Cast & creator

Fujiko Yamamoto

1931-12-11 (age 94) Itachibori, Nishi, Osaka, Osaka, JapanIMDb

Best known for Seijuu Sentai Gingaman, Zoku ginga no miyako, I Love You

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.

Also known as: 山本富士子, Фудзико Ямамото

Movies

103

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

104

1952–1998 · acting roles

Credit score

7.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 6.8

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Kyouhei's Mother · 1998

Zoku ginga no miyako

Acting · 1957

I Love You

Acting · 1956

Studio wa ōsawagi

Acting · 1956

Spark

Acting · 1956

Across film & television

Filmography (104)

Showing 104 of 104 credits

Series

★ 6.8

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Kyouhei's Mother

Fujiko Yamamoto

Known for

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Zoku ginga no miyako

I Love You

Studio wa ōsawagi

Spark

Filmography (104)

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Zoku ginga no miyako

I Love You

Studio wa ōsawagi

Spark

The Buried Treasure

Ginga no miyako

Woman of Fire

Duel at Noon

Bara no kōdōkan

Driving Like Mad

Shunsetsu no mon

Atarashiki ten

Yoru wa usotsuki

The Birth of Judo

Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi

Equinox Flower

Asakusa monogatari

Picnic

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami

Itarō jishi

Haru no uzumaki

An Actor's Revenge

Coming Up of Kodokan

Tsubakuro kasa

Shirazu no Yatarō

Hana no sando gasa

Hana no kenkajō

Seki no yatappe

Satan's Sword

Hunting Rifle

Buddha

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Undercurrent

Ten Women in Black

The Great Wall

The Golden Demon

The Precipice

Pilgrimage at Night

Jōen

Symphony of Love

Being Two Isn't Easy

What Price Love?

Ghost Soup

The Demon of Mount Oe

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Madame Aki

A Woman's Testament

The Snowy Heron

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God

Night Butterflies

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider

Paper Pigeon

Patterns of Love

The Makioka Sisters

The Romance of Yushima

The Actress and the Three Rascals

Hana no Inochi wo

Jirocho Fuji

Princess Sen in Edo

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Thirst

Blind Devotion

Daiei Studio is Bustling

Tange Sazen

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

Peony on the Skin

Stop the Old Fox

Nocturne of a Woman

The Twilight Story

Secret of Naruto