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Fujiko Yamamoto

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.

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1998

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Picnic

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1996

as Nurse

Ghost Soup

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1992

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1963

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1962

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The Great Wall

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1962

as Princess Chu

The Venus' Tear

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1962

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1962

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1962

Yume de aritai

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1962

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1962

京化粧

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1961

Buddha

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1961

as Usha

Okoto and Sasuke

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1961

as Okoto

Refresher Course for Wives

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1961

Ten Dark Women

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1961

as Futaba Kaze

Blind Devotion

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1961

as Natsuko

Nocturne of a Woman

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1961

Hunting Rifle

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1961

as Saiko Tagi

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

1960

as Omatsu

Satan's Sword

Satan's Sword

1960

as Omatsu

What Price Love?

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1960

as Komako Shirokoya

The Twilight Story

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1960

Patterns of Love

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1960

The Song Lantern

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1960

The Demon of Mount Oe

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1960

Princess Sen in Edo

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1960

as Princess Sen

A Woman's Testament

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1960

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

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1959

Stop the Old Fox

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1959

as Tomi / Toyoharu

Pilgrimage at Night

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1959

Beauty the Enemy

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1959

as Kikue Yoshino

Jirocho Fuji

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1959

as Oshin

The Path I Remember

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1959

as Saya Ikeda

Jōen

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1959

The Makioka Sisters

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1959

Peony on the Skin

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1959

The Snowy Heron

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1958

Musume no boken

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1958

Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower

1958

as Yukiko Sasaki

The Swishing Sword

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1958

Thirst

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1958

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

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1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

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1958

as Yôsen'in

The Precipice

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1958

Mother

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1958

as Yamanaka

Tokyo Eyes

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1958

Secret of Naruto

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1957

Floating Vessel

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1957

as Ukifune

Night Butterflies

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1957

as O-Kiku

Love of the Princess

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1957

as Yuhide

Daiei Studio is Bustling

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1957

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

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1957

Flowery Hood 2

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1956

Tsukigata Hanpeita

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1956

as Umematsu

Bridge of Japan

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1956

as Kiyoha Takinoya

Night River

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1956

as Kiwa Funaki

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

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1956

Flowery Hood

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1956

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

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1956

Miai Ryokou

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1955

The Romance of Yushima

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1955

The Dancer and Two Warriors

The Dancer and Two Warriors

1955

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

1955

as Michiyo Sawada

The Messenger from the Moon

The Messenger from the Moon

1954

as Michiko Nonomiya

The Golden Demon

The Golden Demon

1954

as Miya

Jūdai no yūwaku

Jūdai no yūwaku

1953

Made in Japan

Made in Japan

1953

as Yoshiko Sunohara

続・丹下左膳

続・丹下左膳

1953

Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen

1952

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