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