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Birthday: Jan 11, 1933
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Okada

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子, Okada Mariko, born 11 January 1933) is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida. Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruse's 1951 Dancing Girl, for whom she worked again in Husband and Wife, Floating Clouds and Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with Shochiku. In the following years, she starred in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon, Keisuke Kinoshita's Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense, and Heinosuke Gosho's Hunting Rifle. Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an avant-garde fashion. In later years, she appeared in films like Juzo Itami's Tampopo and Shinji Aoyama's My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005), her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mariko Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Whisper of Spring 1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl 1952
Nigetekita hanayome 1956
Late Autumn Yukiko Sasaki 1960
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Akemi 1954
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Akemi 1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Akemi 1956
Tampopo Spaghetti Teacher 1985
Futari dake no toride 1963
An Edoite Judge Koto 1953
White Fish Kuniko 1953
Flower in a Storm 1962
Zoku aizen katsura 1962
Flowing Nanako 1956
A Roaring Trade 1962
Illusion of Blood Oiwa 1965
An Autumn Afternoon Akiko 1962
The Estuary 1961
Shirai Gonpachi Komurasaki 1956
Eros + Massacre Noe Ito / Mako Ito 1969
Floating Clouds Sei Mukai 1955
Bridge 1959
Yakuza bayashi 1954
Tale of Scarlet Love 1963
Farewell to the Summer Light Naoko Toba 1968
Heroic Purgatory Nanako Shoda 1970
Affair in the Snow Yuriko Anzai 1968
Yagyu Secret Scrolls Rika 1957
Frozen River 1976
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II Rika 1958
A Story Written with Water Shizuka Matsutani 1965
Kiriko no unmei 1962
The Affair Oriko 1967
Spring Dreams Chizuko Okudaira 1960
Enraptured Senya 1961
Niizuma no shitatari 1976
Love's Family Tree 1961
Hunting Rifle Midori Misugi 1961
Ai to kanashimi to 1962
Impasse Tatsuko Ibuki 1967
Woman of the Lake Miyako Mizuki 1966
Akitsu Hot Springs Shinko 1962
Confessions Among Actresses Kyoko Ichimori 1971
Women in the Mirror Ai Kawase 2003
Women of Tokyo Eiko Kurita 1961
Dancing Girl Shinako 1951
Records of loyal vassals Okatsu 1962
The Scent of Incense Tomoko 1964
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? Navi 2005
Rebels on the High Sea Miki 1956
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree Saeko 1955
Proof of the Man Kyoko Yasugi 1977
Ai no Noutan 1959
When It Rains, It Pours Matsuko Abe 1957
Wedding Season 1954
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home Suzuyo 1955
Husband and Wife Kumiko, Shigekichi's sister 1953
Waterfront Blues Maki Kamijo 1970
Hakuro no Shibijin Kazuko Izawa 2004
I Am a Cat Hanako 1975
Two Wives 1967
Uzu 1961
A Woman’s Uphill Slope Akie Tsugawa 1960
Bot-chan Madonna 1953
Appassionata Sei Shimamura 1984
The Time of Reckoning 1968
The End of the Night 1953
Domineering Hiroko Tadokoro 1982
The Lovers Yoshi 1953
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker? Self 2008
A Taxing Woman Mitsuko Sugiura 1987
No Time for Tears Michiko 1955
Farewell Rabaul Sumiko Komatsu 1954
Sing, Young People Mariko Okada 1963
I Lived, But... Self 1983
The Geisha House Hanaman's owner 1999
The Fall of Ako Castle Riku Ohishi 1978
The Face Akiko Mizuhara 1957
Escape from Hell Kumi 1963
The Days of Evil Women 1958
The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder Asakura Takako 1998
The Adorable Trio Michiko Saeki 1957
Cross-Currents Fujie Kaizuka 1972
Tokyo Omnibus 1959
Hot Corner Murder Aiko 1960
The Radish and the Carrot 1965
The Woman Who Touched the Legs Yasukichi's Sister 1952
1750 Days of Turbulence 1990
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi Kyoko Yasugi 1979
To Love and Forgive 1955
The Lone Journey Otaka 1955
Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide Tokiko Matsuzaki 2000
Lovetide Sonoko 1955
Japanese Humanity and Justice 1977
This Year's Love 1962
Women in Prison Kazuko Hirai, prisoner 1956
Double Wedding Natsuko 1963
Scoundrel 1956
Adolescence Mayumi Nishida 1952
My Wonderful Yellow Car The young woman 1953
A Man Among Men Michiko 1955
Girls in the Orchard 1953
Rainy Night Duel Kikuko Kamo 1956
Price of Life 1971
Umi no Chizu Akiko 1959
Morishige, where are you going? Michiyo 1956
Tōchō suru onna 1986
Series Cast Year
Genroku Taiheiki Riku 1975
Three Sisters Nagai Mura 1967
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ Teruko Momiji 1983
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ Kazuko Izawa 1983
鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人 1979
丹後・宮津殺人岬 1988
Downtown Story 1970
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