ACTOR

Isuzu Yamada

1917 - 2012

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isuzu Yamada has received more than 163,538 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Isuzu Yamada is the 3,778th most popular actor (down from 3,706th in 2019), the 1,128th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,078th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Isuzu Yamada ranks 3,778 out of 13,578. Before her are Roger E. Mosley, Edward Hardwicke, Julian Beck, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jessie Royce Landis, and Marilyn Burns. After her are Masayuki Mori, Milton Berle, Amjad Khan, Thure Lindhardt, Prithviraj Kapoor, and Victor Lanoux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Isuzu Yamada ranks 214. Before her are Abdel Rahman Badawi, Betty Holberton, Robert Byrd, Jacqueline Auriol, Mikhail Devyataev, and Lev Kerbel. After her are Ernesto Alonso, Miroslav Brozović, Laurindo Almeida, Joshua Nkomo, Marion Donovan, and Fritz Honegger. Among people deceased in 2012, Isuzu Yamada ranks 247. Before her are Mike Wallace, Susanne Lothar, Armand Penverne, Sergio Livingstone, Paul Kurtz, and John Keegan. After her are Txillardegi, Vladimir Krutov, Maeve Binchy, Carmen Basilio, Rafael Lesmes, and Florence Green.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Isuzu Yamada ranks 1,128 out of 6,245. Before her are Taki Inoue (1963), Tsutomu Sonobe (1958), Takamine Jōkichi (1854), Kōichi Yamadera (1961), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), and Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953). After her are Masayuki Mori (1911), Megumi Ogata (1965), Joji (1992), Ichirō Nagai (1931), Hidetoki Takahashi (1916), and Haruko Sugimura (1909).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Isuzu Yamada ranks 63. Before her are Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Ryūsei Nakao (1951), Unshō Ishizuka (1951), Ikue Ōtani (1965), and Kōichi Yamadera (1961). After her are Masayuki Mori (1911), Megumi Ogata (1965), Ichirō Nagai (1931), Haruko Sugimura (1909), Akira Emoto (1948), and Isao Kimura (1923).

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Television and Movie Roles

Throne of Blood
Lady Asaji Washizu
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Jan 15th 19577.9 / 10
Yojimbo
Orin
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Apr 25th 19618.1 / 10
Sisters of the Gion
O-mocha
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.
Oct 15th 19367.2 / 10