Fujiko Yamamoto
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
Kyouhei's Mother
Picnic
Nurse
An Actor's Revenge
Ohatsu
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Yôsen'in
The Great Wall
Princess Chu
Jirocho Fuji
Oshin
Ten Dark Women
Futaba Kaze
Stop the Old Fox
Tomi / Toyoharu
Buddha
Usha
Mother
Yamanaka
Hunting Rifle
Saiko Tagi
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
Omatsu
Undercurrent
Kiwa Funaki
Bridge of Japan
Kiyoha Takinoya
The Demon of Mount Oe
The Golden Demon
Miya
Beauty the Enemy
Kikue Yoshino
Satan's Sword
Omatsu
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Michiyo Sawada
Yushu Heiya
Aki
The Makioka Sisters
The Venus' Tear
Jōen
A Woman's Testament
Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto
The Messenger from the Moon
Michiko Nonomiya
Refresher Course for Wives
The Romance of Yushima
Flowery Hood
Blind Devotion
Natsuko
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Night Butterflies
O-Kiku
京化粧
The Snowy Heron
The Twilight Story
Jūdai no yūwaku
Musume no boken
Peony on the Skin
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Princess Sen in Edo
Princess Sen
Ghost Soup
Secret of Naruto
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Love of the Princess
Yuhide
What Price Love?
Komako Shirokoya
Tange Sazen
Tokyo Eyes
The Swishing Sword
Nocturne of a Woman
Patterns of Love
The Actress and the Three Rascals
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
The Song Lantern
Made in Japan
Yoshiko Sunohara
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Yume de aritai
Thirst
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Floating Vessel
Ukifune
The Path I Remember
Saya Ikeda
Flowery Hood 2
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Zoku Tange Sazen
The Precipice
Tange Sazen
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Pilgrimage at Night
Miai Ryokou
Equinox Flower
Yukiko Sasaki
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Umematsu