Fujiko Yamamoto

Biography

Fujiko Yamamoto (山本富士子, Yamamoto Fujiko) (born 11 December 1931) is a Japanese stage, film and television actress. She was the winner of the first Miss Nippon Grand Prix in 1950, and appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963, including works by directors Yasujirō Ozu, Kon Ichikawa, Shirō Toyoda and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Yamamoto was born on 11 December 1931 in Nishi ward, Osaka. In 1953, she made her film debut at Daiei Film, and became one of the studio's top actresses. Yamamoto was considered one of Japan's most beautiful women, with, in the words of film historian Catherine Russell, "noble" features that represented the classic ideal of Japanese beauty. As such, she was well-suited for costumed parts in the era's popular period dramas, with her less-frequent modern roles (in films like Ozu's Equinox Flower and Ichikawa's Being Two Isn't Easy) often shot in "movie star" closeups that placed her apart from the films' contemporary storytelling. In 1963, when her contract came up for renewal, she insisted on changes. The head of Daiei, Masaichi Nagata, refused, dismissed her, and prevented her from finding work at other film studios via the Five-Company Agreement. After the Daiei dismissal, Yamamoto acted in the TV series Toshiba Sunday Theatre and on Fuji TV. Even though she has appeared frequently on stage and on television, she has not appeared in a film since then.

Known For

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Buddha

Equinox Flower

An Actor's Revenge

Picnic

A Woman's Testament

Ten Dark Women

The Makioka Sisters

All Movies (74)

• Picnic1996 · as Nurse
• Ghost Soup1992
• Madame Aki1963 · as Aki
• An Actor's Revenge1963 · as Ohatsu
• Being Two Isn't Easy1962 · as Chiyo
• The Great Wall1962 · as Princess Chu
• The Venus' Tear1962
• Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo1962
• Ika naru hoshi no moto ni1962
• Yume de aritai1962
• The Actress and the Three Rascals1962
• 京化粧1961
• Buddha1961 · as Usha
• Okoto and Sasuke1961 · as Okoto
• Refresher Course for Wives1961
• Ten Dark Women1961 · as Futaba Kaze
• Blind Devotion1961 · as Natsuko
• Nocturne of a Woman1961
• Hunting Rifle1961 · as Saiko Tagi
• Satan's Sword: The Dragon God1960 · as Omatsu
• Satan's Sword1960 · as Omatsu
• What Price Love?1960 · as Komako Shirokoya
• The Twilight Story1960
• Patterns of Love1960
• The Song Lantern1960
• The Demon of Mount Oe1960
• Princess Sen in Edo1960 · as Princess Sen
• A Woman's Testament1960
• Utamaro, Painter of the Woman1959
• Stop the Old Fox1959 · as Tomi / Toyoharu
• Pilgrimage at Night1959
• Beauty the Enemy1959 · as Kikue Yoshino
• Jirocho Fuji1959 · as Oshin
• The Path I Remember1959 · as Saya Ikeda
• Paper Pigeon1959 · as Masako Komaki
• Jōen1959
• The Makioka Sisters1959
• Peony on the Skin1959
• The Snowy Heron1958
• Musume no boken1958
• Equinox Flower1958 · as Yukiko Sasaki
• The Swishing Sword1958
• Thirst1958
• Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko1958
• The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · as Yôsen'in
• The Precipice1958
• Mother1958 · as Yamanaka
• Tokyo Eyes1958
• Secret of Naruto1957
• Floating Vessel1957 · as Ukifune
• Night Butterflies1957 · as O-Kiku
• Love of the Princess1957 · as Yuhide
• Daiei Studio is Bustling1957
• Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi1957
• Flowery Hood 21956
• Tsukigata Hanpeita1956 · as Umematsu
• Bridge of Japan1956 · as Kiyoha Takinoya
• Undercurrent1956 · as Kiwa Funaki
• Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin1956
• Flowery Hood1956
• Three Women Around Yoshinaka1956
• Miai Ryokou1955
• The Romance of Yushima1955
• The Dancer and Two Warriors1955
• A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love1955 · as Michiyo Sawada
• Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi1955
• The Messenger from the Moon1954 · as Michiko Nonomiya
• Hana no Inochi wo1954
• The Golden Demon1954 · as Miya
• Jūdai no yūwaku1953
• Made in Japan1953 · as Yoshiko Sunohara
• Zoku Tange Sazen1953
• Tange Sazen1953
• Tange Sazen1952

All TV Shows (1)

• Seijuu Sentai Gingaman1998 · as Kyouhei's Mother