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