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.
Acted in
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
1998
as Kyouhei's Mother
Picnic
1996
as Nurse
Ghost Soup
1992
An Actor's Revenge
1963
as Ohatsu
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
as Chiyo
The Great Wall
1962
as Princess Chu
The Venus' Tear
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Yume de aritai
1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
Buddha
1961
as Usha
Okoto and Sasuke
1961
as Okoto
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Ten Dark Women
1961
as Futaba Kaze
Blind Devotion
1961
as Natsuko
Nocturne of a Woman
1961
Hunting Rifle
1961
as Saiko Tagi
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960
as Omatsu
Satan's Sword
1960
as Omatsu
What Price Love?
1960
as Komako Shirokoya
The Twilight Story
1960
Patterns of Love
1960
The Song Lantern
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
Princess Sen in Edo
1960
as Princess Sen
A Woman's Testament
1960
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Stop the Old Fox
1959
as Tomi / Toyoharu
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Beauty the Enemy
1959
as Kikue Yoshino
Jirocho Fuji
1959
as Oshin
The Path I Remember
1959
as Saya Ikeda
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Peony on the Skin
1959
The Snowy Heron
1958
Musume no boken
1958
Equinox Flower
1958
as Yukiko Sasaki
The Swishing Sword
1958
Thirst
1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Yôsen'in
The Precipice
1958
Mother
1958
as Yamanaka
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Secret of Naruto
1957
Floating Vessel
1957
as Ukifune
Night Butterflies
1957
as O-Kiku
Love of the Princess
1957
as Yuhide
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Umematsu
Bridge of Japan
1956
as Kiyoha Takinoya
Night River
1956
as Kiwa Funaki
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Flowery Hood
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Miai Ryokou
1955
The Romance of Yushima
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
as Michiyo Sawada
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
as Michiko Nonomiya
The Golden Demon
1954
as Miya
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Made in Japan
1953
as Yoshiko Sunohara
Tange Sazen
1952