Isuzu Yamada
February 5, 1917 · 109 years old
Isuzu Yamada (山田 五十鈴, Yamada Isuzu, 5 February 1917 – 9 July 2012) was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career spanned seven decades. Yamada was born in Osaka as Mitsu Yamada, the daughter of Kusudu Yamada, a shinpa actor specialising in onnagata roles, and Ritsu, a geisha. Yamada debuted…
Known For
5 titles
Yojimbo
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Throne of Blood
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
The Lower Depths
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Tokyo Twilight
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.
The Lovelorn Geisha
Aya is the Madame who runs a restaurant where Geishas meet with their customers to eat, drink, listen to music and sing.