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Isuzu Yamada (山田 五十鈴, Yamada Isuzu, 5 February 1917 – 9 July 2012) was a Japanese actress whose career on stage and screen spanned eight decades.
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Isuzu Yamada
Birth name Mitsu Yamada
Nationality Japon
Birth 5 february 1917 at Osaka City (Japon)
Death 9 july 2012 (at 95 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 5 february 1917 at Osaka City (Japon)
Death 9 july 2012 (at 95 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Isuzu Yamada (山田 五十鈴, Yamada Isuzu, 5 February 1917 – 9 July 2012) was a Japanese actress whose career on stage and screen spanned eight decades.
Biography
Yamada was married four times, first to the actor Ichirō Tsukita, second to the producer Kazuo Takimura, third to the actor Yoshi Katō, and fourth to the actor Tsutomu Shimomoto. Her daughter with Tsukita, Michiko, became famous as the actress Michiko Saga.Usually with
Filmography of Isuzu Yamada (32 films)
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, 33minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Bokuzen Hidari, Kyōko Kagawa, Takeshi Katō, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshirō Muraki
Roles elle-même
Rating68%
Ce documentaire décrit la façon dont Akira Kurosawa et son équipe ont travaillé sur un de ses films les plus célèbres, Les Sept Samouraïs.
Hiroshima (1995)
, 3h10Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Hideo Sekigawa
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about nuclear technology, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Eiji Okada, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Jenkins, Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuo Matsumura, Wesley Addy
Rating77%
The film opens in April 1945 with the death of Franklin Roosevelt and the succession of Harry Truman to the presidency. In Europe, the Germans are close to surrender, but in the Pacific the bloody battle for Okinawa is still underway and an invasion of the Japanese home islands is not foreseen until the autumn. American battle casualties have almost reached 900,000, with Japanese casualties at 1.1 million, and some 8 million Asian civilians have died in the war that began with Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
Sure Death (1984)
, 2h3Directed by Masahisa Sadanaga
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Makoto Fujita, Isuzu Yamada, Kin Sugai, Kie Nakai, Yukiji Asaoka, Shōhei Hino
Roles Oriku
Rating55%
A group of common merchants in Edo (now Tokyo) in the mid-1800s is really a band of assassins available for hire. Each assassin has his or her own unique killing style. But one assassin is killing other assassins, and the survivors must find out who is doing it before they are all killed.
Suspicion (1982)
Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kaori Momoi, Shima Iwashita, Akira Emoto, Isuzu Yamada, Kensaku Morita, Takeshi Kaga
Roles Tokie Horiuchi
Rating70%
Shogun's Samurai (1978)
, 2h10Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Tetsurō Tanba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Hiroyuki Sanada, Teruhiko Saigō
Roles Oeyo
Rating70%
À la mort du second Shogun Tokugawa, les rivalités apparaissent pour sa succession. Le fils ainé du shogun, Iemitsu Tokugawa est laid et bégaie et semble manquer de charisme pour assumer cette tâche. La mère de celui, aidée du chancelier Doi, semble lui préférer son frère cadet Tadanaga. Mais le maître d'armes du Shogun, Tajima Yagyu, ainsi que plusieurs courtisans soutiennent Iemitsu. Chacun des camps parvient à convaincre son protégé de lutter pour succéder au Shogun. Enfin, les courtisans de l'Empereur cherchent à restaurer l'autorité de ce dernier. Les deux frères finissent donc par s'opposer dans une guerre mêlant batailles, intrigues et trahisons.
, 2h30Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Origin Japon
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Takako Irie, Daisuke Itō, Kyōko Kagawa, Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Michiyo Kogure, Machiko Kyō
Rating71%
Yojimbo (1961)
, 1h50Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katō
Roles Orin
Rating81%
It is 1860, and the era of the Tokugawa shogunate is coming to a close. A rōnin, or masterless samurai, wanders into a small town divided by a gang war between two gangsters, Seibei and Ushitora. Ushitora used to be Seibei's right-hand man, until Seibei decided that his son Yoichiro would succeed him. Tazaemon, the silk merchant and mayor, backs Seibei, while Tokuemon the sake brewer is allied with Ushitora. Gonji, the owner of an inn, advises the stranger to leave while he can, but after sizing up the situation, the rōnin tells Gonji that the town would be better off with both sides dead, and that he intends to stay.
Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
, 1h35Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Kyōko Kagawa, Akihiko Hirata, Yuriko Hoshi, Yoshiko Kuga, Isuzu Yamada
Roles Yodogami
Rating63%
The plot is set about a decade after the battle of Sekigahara. Toshiro Mifune's character, Mohei is a contumacious wandering samurai with his very own point of view. He arrives in the city of Osaka to look for new beginning. As a background, unfolds a conspiracy of the Toyotomi clan to stop Lord Ieyasu Tokugawa's ambition for personal domination of Japan.
Bonchi (1960)
, 1h45Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Tamao Nakamura, Mitsuko Kusabue, Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao, Isuzu Yamada
Roles Sei
Rating67%
Kikuji, beau garçon mais de caractère faible, est sous la coupole d'une grande-mère et d'une mère tyranniques. Celles-ci dirigent, à Osaka, une maison de chaussettes traditionnelles, les tabis. Elles obligent le jeune homme à épouser une candidate « convenable. » Mais, celle-ci ayant donné naissance à un garçon, il doit la répudier et renoncer à se remarier. En 1945, lorsque le magasin est détruit par un bombardement allié, la grand-mère se suicide. Kikuji se ressaisit et décide de reconstruire le bâtiment.
The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
, 1h51Directed by Yūzō Kawashima, Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Yaeko Mizutani
Roles Aya Fujimura, la mère de Miyako
Rating66%
Aya Fujimura gère un restaurant à Tokyo. Sa fille Miyako et Shinobu, la fille de Kochiro Sonoda l'un de ses clients réguliers, sont amies. Aya souhaite que sa fille se marie et lui fait rencontrer des prétendants que Miyako repousse. Elle est attirée par le cuisinier du restaurant, un homme ténébreux et taciturne qu'une blessure au pied alors qu'il était prisonnier de guerre en Sibérie a rendu infirme.
The Lower Depths (1957)
, 2h5Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirō Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki, Bokuzen Hidari
Roles Osugi the Landlady
Rating71%
In a run-down Edo tenement, an elderly man (Rokubei) and his bitter wife (Osugi) rent out rooms and beds to the poor. The tenants are gamblers, prostitutes, petty thieves and drunk layabouts, all struggling to survive. The landlady’s younger sister (Okayo) who helps the landlords with the maintenance of the place, brings in an old man (Kahei) and rents him a bed. Kahei quickly assumes the role of the mediator and grandfatherly figure, though there is an air of mystery about him and some of the tenants suspect his past is not unblemished.
Throne of Blood (1957)
, 1h45Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Akira Kubo, Kokuten Kōdō
Roles Lady Asaji Washizu
Rating79%
Generals Miki and Washizu are Samurai commanders under a local lord, Lord Tsuzuki, who reigns in the castle of the Spider's Web Forest. After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they return to Tsuzuki's castle. On their way through the thick forest surrounding the castle, they meet a spirit, who foretells their future. The spirit tells them that today Washizu will be named Lord of the Northern Garrison and Miki will now be commander of the first fortress. She then foretells that Washizu will eventually become Lord of Spiderweb Castle, and finally she tells Miki that his son will also become lord of the castle.
Black River (1957)
, 1h54Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Ineko Arima, Keiko Awaji, Eijirō Tōno, Isuzu Yamada, Seiji Miyaguchi
Roles Landlady
Rating71%
Une ville du Japon, près d'une base américaine, peu après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un étudiant emménage dans un logement collectif aux allures de bidonville, tenu par une propriétaire sans scrupules et où vivote déjà une population misérable. Il s'éprend d'une jeune femme que convoite également le yakuza local...
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
, 2h20Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Pregnancy films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kamatari Fujiwara, Ineko Arima, Setsuko Hara, Isuzu Yamada, Chishū Ryū, Haruko Sugimura
Roles Kisako Soma
Rating80%
Akiko Sugiyama (Ineko Arima) is a young college graduate girl learning English shorthand. Her elder sister Takako (Setsuko Hara), running away from an unhappy marriage, has returned home to stay with Akiko and their father Shukichi (Chishū Ryū) in Tokyo, together with her toddler girl. Shukichi works in a bank in Tokyo. Akiko has a relationship with her college boyfriend Kenji, which results in an unwanted pregnancy. Later, Akiko has an abortion after an encounter in which she realizes that her boyfriend does not love her.