Biography
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.
Acted in 101
1960s
- 1963
Madame Aki
Aki
An Actor's Revenge
Ohatsu
- 1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo
The Great Wall
Princess Chu
The Venus' Tear
Movie
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Movie
Yume de aritai
Movie
The Actress and the Three Rascals
Movie
- 1961
京化粧
Movie
Buddha
Usha
Yoru wa ijiwaru
Movie
Ten Women in Black
Futaba Kaze
- 1960
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
Omatsu
Satan's Sword
Omatsu
What Price Love?
Komako Shirokoya
The Twilight Story
Movie
Yoru wa usotsuki
Movie
Patterns of Love
Movie
The Song Lantern
Movie
The Demon of Mount Oe
Movie
Princess Sen in Edo
Princess Sen
A Woman's Testament
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie
Stop the Old Fox
Tomi / Toyoharu
Pilgrimage at Night
Naoko
Beauty the Enemy
Kikue Yoshino
Jirocho Fuji
Oshin
The Path I Remember
Saya Ikeda
Paper Pigeon
Masako Komaki
Jōen
Movie
The Makioka Sisters
Movie
Peony on the Skin
Movie
- 1958
Musume no boken
Movie
The Swishing Sword
Movie
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Movie
Tenryū shibukigasa
Movie
The Precipice
Movie
Mother
Yamanaka
Tokyo Eyes
Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
Movie
- 1957
Yuki no wataridori
Movie
Floating Vessel
Ukifune
Love of the Princess
Yuhide
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie
Ginga no miyako
Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Movie
- 1956
Flowery Hood 2
Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Umematsu
Bridge of Japan
Kiyoha Takinoya
Undercurrent
Kiwa Funaki
Flowery Hood
Movie
Spark
Movie
The Buried Treasure
Movie
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Movie
Bara no kōdōkan
Movie
- 1955
Miai Ryokou
Movie
The Romance of Yushima
Movie
Tsubakuro kasa
Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Michiyo Sawada
The Birth of Judo
Movie
Driving Like Mad
Movie
Itarō jishi
Movie
- 1954
Haru no uzumaki
Movie
Atarashiki ten
Movie
Woman of Fire
Movie
The Messenger from the Moon
Michiko Nonomiya
Shirazu no Yatarō
Movie
Hana no Inochi wo
Movie
The Golden Demon
Miya
Hana no sando gasa
Movie
- 1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
Movie
Made in Japan
Yoshiko Sunohara
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Movie
Asakusa monogatari
Movie
Hana no kenkajō
Movie
Tange Sazen
Movie
- 1952
Tange Sazen
Movie
