronin Chuya
1930·0.0