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Birthday: Dec 11, 1931
Place of Birth: Itachibori, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Musume no boken 1958
Yume de aritai 1962
An Actor's Revenge Ohatsu 1963
Picnic Nurse 1996
The Precipice 1958
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo 1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni 1962
The Great Wall Princess Chu 1962
Being Two Isn't Easy Chiyo 1962
Made in Japan Yoshiko Sunohara 1953
Night Butterflies O-Kiku 1957
The Venus' Tear 1962
What Price Love? Komako Shirokoya 1960
Jirocho Fuji Oshin 1959
Miai Ryokou 1955
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman 1959
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God Omatsu 1960
Satan's Sword Omatsu 1960
Bridge of Japan Kiyoha Takinoya 1956
Ghost Soup 1992
Buddha Usha 1961
Night River Kiwa Funaki 1956
The Makioka Sisters 1959
Secret of Naruto 1957
The Twilight Story 1960
Ten Dark Women Futaba Kaze 1961
Hunting Rifle Saiko Tagi 1961
The Golden Demon Miya 1954
The Loyal 47 Ronin Yôsen'in 1958
The Demon of Mount Oe 1960
Equinox Flower Yukiko Sasaki 1958
The Snowy Heron 1958
Tsukigata Hanpeita Umematsu 1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka 1956
Stop the Old Fox Tomi / Toyoharu 1959
Okoto and Sasuke Okoto 1961
Blind Devotion Natsuko 1961
Love of the Princess Yuhide 1957
Patterns of Love 1960
Refresher Course for Wives 1961
The Messenger from the Moon Michiko Nonomiya 1954
Nocturne of a Woman 1961
Beauty the Enemy Kikue Yoshino 1959
Princess Sen in Edo Princess Sen 1960
A Woman's Testament 1960
Floating Vessel Ukifune 1957
The Path I Remember Saya Ikeda 1959
Pilgrimage at Night 1959
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love Michiyo Sawada 1955
Daiei Studio is Bustling 1957
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko 1958
The Swishing Sword 1958
The Dancer and Two Warriors 1955
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin 1956
Flowery Hood 2 1956
Flowery Hood 1956
Peony on the Skin 1959
The Song Lantern 1960
The Romance of Yushima 1955
The Actress and the Three Rascals 1962
Jūdai no yūwaku 1953
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi 1957
Tange Sazen 1952
Tokyo Eyes 1958
Mother Yamanaka 1958
Thirst 1958
続・丹下左膳 1953
Series Cast Year
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman Kyouhei's Mother 1998
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