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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.36 |
| Birthday | 1931-12-11 |
| Place of Birth | Itachibori, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | 山本富士子, Фудзико Ямамото, |
1963
An Actor's Revenge
6.542/59
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
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An Actor's Revenge
1996
Picnic
6.688/56
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the...
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Picnic
1962
The Great Wall
6/2
In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted au...
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The Great Wall
1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
6.8/13
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
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Being Two Isn't Easy
1957
Night Butterflies
6.3/3
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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Night Butterflies
1959
Jirocho Fuji
6.8/4
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.
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Jirocho Fuji
1960
Satan's Sword
6.4/7
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last per...
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Satan's Sword
1960
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
6.6/7
The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1956
Bridge of Japan
7.3/3
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—a...
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Bridge of Japan
1992
Ghost Soup
6.6/8
It's Christmas Eve in Tokyo as Ichiro is moving into his new apartment one month ahead of schedule. As he is getting settled in, two strangers enter t...
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Ghost Soup
1958
The Snowy Heron
4/3
The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catc...
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The Snowy Heron
1961
Buddha
0/0
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (C...
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Buddha
1956
Night River
6.182/11
In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
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Night River
1959
The Makioka Sisters
8/1
1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
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The Makioka Sisters
1957
Secret of Naruto
6.1/12
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the...
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Secret of Naruto
1960
The Twilight Story
8/1
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at...
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The Twilight Story
1961
Hunting Rifle
7/1
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on...
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Hunting Rifle
1954
The Golden Demon
0/0
Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of...
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The Golden Demon
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
6/8
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
5.6/7
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
1961
Ten Dark Women
5.8/9
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long...
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Ten Dark Women
1958
Equinox Flower
7.4/136
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adaman...
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Equinox Flower
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
7/1
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
7/1
The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous Gate of He...
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1961
Okoto and Sasuke
0/0
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
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Okoto and Sasuke
1961
Blind Devotion
0/0
Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
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Blind Devotion
1959
Stop the Old Fox
5/1
Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of t...
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Stop the Old Fox
1957
Love of the Princess
0/0
A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.
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Love of the Princess
1960
Patterns of Love
0/0
Omnibus picture, consisting of three stories.
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Patterns of Love
1954
The Messenger from the Moon
0/0
Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.
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The Messenger from the Moon
1961
Refresher Course for Wives
0/0
One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and in...
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Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Nocturne of a Woman
0/0
A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a ni...
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Nocturne of a Woman
1959
Beauty the Enemy
0/0
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.
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Beauty the Enemy
1960
Princess Sen in Edo
0/0
A gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange fate and falters in her search for true love!
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Princess Sen in Edo
1960
A Woman's Testament
5.833/6
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the s...
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A Woman's Testament
1957
Floating Vessel
0/0
Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn from parts of the famous Genji monogatar...
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Floating Vessel
1959
The Path I Remember
0/0
Japanese drama
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The Path I Remember
1959
Pilgrimage at Night
0/0
Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya...
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Pilgrimage at Night
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
0/0
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
5/1
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The Dancer and Two Warriors
1956
Flowery Hood 2
0/0
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Flowery Hood 2
1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
0/0
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Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Flowery Hood
0/0
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Flowery Hood
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
0/0
A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
0/0
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Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
The Swishing Sword
0/0
A beautiful girl who seeks revenge, disguises herself by dressing up in men's clothes, geisha, etc. A young swordsman helps her uncover the plot and t...
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The Swishing Sword
1959
Peony on the Skin
0/0
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Peony on the Skin
1960
The Song Lantern
0/0
The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns.
The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...
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The Song Lantern
1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
0/0
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The Actress and the Three Rascals
1955
The Romance of Yushima
6/1
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Haya...
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The Romance of Yushima
1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
0/0
Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako
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Jūdai no yūwaku
1957
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
0/0
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Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1952
Tange Sazen
0/0
Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of Tange Sazen. By chance, Tange gets an o...
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Tange Sazen
1958
The Precipice
0/0
Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the...
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The Precipice
1962
仲良し音頭・日本一だよ
0/0
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仲良し音頭・日本一だよ
1960
What Price Love?
0/0
Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke O...
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What Price Love?
1955
Miai Ryokou
0/0
A chance ride in a car leads to an unforgettable relationship. A misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding... Love and thrills in this coming-of...
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Miai Ryokou
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
0/0
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. O...
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1958
Musume no boken
0/0
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Musume no boken
1962
Yume de aritai
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Yume de aritai
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1953
Made in Japan
0/0
A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the early post...
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Made in Japan
1962
The Venus' Tear
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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