Mariko Okada
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Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子, Okada Mariko, born 11 January 1933) is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida.
Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruse's 1951 Dancing Girl, for whom she worked again in Husband and Wife, Floating Clouds and Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with Shochiku. In the following years, she starred in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon, Keisuke Kinoshita's Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense, and Heinosuke Gosho's Hunting Rifle.
Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an avant-garde fashion. In later years, she appeared in films like Juzo Itami's Tampopo and Shinji Aoyama's My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005), her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television.
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Acted in
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
2008
as Self
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005
as Navi
Hakuro no Shibijin
2004
as Kazuko Izawa
Women in the Mirror
2003
as Ai Kawase
Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide
2000
as Tokiko Matsuzaki
The Geisha House
1999
as Hanaman's owner
The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder
1998
as Asakura Takako
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
丹後・宮津殺人岬
1988
A Taxing Woman
1987
as Mitsuko Sugiura
Tampopo
1985
as Spaghetti Teacher
Appassionata
1984
as Sei Shimamura
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
1983
as Teruko Momiji
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
1983
as Kazuko Izawa
Domineering
1982
as Hiroko Tadokoro
鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
as Kyoko Yasugi
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
as Riku Ohishi
Proof of the Man
1977
as Kyoko Yasugi
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
Niizuma no shitatari
1976
Frozen River
1976
I Am a Cat
1975
as Hanako
Genroku Taiheiki
1975
as Riku
Cross-Currents
1972
as Fujie Kaizuka
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
as Kyoko Ichimori
Price of Life
1971
Waterfront Blues
1970
as Maki Kamijo
Heroic Purgatory
1970
as Nanako
Eros + Massacre
1969
as Noe Ito / Mako Ito
Farewell to the Summer Light
1968
as Naoko Toba
The Time of Reckoning
1968
Affair in the Snow
1968
as Yuriko Anzai
Impasse
1967
as Tatsuko Ibuki
The Affair
1967
as Oriko
Two Wives
1967
Three Sisters
1967
as Nagai Mura
Woman of the Lake
1966
as Miyako Mizuki
A Story Written with Water
1965
as Shizuka Matsutani
Illusion of Blood
1965
as Oiwa
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The Scent of Incense
1964
as Tomoko
Tale of Scarlet Love
1963
Double Wedding
1963
as Natsuko
Futari dake no toride
1963
Escape from Hell
1963
as Kumi
Sing, Young People
1963
as Mariko Okada
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Akiko
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Records of loyal vassals
1962
as Okatsu
Ai to kanashimi to
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Shinko
Kiriko no unmei
1962
Flower in a Storm
1962
This Year's Love
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
The Estuary
1961
Enraptured
1961
as Senya
Women of Tokyo
1961
as Eiko Kurita
Uzu
1961
Hunting Rifle
1961
as Midori Misugi
Late Autumn
1960
as Yukiko Sasaki
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960
as Akie Tsugawa
Hot Corner Murder
1960
as Aiko
Spring Dreams
1960
as Chizuko Okudaira
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Umi no Chizu
1959
as Akiko
Bridge
1959
Ai no Noutan
1959
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
as Rika
The Adorable Trio
1957
as Michiko Saeki
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
as Matsuko Abe
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
as Rika
The Face
1957
as Akiko Mizuhara
Flowing
1956
as Nanako
Women in Prison
1956
as Kazuko Hirai, prisoner
Rebels on the High Sea
1956
as Miki
Scoundrel
1956
Shirai Gonpachi
1956
as Komurasaki
Nigetekita hanayome
1956
Rainy Night Duel
1956
as Kikuko Kamo
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Akemi
To Love and Forgive
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Saeko
The Lone Journey
1955
as Otaka
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Akemi
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955
as Suzuyo
No Time for Tears
1955
as Michiko
Floating Clouds
1955
as Sei Mukai
Lovetide
1955
as Sonoko
A Man Among Men
1955
as Michiko
Wedding Season
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
as Akemi
Yakuza bayashi
1954
Farewell Rabaul
1954
as Sumiko Komatsu
The Lovers
1953
as Yoshi
Girls in the Orchard
1953
White Fish
1953
as Kuniko
Bot-chan
1953
as Madonna
The End of the Night
1953
An Edoite Judge
1953
as Koto
Husband and Wife
1953
as Kumiko, Shigekichi's sister
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as The young woman
The Whisper of Spring
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
as Yasukichi's Sister
Adolescence
1952
as Mayumi Nishida
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Dancing Girl
1951
as Shinako