Sumiko Sakamoto

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sumiko Sakamoto was born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them "The Ballad of Narayama," winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, in which her brilliant portrayal of an elderly mother not only earned her a kiss from Orson Welles, but also the Japanese Best Actress Award from Nihon Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Ballad of Narayama (1983) — Orin
2. The Pornographers (1966) — Haru Matsuda
3. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) — Masako Yamada
4. Silence Has No Wings (1966)
5. The Buried Forest (2005) — Tomie
6. Sometimes... Like a Prostitute (1978) — Woman in Reception
7. Escape from Japan (1964) — Mitsuko
8. The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) — Minato Mary
9. Return of Gun Dog (1966)
10. The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967) — Tami
11. Homeless Dog (1964)
12. Rampaging Dog (1965)
13. Quick-Draw Dog (1967)
14. Stray Dog (1966)
15. The Silent Gun (1967) — Tamako Tamamura
16. Clamouring Canines (1964) — Machiko
17. Trigger Happy Romeo (1965) — Tsuruko
18. My Father's Dragon (1997) — Lioness (voice)
19. The Call of Flesh (1964)
20. Legends of Honor (1963)
21. Young Boss: Leader's Flesh (1967)
22. Fearless Comrades (1966)
23. Be Free! (1986) — Mutsuko's mother
24. Travel with Ghost (1961) — Osumi
25. Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin (1996)
26. Tenamonya Sandogasa (1963)
27. Precious Moments (1981)
28. Watashi wa umi (1978) — 石沢松子
29. Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands (1993)
30. Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako (1978)
31. The Great White Tower (1990) — Yoshie Sasaki